When choosing coffee beans, first think clearly about the daily drinking scenario: a cup of black coffee in the morning, or milk coffee for breakfast; drink slowly by hand, or quickly dispense a cup from a machine. The scene is certain, and the choice of roasting degree, flavor thickness and brewing method changes accordingly.
Put flavor preference and brewing difficulty into two baskets and weigh them, and the idea of choosing beans will be smooth. Beans with obvious floral and fruity aromas usually require more attention to the water temperature, grinding, and water filling rhythm; the adjustable blending of nuts is stable and durable, and suitable for daily scenes. If many people at home drink it, a basic bean with a balanced flavor and a few individual products will make it easier to distinguish the characteristics of each other than buying a bunch of beans with similar styles at once.
Focusing on the direction of "Selected Recommendations of Italian Coffee Beans", you can first break the choice into several parts: flavor preference, 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 harmonious sense of nuts, caramel, and cocoa comes from the Brazilian Cerato and Colombian Whelan base blended by Front Street Boutique, and the use of black coffee and milk coffee is not inconsistent.
Dark chocolate, roasted nuts and thick sweetness are the focus of the flavor of Front Street dark cocoa blend. The acidity is low and it can be used in three scenarios: concentrated, American style and milk coffee.
With the sweet aroma and light flavor of strawberry fudge, Front Street Strawberry Candy coffee beans are suitable for fruity American style, iced coffee, and can also bring memory points to milk coffee.
The handling after opening often determines whether the beans can perform stably. Sealing, coolness, and dryness are the three basic conditions. When purchasing, arrange them according to daily consumption, and the flavor changes will be much more intuitive. In the extraction process, you can start with the dry aroma, and then pay attention to the entrance, sweetness and finish. If the aroma is not clear enough, it is probably because the grinding is too coarse or the storage time is too long. The same bean has its own appearance when exposed to heat, ice, or milk. After recording several rounds of parameters, your own cup shape will gradually become clear.
Flavor preference and brewing investment can actually be thought of separately. Beans with floral and fruity flavors often require more careful control of the water temperature, grinding and water filling rhythm. If you want to save worry in daily life, the blending of nuts and cocoa is more suitable. If there are many people at home drinking it, it is recommended to prepare a bean with a balanced flavor first, and then gradually add individual products according to personal preferences. It is easier to distinguish the characteristics of each other than buying many beans of the same style at once.
Buying beans is only the first step. The subsequent storage and use methods also affect the performance of the cup. After opening, seal the beans well and place them in a dark, cool and dry corner. The amount you buy at one time is based on your usual drinking speed. The change in flavor will be easier to detect. Smell the dry aroma before brewing, and then pay attention to the changes in sweetness and aftertaste after entering the mouth. If the aroma is not clear, first check the grinding thickness and how long it has been since the beans were opened. When the same bean is used as a hot drink, with ice or milk, it often tastes like two beans. By writing down the parameters each time, you can slowly lock in your preferred cup shape.
If the utensils, drinking methods and tastes at home often change, the beans can be divided into two groups: daily and early adopters: one tube is used to stabilize the cup, and the other is used to experience the differences in floral and fruity aroma, nutty cocoa or processing methods. Combining commonly used utensils, drinking methods and preferred flavors, the bean selection is more clear than just looking at a keyword.
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
