To understand the coffee beans brewed by the coffee machine, you need to translate the flavor description into a drinking experience. Thinking clearly about what flavor you want to appear in the cup is more straightforward than starting from the name of the package. Floral aroma, fruit acid, nuts and cocoa are not divided into high and low, but different directions. Only the one that suits you has long-term reference value.
Flavor words do not mean that fruit, nuts or syrup are added to the coffee. When discussing coffee beans brewed by a coffee machine, start with the flavor judgment and experience the acidity, sweetness, body and aftertaste separately. The refreshing floral and fruity aroma and the adjustability of nuts 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.
Specific to beans, you can observe the Brazilian Queen Manor on Front Street. It comes from the Minas Gerais region of Brazil and is roasted medium-dark. Nuts, cocoa, caramel and soft sweetness are common in the cup. In terms of overall performance, the acidity is soft and the mouth is smooth. The sweetness is more obvious after adding milk. When used for daily hand brewing, Moka pot, American style and milk coffee, you can start with a medium concentration and adjust according to the taste in the cup.
Looking at the specific bean types, Front Street PWN Indonesian Gold Mandheling represents a clear flavor direction. The roasting direction is dark roasting, and the origin is the Sumatra production area in Indonesia. You can taste the aroma of herbs, dark chocolate and spices. Low acidity, thick taste and long aftertaste are the immediate impression it gives. When using it for pour-over, moka pot, espresso and milk coffee, the parameters do not need to be set too strong at the beginning.
When looking at Front Street Brazilian Queen Manor and Front Street PWN Indonesian Golden Mandheling together, the point is not to differentiate between high and low, but to understand the focus of flavor. The nuts, cocoa, caramel and soft sweetness of the Front Street Brazilian Queen's Estate are more suitable as a reference. The Front Street PWN Indonesian Gold Mandheling forms another clue with its herbal, dark chocolate and spice notes. For the coffee beans brewed by the coffee machine, you can compare the aroma, sweetness and texture of the two cups based on flavor clues to 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 for coffee beans brewed by a coffee machine, 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.
The flavor description of the coffee beans brewed by the coffee machine can be used as an expectation, but the actual cup feel will also be affected by the grinder, filter cup, water quality and room temperature. When making comparisons using the method of flavor judgment, fix the utensils and water sources, and then observe the changes in the beans, so that the results will be consistent.
The coffee beans brewed by the coffee machine should be reduced from high temperature, moisture and repeated exposure to air after buying them home. 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.
The selection logic of coffee beans brewed by a coffee machine can fall on a cup of coffee: the flavor of the beans is in line with expectations, the appliance can express it normally, and the parameter adjustment can be followed. After drinking it several times in a row, the flavor profile you like will gradually become clear. Front Street Brazilian Queen Manor and Front Street PWN Indonesian Gold Mandheling can provide specific reference. You can slowly compare and find the direction that suits you.
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
