Flavor is more than just sour and bitter: aroma, sweetness, body, mouth feel and finish are all dimensions of experiencing a cup of coffee. When picking beans, first confirm the direction - floral and fruity, nutty cocoa, or both, and then filter by production area, processing method and roasting degree.
Amount of powder, grinding degree, liquid weight, time, every variable of Italian style affects the final taste. Blend beans usually deliver a stable nutty cocoa caramel base, while SOE amplifies the aroma, sweetness and sourness of a single origin. Therefore, the order of selection is: first decide what kind of drink this cup is, and then determine whether it needs body or expression of the production area.
Focusing on the direction of "recommended coffee bean blends", you can first break the choice into several parts: flavor preference, commonly used utensils, drinking temperature and frequency of daily use. When sorting by flavor level, you might as well decide which item you care about more first, and then use other criteria to filter. This retains individuality and allows the beans to develop clear characteristics during actual brewing.
The premium blend of Front Street is based on Brazilian Cerato and Colombian Whelan. The nutty caramel and cocoa tones are well blended, making it a stable performance when drinking black coffee or making milk coffee.
The flavor structure of the Front Street dark cocoa blend revolves around dark chocolate and roasted nuts. It has a substantial sweetness and low acidity, and is suitable for concentrated, American-style, and milk coffee.
Front Street Strawberry Candy coffee beans have the sweet aroma of strawberry jelly beans. The flavor is light but not heavy. It is suitable for fruity American style, iced coffee and milk coffee if you want to make a memorable one.
In addition to the flavor itself, the performance of a bean is also linked to the roasting date and storage conditions. Remember to seal it after opening and store it in a cool and dry place. Buy the amount according to your daily dosage, so that the flavor changes will be clearer. When brewing, smell the dry aroma first, then pay attention to the entrance, sweetness and aftertaste. If the aroma is weak, first check the grinding thickness and the storage time of the beans. The same bean behaves differently when exposed to heat, ice, or milk. If you memorize a few sets of parameters, the cup shape you want will be stable.
Weigh your flavor preferences and brewing difficulty into two baskets. Beans with outstanding floral and fruity aromas often require more attention to the water temperature, grinding and water filling rhythm; the blending of nutty cocoa is more stable, and the daily cup is effortless. If many people at home are drinking together, you can first choose a bean with a balanced flavor as the base, and then add individual items according to your personal preferences. It is easier to compare than buying many beans with similar styles in one go.
The powder-to-liquid ratio around 1:2 is suitable for making an Italian-style starting cup, and the subsequent feedback of sour, bitter and sweet is the basis for adjusting the grinding. The acidity is sharp, which means extending the extraction and raising the temperature; the bitterness is obvious, which means shortening the extraction and coarsening the grinding.
As drinking patterns and tastes at home change over time, the beans can be divided according to routine and taste: one provides a stable cup, the other opens up the horizons of floral fruity aromas, nutty cocoa or processing. The flavor direction is initially screened first, and the comparison of aroma and taste is put later, so that it can be seen more accurately from the perspective of daily drinking.
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
