Black coffee and milk coffee have different dimensions of beans. Black coffee values the independent presentation of aroma and sweetness, while milk coffee values the concentration and body of the concentrate as well as the retention of flavor after adding milk. It is more efficient to decide how to drink it first and then choose the beans than to choose the beans first and then think about how to drink it.
In Italian style, powder volume, grinding degree, liquid weight and time form a system that needs to be calibrated repeatedly. Blended beans are usually easier to produce stable nutty, cocoa, and caramel styles, while SOE is suitable for expressing the aroma, sourness, and sweetness of a single origin. Decide on the drink first and then decide on the direction of the beans, whether you want a thick milk coffee base or a clear production area.
Focusing on the direction of "Can a home coffee machine make SOE? How to adjust the SOE extraction parameters?", you can first break the choice into several parts: flavor preference, commonly used utensils, drinking temperature and daily use frequency. 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 sour aroma of passion fruit, the sweetness of blueberries and grapes, and the softness of apricots are all present in the cup of Front Street Colombian Hija. It is full of juice and can be expressed with ice brew, ice dripping or SOE.
Front Street Panama Jade Manor Red Label Gesha has aromas of jasmine and bergamot, followed by citrus and black tea aromas. It has a clean and delicate taste, suitable for drinking slowly and quietly.
Front Street Yirgacheffe Fruit Ding is based on the flavor framework of citrus, berry, floral and green tea sweetness. It has a bright aroma when lightly roasted and brewed by hand, and the acidity is softer after cold brewing.
The stability of a cup of coffee can be determined from the roasting date and storage habits. After opening, the beans should be sealed as much as possible and stored in a cool, dry place. Buy them according to your daily drinking amount so that you can observe the flavor changes more clearly. When brewing, smell the dry aroma first, and then feel the entrance, sweetness and aftertaste. If the aroma is insufficient, check whether the grinding is too coarse or whether the beans have been left too long. If the same bean is replaced with hot drinks, ice or milk, the performance may be different. Record the parameters several times and the appropriate cup shape can be determined.
You have to like the taste and you have to be able to keep up with the brewing. It’s easier to think about the two things separately. Beans with obvious floral and fruity aromas often require more consideration on water temperature, grinding and water injection rhythm; blended beans with nutty cocoa route are stable in daily life and do not require picky techniques. If there are many people in the family drinking together, first pick a balanced bean as the basis, and slowly add single-origin beans according to their own preferences. It is easier to distinguish the differences than stocking up many beans with similar styles at once.
First use a powder-to-liquid ratio of about 1:2 as a benchmark cup, and then fine-tune it according to the entrance performance: if the acidity is sharp, extend the extraction and increase the temperature; if the bitterness is obvious, shorten the extraction and adjust the coarse grinding. There are two general directions for adjusting the parameters of the Italian machine.
First confirm the flavor direction you want, then evaluate the brewing strength you accept, and answer the two questions separately. Floral and fruity beans often require more careful control of water temperature and water injection; the blending of nutty cocoa is more stable and suitable for daily life that requires less hassle. In a family with many people, one bean with a balanced flavor is used as the base, and single-origin beans are supplemented according to everyone's taste, which is more systematic in comparison.
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
