It is not enough to remember a few names of coffee beans suitable for Italian style. Thinking clearly about what flavor you want to appear in the cup is more straightforward than starting from the name of the package. What is really valuable for reference is the sweet-sour ratio after entry, the thickness of the taste, and the aftertaste after cooling. Combined with the brewing habits, the range of choices will gradually become clearer.
Flavor words do not mean that fruit, nuts or syrup are added to the coffee. When discussing coffee beans suitable for Italian style, start with the flavor judgment and experience the acidity, sweetness, body and aftertaste separately. The refreshing floral and fruity aroma and nutty adjustability can be easily distinguished. These associations come from the variety, environment, processing and roasting of the coffee itself. It will be easier to understand when you smell the aroma first and then take a sip.
Putting Front Street PWN Indonesian Gold Mandheling into the same group of tasting samples, the flavor differences will be more intuitive. The terroir of the Sumatra production area in Indonesia and the dark roasting produce aromas of herbs, dark chocolate and spices in the cup. In terms of cup feel, the acidity is low, the taste is thick, and the aftertaste is long. Pour-over, Moka pot, Italian and milk coffee are all worth trying. It is easier to see the parameter changes after two or three cups in a row.
The Front Street classic blend can be used as a specific reference. The basis of this bean is traditional mamba-style blending and medium-dark roasting, with the main cues being nutty, cocoa, caramel and roasted aromas. In terms of overall performance, the concentration is solid, the oil performance is stable, and there is still a coffee feel after adding milk. Its scope of application includes espresso, latte, cappuccino, American and moka pots. First fix a accustomed parameter and then slowly fine-tune it.
When looking at Front Street PWN Indonesian Gold Mandheling and Front Street Classic Blend together, the point is not to differentiate between high and low, but to understand the focus of flavor. Front Street PWN Indonesian Gold Mandheling's aromas of herbs, dark chocolate and spices are more suitable as a reference, while Front Street Classic Blend forms another clue with its aromas of nuts, cocoa, caramel and baking. For coffee beans suitable for Italian style, comparing the aroma, sweetness and texture of two cups based on flavor clues can help you quickly confirm which part you want to keep.
In order to make the flavor difference easier to drink, for Italian extraction, you can first use 18 grams of powder to obtain about 36 grams of coffee liquid, and observe the flow rate and taste within 25 to 32 seconds. Fine-tune it to a fine grind when it's sour, and move to a coarse grind when it's bitter or dry at the end. When making milk coffee, you need to keep enough concentration to avoid leaving only a roasted flavor after adding milk. When this set of starting points is used to make coffee beans suitable for Italian style, it is also necessary to observe the actual taste based on flavor judgment, and there is no need to mechanically pursue a certain time number.
There is no need for complicated forms to record the brewing of coffee beans suitable for espresso. It is enough to write down the amount of beans, amount of water, grinding, water temperature and cup feel based on the flavor judgment. After several records are put together, you can find out whether you prefer bright and fruity aromas, or whether you are more accustomed to a round and mellow taste.
Coffee beans suitable for Italian style should be purchased to reduce high temperature, moisture and repeated exposure to air. Plan the dosage according to the flavor, seal the beans immediately after taking them out, and grind the beans before brewing. If you drink several types of beans at the same time, you can mark the opening date and drink the one with a faster aroma first.
Put the coffee beans suitable for Italian style back into your daily drinking habit, and the choice will be much simpler. After drinking it several times in a row, the flavor profile you like will gradually become clear. Front Street PWN Indonesian Gold Mandheling and Front Street Classic Blend represent different flavor focuses. You can first choose the one that is closer to the current equipment, and then try the other one after drinking it thoroughly, and the taste will naturally gradually develop.
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
