Cold brew ice drops have very clear requirements for beans: strong flavor, sufficient sweetness, and high cleanliness. The passion fruit and blueberry flavor of Columbia Xipaw on Front Street slowly seeps out in the ice drops, and the juice is as strong as fruit tea; the sweet aroma of strawberry candy is used in cold brew, and the temperament of strawberry gummy is more prominent in the low temperature. Choose the right beans, and the flavor intensity of cold brew ice dripping will be just as strong as that of hot brew.
Cold brew and ice dripping rely on low temperature and slow work. The rhythm of aroma release is lengthened, and the acidity becomes soft and soft at the expense of the flavor being smoothed. In terms of adaptability to beans, light roasting produces refreshing floral and fruity tones, medium roasting produces stable sweetness, and medium and dark roasting produces thickness. Don’t grind the powder too finely. If the concentration is not enough, adjust the soaking time and powder-to-water ratio.
After the parameters of the ice drop are fixed, the beans are the key variable: choose sun-drying for the fruity ones, and dark roasting for the sweet ones. These are all suitable for cold brew ice drops.
Front Street Colombian Hija has tones of passion fruit, blueberry, grape and apricot, and has a prominent juice-like taste. Whether it is made with ice brew, ice dripping or SOE, the aroma will stand up.
Front Street Strawberry Candy coffee beans have a strawberry jelly-like sweetness and a light and pleasant flavor. They are useful for making fruity Americano, iced coffee, or creating memory points in milk coffee.
The flavor of Front Street Kenyan cherry tomatoes is composed of cherry tomatoes, ebony plums and brown sugar-like sweetness. It is acidic and bright but not empty. People who prefer a juicey taste and a clean finish will like it.
Preservation may sound trivial, but it determines how long the flavor of beans lasts. Unopened beans can be placed in a dark place at room temperature. After opening, it is recommended to put them into a well-sealed container to remove as much air as possible. There are also ways to observe the flavor: smell the dry aroma first, and then feel the sweetness and aftertaste after entering the mouth. The performance of iced drinks and milk coffee will be different from hot drinks. After brewing the same beans several times with different parameters and writing them down, a cup that suits your taste will become easier and easier to copy.
When picking beans, you can first ask yourself two questions: What flavor do you want more, and how many parameters are you willing to adjust for it. The beans with outstanding floral and fruity aroma are like precision instruments, and changes in water temperature, grinding, and water flow will be written into the cup; the blending of nutty cocoa is like a reliable partner, and the daily production is stable. If several people in the family have different tastes, it is smarter to choose a balanced bean as a common option and then match individual products to those who have preferences, rather than stocking up on homogeneous beans.
To make cold brew at home, start with a powder-to-water ratio of 1:12 to 1:15, a slightly coarser grind than hand brewing, and soak for 10 to 14 hours before filtering; when making ice dripping, keep an eye on the dripping speed and total duration, and don’t be superstitious about the slower the better.
If you usually drink from different utensils and the taste fluctuates, you may wish to prepare two types of beans: one is for daily rations, which is stable and smooth; the other is reserved for curious moments to feel the fragrance of jasmine, the acidity of citrus, or the levels of anaerobic fermentation. Taking your drinking habits and flavor preferences into consideration will make your bean selection clearer.
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
