Black coffee and milk coffee have two different logics regarding beans. Black coffee is about aroma and sweetness, and the beans must be able to hold a cup alone; milk coffee is about concentration and thickness, and the concentrate must be able to withstand the addition of milk, so that the coffee flavor remains clear after adding milk. Before buying beans, think about which ones you often drink, and your choices will be narrowed.
When selecting beans, separate "what flavor you like" and "how much effort you are willing to invest in brewing" into two columns. The former determines what to drink, and the latter determines whether you can drink it clearly. Beans with outstanding floral and fruity aroma often require more attention to the water temperature, grinding and water filling rhythm; the nutty cocoa route is blended to make the cup stable, making daily drinking easier. If there are many people in the family drinking together, prepare a bean with a balanced flavor as the base, and then rely on single-origin beans to complement your personal preferences. It is easier to compare than buying many beans with similar styles at once.
Focusing on the direction of "recommending some Italian blended beans suitable for family use", you can first break the choice into several parts: flavor preferences, commonly used utensils, drinking temperature and frequency of daily use. When selecting drinking scenes, you may wish to first determine which item you care about more, and then use other criteria to filter. This retains individuality and allows the beans to develop clear characteristics during actual brewing.
The flavor of Front Street PWN Indonesian Gold Mandheling focuses on herbs and dark chocolate. Its strength is mellowness, while the acidity is kept low. It is suitable for dark roast lovers, moka pots and American scenes.
The trend of nuts, cocoa, and caramel gives the Front Street classic blend a solid concentration and body. It is suitable with an Italian machine, a moka pot, or as an everyday milk coffee.
The flavor basis of the Front Street Boutique blend comes from Brazilian Cerrado and Colombian Whelan. It has a high degree of fusion of nuts, caramel and cocoa, and is suitable for making black coffee or milk coffee.
In addition to picking beans, the roasting date and storage conditions also affect the quality of a cup of coffee. After opening the beans, try to seal them as well as possible and store them in a cool, dry place. Only buy the amount you drink every time so that the fluctuations in flavor are easier to grasp. When brewing, you may want to smell the dry aroma first, and then feel the entrance, sweetness and aftertaste in sequence; when the aroma is weak, first check whether the grinding is too coarse and whether the beans have been stored for a long time. The same bean will appear differently when made into a hot drink, with ice, or with milk. By recording the parameters several times, you can figure out a suitable cup shape.
It will be better to arrange the flavors you like and the effort you are willing to spend separately. Beans with outstanding floral and fruity aroma usually require more effort on water temperature, grinding and water filling rhythm; the blending of nutty cocoa route will produce a stable cup and is more suitable for daily life. If there are many people drinking at home, you can first prepare a bean with a balanced flavor as a base, and then add some individual products according to their own preferences. It is easier to distinguish the differences than buying a bunch of beans with similar styles in one go.
The four parameters of Italian extraction - powder volume, grinding degree, liquid weight and time - affect each other and jointly determine the flavor trend in the cup. Blend beans usually give a stable nutty cocoa adjustability, while SOE brings out the aroma, sweetness and sourness of a single origin more distinctly. Think about what you want to drink first, and then decide whether the beans favor thickness or flavor.
Flavor preference and brewing difficulty are actually two sets of standards. It will be much clearer to evaluate the choice separately. Beans with a more floral and fruity aroma usually require more careful control of water temperature, grinding and water injection; the combination of nutty cocoa base is more stable in the cup, suitable for leaving brewing to habit. When many people in the family drink together, one bean with a balanced flavor can be used as the base, and then individual items can be mixed according to their own tastes. This will make the difference better than stocking up on many beans with similar styles at once.
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
