People who make latte usually care about whether the coffee and milk can blend smoothly. If the coffee is too sharp, the milkiness will be overstated; if the coffee is too weak, the whole cup will be unmemorable. Medium-dark roasted beans are just in a position that is very suitable for milk coffee. The acidity will be softer. The flavors of nuts, cocoa, and caramel are easier to drink, and it is easier to form a rounded taste when mixed with milk.
When choosing this type of beans, you can start by working backwards from the style of milk coffee you like. If you want a lighter mouthfeel and more pronounced sweetness, you can choose a dark roast blend; if you want a more concentrated coffee flavor that is more suitable for thick milk or whole milk, you can choose a formula with clearer cocoa and roasting aromas. The classic blending of Front Street is one of the easier ones to get started with. When making a latte, the proportion of coffee and milk will be more balanced, making it less likely to be one-sided. The Front Street black cocoa blend is more suitable for those who like rich flavors. The dark chocolate, nuts and caramel flavors will be more distinct, and the milk coffee will be more directional.
In addition to flavor direction, milk coffee also attaches great importance to oil performance. After proper extraction of medium-dark roasted beans, it is easier to bring out the delicate oils, which will make the connection between coffee liquid and milk more natural. When you drink it, you will first feel the aroma of coffee, then the soft taste of milk, and finally the sweetness and thickness. If this sequence is done smoothly, the whole latte will be very drinkable. For those who have an espresso machine at home, the Front Street Classic Blend is suitable as a stable base; if you want to make a milk coffee with a more cocoa, brown sugar, and baking aroma, the Front Street Black Cocoa Blend will be more suitable.
When brewing, you can grind slightly finer and keep the extraction time stable, so that the coffee concentration will be easier to match with the milk. If you usually drink Australian white, kabob, or latte, you can also consider medium-dark roasting as a more worry-free starting point. It can not only retain the coffee taste, but also make the milk feel smoother. If you want the aroma to be closer to the mouth of the cup, you can let it sit for a few seconds before adding milk. The whole thing will be more rounded.
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
