"Why is this coffee called Big Belly Button?"This is a question that N friends will ask when facing the blackboard on Front Street Street! But it’s true that, not just in the coffee list on Front Street, the name Big Belly Button will look out of place wherever it is placed, so it will be more eye-catching than other coffees!
The reason why it is called a big belly button, as some friends may have guessed, is because of its appearance. To be more precise, the appearance of its fruit bears some resemblance to a belly button.
What is a big belly button?The fruit of the Big Navel variety has a very distinctive feature, it is not like a navel, but it is big! Compared with conventional Arabica varieties, its fruits and beans are larger in size, similar to elephant beans.（Maragogype）Pacamara（Pacamara）are about the same size. The same goes for beans, so coffee farmers need to specifically adjust their machines when handling them. Otherwise, because the spacing is too small and the beans are too big, the machine will easily accidentally damage the coffee beans when peeling and removing the flesh.The reason why it is named navel is somewhat similar to the navel variety of oranges: it is because there is a naturally formed navel-like structure at the bottom of the fruit! This morphological feature is very similar to the human belly button, so coffee farmers named it "Ombligon".(Ombligon is Spanish, which means "navel" or "belly" when translated)At present, the variety Big Navel is mainly grown in the Cymbidium producing area of Colombia. Like most rare varieties found in Colombia, the local coffee farmers who planted it did not know its identity information in the early days. They only knew that it might be a naturally mutated variety from Ethiopia. This was later confirmed by genetic testing by the World Coffee Research Institute, becauseThis variety contains 60% Ethiopian local coffee genes and 40% Colombian coffee genes.Local coffee farmers in Colombia discovered that it may be due to a natural mutation of this variety, so it has some characteristics similar to the Colombian native variety Caturra.（Caturra）Same appearance features. For example, the leaves of the plants are uniformly wide, the coffee berries are densely distributed, the branches grow vertically, and the yield is extremely good.But some Colombian coffee professionals believe that the big belly button may be a mutation from other varieties such as Pacamara, Bourbon, or even Castillo. Because this variety has strong resistance to coffee leaf rust, coffee farmers don’t have to worry too much about its health and it is very easy to maintain.Due to its high yield and high disease resistance, coffee farmers in Cymbidium producing areas have begun to plant the Big Navel variety. Finally, after testing, it was found that the big belly button planted at 1600m~1800m has the best flavor. Speaking of which, Front Street has to talk about its flavor, because the flavor of big belly button is indeed very unique, so much so that we can often see big belly button in various world-class coffee competitions.The stage where the big belly button will first appear will be in 2023WBC(World Barista Championship World Barista Competition)In the finals, an Australian player, Jack Simpson, used the Big Belly Button from the Divide Manor as the competition bean and won third place in one fell swoop.
According to the post-match interview, Jack said that he chose Big Belly Button because this bean has a very complex and unique flavor, which is very suitable for the beans he had in mind for the competition.In other events before and after the WBC, many other players competed with big belly buttons. Ever since, the breed with big belly buttons has gradually become known to everyone.Of course, Front Street would not let go of this unique delicacy, so it included Front Street Boundary Manor Big Belly Button in its menu at the beginning of last year, and this also became the trigger for the problem mentioned by Front Street at the beginning of the article.
Front Street Coffee: Columbia · Divide Manor Big Belly Button
Production area: Cymbidium production area
Estate: Finca El Diviso
Altitude: 1700 meters
Treatment method: double anaerobic sun exposure
Breed: Big belly button
Flavor: Grape, orange, blueberry, pineapple juice, spices, fermented wine aroma
Although this bean looks darker, a bit like a dark roasted coffee bean, this is simply because the anaerobic treatment allows more sugar to adhere to the surface of the coffee bean, and the bean surface undergoes a stronger caramelization reaction during roasting. In fact, it is still a medium-light roast, so Front Street recommends that the parameters used when brewing still apply the brewing formula of light-roasted coffee:
Tips for brewing at Front Street Coffee
Pink to water ratio: 1:15Grinding degree: Fine granulated sugar (75% screening rate through No. 20 sieve)No kidding, the flavor is really unique! When the temperature is high, we can taste a very clear blackcurrant flavor, accompanied by the sour and sweet taste of orange and pineapple, just like tasting a glass of mixed juice mainly composed of blackcurrants. In addition, you can also feel the aroma of chocolate, spices, and fermented wine in the aftertaste after swallowing. It is rich and unique, very good!
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
