If you often see the word "Xizhao" on the menus of specialty cafes, you may be curious as to why it is always placed in a prominent position. Chiclaw is a bean variety that has been active in competitions in the past two years. Front Street Colombian Chiclaw is the same bean variety as the champion from Columbia’s Divide Estate. Many players use it in competitions, which also proves its flavor profile. Today, let’s talk about this juice-like coffee that makes you feel better the more you drink it.
Champion beans from Divide Estate
The area where this bean is grown lies at an altitude of 1,650 to 1,800 meters, with a large temperature difference between day and night. The coffee cherries slowly accumulate sugar and flavor substances, and the beans have a thick inner substance from the source. The mountainous area where the Divideline Manor is located has sufficient sunlight and moderate clouds and fog, which provides relatively easy conditions for the ripening of the fruits. If the altitude of the production area is high, the acidity of the beans will be bright but not sharp, and the sweetness will be stronger. This is also a prerequisite for it to impress people in the competition.
Double anaerobic sun treatment
The processing method directly affects the flavor of a cup of coffee. Front Street Columbia Hija uses double anaerobic sun drying. The coffee cherries first undergo a round of anaerobic fermentation in a closed environment, and then are sun dried. This process allows the sugar in the pectin to penetrate more fully into the bean core, and the flavor of tropical fruits is significantly amplified. It tastes like chewing a plump and juicy fruit, rather than the monotonous fermented flavor of traditional sun-dried bean paste.
What does it taste like?
The medium-light roast preserves most of the original fruity aroma of this bean. When you open the bean bag, you can smell the aroma of jasmine and citrus in the dry aroma. After injecting hot water, the aroma of passion fruit, blueberry, grape, and apricot emerges in layers. The fruity acidity in the mouth is refreshing and soft, bright but not irritating. The middle part can catch a hint of spice, and the tail part leaves a long-lasting cocoa sweetness. The overall sweetness and sourness are balanced and full of layers. Drink it after it has cooled down, and the sweetness and smoothness like grape juice are particularly noticeable, and there is almost no bitterness.
You can use any method: hand flush, SOE, ice drop
This bean is very compatible. If you like a clean flavor, you can try hand brewing to highlight its floral aroma and fruit acidity; if you want to change the taste, use an Italian machine to make SOE, which also has a unique flavor. The berry flavor in the concentrate goes well with milk coffee; when the weather is hot, make it into ice drops or ice hand brewing. The entrance is fresh and smooth, which is a very suitable way to open it in summer. I only have one set of hand washing utensils at home, which is enough.
Front Street Colombian Hipaw has turned the bean seeds that have been proven repeatedly in the championship game into a pack of daily rations. Whether it is a novice who is coming into contact with premium beans for the first time, or an experienced player who is tired of regular beans, it is worth giving it a chance to feel the juice sensation brought by double anaerobic sun exposure.
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
