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How to choose beans for homemade cold brew? There are three routes according to taste, just buy accordingly.

2026.10.20 FrontStreet Coffee 24

As soon as the weather warms up, the cold brew attendance rate skyrockets.

But many friends fail when doing cold brew. The problem is often not the method, but the beans - cold brew is extracted at low temperature and for a long time.Bitterness and acidity are reduced, and the sweetness and flavor characteristics of the beans are amplified.. Choose the right beans, and cold brew will make up most of it.

Today there are three routes based on taste preferences, just take a seat accordingly.

Route One: Refreshing and Fruity

If you like to drink it like "cold juice", chooseLightly Roasted Tonka Bean:

Front Street Ethiopian Oiran——The aroma of strawberry, passion fruit, and jackfruit is still eye-catching in the cold brew. The sweetness is obvious and the bitterness is very low, making it a natural fruit juice;

Front Street Yirgacheffe Fruit Ding Ding——Citrus, berry and floral aroma. After cold extraction, the acidity is softer, more refreshing, and highly acceptable.

Route 2: Special fruity flavor

If you want to drink something different, try itFront Street Strawberry Candy Cold Brew Blend。

It is a popular choice for the cold brew scene. It relies on the fusion of the original flavors of Arabica beans from different production areas to create a distinctiveSweet strawberry gummies. It is suitable for friends who prefer fruity aroma and are afraid of bitterness. It is suitable for both home drinking and store production. One bag of beans can be used in a variety of ways.

Route 3: Sweet and sour with memory points

Recommended if you like the distinctive flavorFront Street Kenyan Cherry Tomatoes。

From the Thika production area in Kenya, classicSL28/SL34 varieties, after72 hours double washing and fermentation, lightly roasted to retain lively fruity flavours. After cold brewCherry tomatoes, plumsThe flavor is still clear, with a balance of sweetness and sourness, like a glass of ice-cold plum juice, which is unforgettable after drinking it.

Cold brew parameter memo

  • Pink to water ratio: 1:10 to 1:12, refrigerate for 12-16 hours, add ice or water before drinking

  • Grinding degree: One level thicker than hand brewing, close to coarse sugar

  • Principles of Bean Selection: If you are afraid of bitterness, avoid dark-roasted heavy bitter beans. Medium-light roasted floral and fruity flavors can best take advantage of the sweetness of cold extraction.

Summary

  • Refreshing fruity aroma:Oiran / Yirgacheffe fruit penis

  • Strawberry features:Strawberry Sugar Cold Brew Blend

  • Sweet and sour memory points:Kenyan cherry tomatoes

Prepare the right beans and always have a bottle of your own cold brew in the refrigerator, which saves a lot compared to buying from outside.

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

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