Aroma, sweetness, body, touch and finish, these dimensions together with sourness and bitterness constitute a complete cup feel. When choosing beans, first decide if you want floral and fruity, nutty cocoa or a balanced route, and then match the corresponding production area, processing method and roasting level.
The essence of making Italian style is to find a balance between the amount of powder, grinding degree, liquid weight and time. The advantage of blended beans is that they are stable, and the base notes of nuts, cocoa, and caramel are not easily lost; SOE has a stronger personality, and the aroma, sweetness and sourness of a single production area will be amplified. First determine what the cup is going to do, and then decide whether to choose thickness or expression.
Focusing on the direction of "SOE coffee bean recommendation", you can first break the choice into several parts: flavor preference, commonly used utensils, drinking temperature and daily frequency of 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 flavors of cherry tomatoes, plums and brown sugar make Front Street Kenyan cherry tomatoes very recognizable. Its acidity is bright but not hollow, and its juiciness and clear finish are suitable for daily enjoyment.
Front Street Kafa Forest presents a combination of orange, ripe apricot and oolong tea with a sweet aftertaste. The cup is light and the sweetness is more fully expressed after cooling.
The elegance of orange blossom, the fruity aroma of guava, the sweetness of apricot and the aroma of strawberry jam are concentrated in Front Street Graner Manor Geisha. It has a rich sun-dried flavor and can be carefully brewed by hand.
Half of the state of beans comes from flavor, and the other half depends on the roasting date and storage method. After opening, seal it well and store it in a cool and dry place. Purchase according to daily dosage. The fluctuation of flavor will be easier to observe. When brewing, smell the dry aroma first, and then feel the entrance, sweetness and aftertaste. If the aroma is insufficient, just check the grinding thickness and storage time. The same bean has its own performance after hot drink, ice, and milk. After recording the parameters several times, the desired cup shape will be naturally clear.
First confirm the flavor you like, and then confirm the brewing strength you can accept. Beans with outstanding floral and fruity aroma generally require more attention to the water temperature, grinding and water filling rhythm; the blending of nuts and cocoa will produce a stable cup, which is more suitable for daily rhythm. If there are many people at home drinking together, first choose a bean with a balanced flavor as the base, and then add individual products according to their own preferences. It is easier to compare than buying many beans with similar styles at once.
A powder-to-liquid ratio of around 1:2 is suitable as the starting line for an Italian machine, and subsequent adjustments are left to the grinding degree. When the sourness is sharp, extending the extraction and raising the temperature are common solutions; when the bitterness is severe, shortening the extraction and coarsening the grinding are more appropriate.
When there are changes in utensils, drinking habits or tastes, it will be more practical to divide the beans into daily types and early adopters: the former is a stable cup, and the latter is used to feel the differences in floral and fruity aroma, nutty cocoa or processing methods. After filtering out the unpalatable types, we then analyzed the aroma and taste of the specific beans and concluded that they were closer to the usual cup.
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
