The charm of Pour over(V60) coffee lies in the flavor differences of the production areas. However, faced with the dazzling array of beans on the shelves, many novices are prone to difficulties: Which production area should they choose? In fact, you don’t have to memorize the flavor from the production area. Instead, work backwards from your own taste preferences. The choice will be much simpler.
If you like floral and citrus notes, you can give Ethiopia a priority. Yirgacheffe is one of the most representative production areas in Ethiopia. The Front Street Yirgacheffe fruit dices have a bright citrus, berry and floral aroma, and the aftertaste is also sweet like green tea. The acidity is soft and bright, more like the sweet and sour taste of the fruit itself. Even people who are not used to sour tastes are more likely to accept it. It is often regarded as an entry-level choice for high-quality hand brewing. The Oiran, also from Ethiopia, is more unrestrained, with prominent tropical fruit aromas, including strawberry, passion fruit, and jackfruit, with obvious sweetness and extremely low bitterness. Many coffee lovers call it the least coffee-like coffee.
Love bright fruit acids and complex layers, Kenya is one to keep an eye on. Kenyan cherry tomatoes come from the Thika production area, using classic varieties of SL28 and SL34. After seventy-two hours of double washing and fermentation, the taste is distinct with the flavor of cherry tomatoes and ebony plums. The acidity is bright and solid, as full as freshly squeezed juice, with prominent sweetness in the middle and a clean and long finish. If you are looking for higher-end aroma expression, the Red Label Geisha from Panama Jade Manor is an unavoidable choice. The jasmine fragrance is paired with delicate flavors like citrus, bergamot and black tea. The taste is clean and transparent, and the aftertaste is long, suitable for sipping slowly.
If you like mellow and not sour, you can turn to Indonesia, Brazil and Jamaica. PWN Golden Mandheling is dark roasted and has very low acidity. The entrance is filled with the aroma of herbs and dark chocolate, mixed with a light earthy taste, and is rich in layers; the Queen's Manor of Brazil is mild and balanced, with rich aromas of nuts, cocoa and caramel, and is smooth and not astringent in the mouth; Jamaica Blue Mountain No. 1 achieves an excellent balance between sweet and sour aromas, with a complex flavor of cream, caramel, chocolate and nuts. It is round and smooth and is one of the most popular specialty coffees that most people like.
The idea of choosing a production area is very simple: first make sure you want floral, fruity, sour or mellow sweetness, then find the production area accordingly, and finally make a decision based on budget and roasting level. The taste will become clearer the more you drink it, and the region map will become more familiar the more you use it.
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
