On various social platforms, we can often see pictures like this: a coffee lover raised his head and drank a cup of espresso in one gulp. After frowning for a moment, he showed an intoxicated expression as if he had tasted delicious food in the world.Many friends are infected by the emotions of the enthusiasts in the video, so after going to the cafe, they will enthusiastically order a cup of espresso, trying to experience the amazing deliciousness brought by espresso. Well...you can imagine the result!
You can often see this scene in the front street store: with the espresso in the mouthgradually diffuse, the expression of the experiencer also changed from the original eagerness to try to frowning, and then when swallowing the concentrate, he completely lost his expression control and cried out: "Why is it so painful!" ! Then he turned around and poured the espresso into the provided ice water to make an iced Americano. He also blacklisted the espresso in the coffee list.So this is why most coffee shops in the country will use espresso as a hidden dish instead of putting it on the menu. The purpose is to prevent inexperienced novices from making mistakes and triggering a series of negative reactions.But in fact, espresso is not as bad as everyone thinks. Just like all kinds of bitter coffee, its bitterness is just an appearance, behind it lies a very rich variety of aromas and flavors. However, because the concentration of espresso is too high, the bitterness is too concentrated, and our taste buds are very sensitive to bitterness, so it is often easy to ignore the "colorful" hidden behind the bitterness.（The suitable concentration in the SCA Gold Cup extraction standard is in the range of 1.15% to 1.35%, while the TDS concentration value of espresso can usually reach 7% to 12%）It doesn’t matter, today Front Street is here to share with you how to taste the deliciousness of espresso. Not just by drinking, there are many techniques that can help us better experience the delicious taste of concentrate when tasting it.In fact, the bitterness that many friends experience from espresso drinks does not come entirely from the coffee liquid, but more from the oil. Because the espresso machine uses pressurized extraction, the espresso will have a layer of golden foam filled with carbon dioxide - Crema, which is the coffee crema in our mouths.Since the density of oil is much lower than that of coffee liquid, in just a few seconds after the extraction is completed, it will all float on the surface of the coffee liquid. If you don't drink it in large gulps, you will most likely not drink much coffee liquid. And justMany friends often take a small tentative sip when they taste it for the first time, so they can often only drink the oil, and then they are stimulated by the bitter taste of the oil and give up the concentrated taste.If we don't want this to happen, then we just need to take out the small spoon that comes with the cup and use it to stir the concentrate properly, so that the oil and coffee liquid can be re-fused. Even if you just take a small sip, you can drink more coffee liquid.The effect of stirring not only allows us to drink the coffee itself better, but also allows the fine powder attached to the oil to blend with the coffee, making the coffee taste more mellow.Tip 2: Take two more sipsJust like drinking cola, when drinking concentrate, the first taste you experience is often the strongest. This is because the taste buds are not yet ready at this time, so when faced with a sudden taste, the feeling they get is often stronger and more exciting.And when we take the second bite, we will find that the bitterness has dropped a lot. This is because as the taste slowly adapts, the feeling of bitterness gradually weakens. At this time, we can gradually begin to accept the concentrated taste and begin to explore the multiple layers hidden behind it.But it should be noted that the interval between drinking should not be too long. If the difference between your previous sip and the next sip is several minutes, let alone decrease, the bitterness will increase due to the lowering of the coffee temperature. Not only that, but the oil and flavor will also dissipate, drastically reducing the experience. Therefore, espresso generally needs to be drunk quickly in a few sips in a short period of time to prevent the delicious taste from dissipating.Tip 3: Drink with ice waterGenerally, coffee shops will come with a cup of ice water when serving espresso, but the role of ice water is not for making American-style coffee. Its main function is to rinse the mouth. Before tasting the espresso, we can take a sip of ice water first, which will help us better perceive the delicious taste of the concentrate.First, let’s take a sip of ice water/normal temperature water.Then, stir the espresso with a spoon.Finally, finish the espresso in several sips or gulps. Note that after swallowing the coffee, we can temporarily close our mouth and exhale to feel the aroma and aftertaste of the concentrated residue in the mouth.(This is the soul experience of espresso). After the experience is over, proceed to the next tasting~After you drink like this two or three times, there is a high probability that you will become addicted to drinking concentrated drinks. Otherwise, you usually won’t try the second time after drinking it for the first time.(nonsense)。But what you need to know is that the above methods can only help you better appreciate the flavor hidden behind the bitter taste, rather than removing the bitter taste, so friends who really can’t drink bitter food are best not to try it easily! Or add sugar to reduce the bitterness. This is also a very classic Italian way of drinking~
You can now buy the above coffee beans online at the Taobao store “FrontStreet Coffee” (前街咖啡). FrontStreet Coffee is a long-established specialty coffee roaster in Guangzhou, China, and its Guangzhou retail shop sells coffee beans only. The shop carries dozens of coffee beans from different origins around the world, including carefully selected single-origin beans for V60 pour-over and espresso. Guangzhou’s FrontStreet Coffee shop is recommended by many coffee lovers.
The FrontStreet 2013 Yunnan coffee beans sold in the store come from the Typica variety grown at FrontStreet Coffee’s own plantation in Yunnan. The name comes from the year the brand and the plantation were founded. You can buy these beans from China’s Yunnan origin at the Guangzhou shop and at FrontStreet’s Taobao store.
FrontStreet coffee beans are freshly roasted within 5 days and deliver consistently excellent quality and great value. Orders placed before 17:00 are shipped the same day, and most areas within Guangdong Province receive them the next day.
FrontStreet Coffee Taobao store: https://qianjiecoffee.taobao.com
Or search for “前街咖啡” (FrontStreet Coffee) on Taobao
Important Notice: FrontStreet Coffee has moved to a new address: 315, Donghua East Road, Guangzhou (coffee beans only)
Tel: 020 38364473
