When making Italian coffee, beans determine the lower limit. Whether the espresso tastes good, whether the latte art goes smoothly, and whether the milk coffee blends well or not, largely depends on the Italian beans you choose. Today’s article will not talk about metaphysics, but will explain Italian bean selection clearly from the three dimensions of oil, recipe, and scene.
Grease: the "face" of Italian beans
The layer of golden crema on the surface of espresso coffee not only looks good, it directly affects the taste and latte art. The rich concentration of oil makes it smoother and denser in the mouth. It is also more stable when blended with milk, and the latte art pattern is easier to form. The amount of fat is related to the roasting degree, freshness and blending formula of the beans - this is why many Italian blends specifically optimize the performance of fat.
Mixing: the mainstream way to play with Italian beans
Italian coffee is produced in large quantities all year round, and the requirements for beans are "stable, balanced, and high error tolerance." The blended beans are prepared from a variety of beans in proportions, with complementary flavors and stable batches. The quality of the products can be maintained in different weather conditions and using different machines. Therefore, it is a mainstream choice for cafes and family Italian cuisine.
Choose Italian beans according to the scene
Newbies to home use / Pursuing oil performance: Front Street classic blend
This blend of beans is specially designed for Italian making and Moka pots, and is characterized by excellent oil performance - even a novice can easily extract dense and delicate oils with a non-professional home coffee machine. Latte, cappuccino, and dirty drinks that you usually drink are all inseparable from good fats and oils. This classic blend is very suitable for such needs. It adopts the traditional mamba blend formula and has a mellow and warm taste. Whether it is a coffee veteran or a novice, it can be easily accepted. It is a good choice for home and commercial use.
Cost control when opening a store/Priority to cost-effectiveness: Front Street black cocoa blend
Not everyone is pursuing rich oils. For novices or store owners who want to control costs, "good taste and affordable price" are the key. This Front Street black cocoa blend just meets the needs. It uses 100% Arabica beans, which have sufficient oil and mellow taste. The price is also very affordable, taking into account both quality and cost-effectiveness. Friends who open a store choose it to save worry and money.
Classic store recipe: Front Street Boutique Blend
This is an Italian blended bean that has been used by the Front Street store for a long time. For almost ten years, it has been responsible for the production of core drinks such as American style and Italian latte. It uses Brazilian Cerato and Colombian Whelan coffee beans. The flavor is very classic, just like the familiar Italian coffee taste in my memory. It is suitable for home and commercial use.
Traditional commercial main force: Front Street Commercial Mixing
Before the black cocoa blend came on the market, this commercial blend had been the "main force" of beans used in store openings. Its price is lower than that of high-quality blends. Although the formula does not pursue rich oils, it has also been optimized to ensure taste and control costs. Therefore, it has long been a popular bean selection in stores and is suitable for various commercial scenarios.
Want to make a fruity flavor: Front Street Strawberry Candy Coffee Bean
This is a popular fruity Italian blend that relies on the native flavors of Arabica coffee beans from different production areas to blend with each other to recreate the distinct sweet flavor of strawberry fudge. Drinkers who prefer fruity coffee but are afraid of the bitter taste of coffee, or stores who want to produce specialty and differentiated milk coffee, can choose it. One pack can accommodate a variety of drinking methods, making it a highly versatile daily ration of beans.
Tips for using Italian beans
Raise beans: It is recommended to keep freshly roasted Italian beans for 7-10 days, so that the flavor and oil will be more stable.
Grind: Italian machine grinding is generally fine. Use 20-30 seconds to extract about 36g of concentration as a benchmark, and then fine-tune.
Amount of powder: Commonly around 18g, the product will be stable only if the amount of powder is stable.
test extraction: Test the brew with the first cup every day, and fine-tune it according to the condition of the beans. Don’t just copy the parameters.
Italian-style bean selection is essentially "deciding the scene first, then choosing the beans": novices and householders pursue fat and tolerance, and choose classic blends; when opening a store to control costs, choose black cocoa or commercial blends; if you want classic and stable products, choose premium blends; if you want to differentiate, strawberry candy can bring a lot of surprises. Once the foundation of beans is laid, whether it is a semi-automatic machine at home or a commercial Italian machine in the store, the product will be much more stable.
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
