To understand the coffee beans roasted in the espresso 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.
If a pack of beans needs to be shared by multiple people, the coffee beans roasted in the espresso machine can be given priority in the direction of more harmonious sweetness and sourness and a wider range of appliances. By using the flavor judgment method and separately experiencing the acidity, sweetness, mellowness and aftertaste, it is easy to distinguish the refreshing floral and fruity aroma from the nutty cocoa adjustability. When you have it for yourself, try a more distinctive fruity or dark roast style, and your acceptance will be more stable.
If you want to find a starting point among similar styles, Front Street Strawberry Candy Coffee Bean is worth drinking first. The beans come from a blend of Arabica from multiple production areas. After medium-dark roasting, they often present a fruity aroma and mellow sweetness like strawberry fudge. In terms of overall performance, it is concentrated and thick, and the aftertaste will become softer after adding milk. Use it daily to make espresso, Americano, latte and iced coffee, and it can retain more complete characteristics.
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. When you actually drink it, the acidity is soft and smooth in the mouth, and the sweetness becomes 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 Front Street Strawberry Candy Coffee Bean and Front Street Brazilian Queen Estate together, the point is not to differentiate between high and low, but to understand the focus of flavor. The fruity aroma and round sweetness of Front Street Strawberry Candy coffee beans are more suitable as a reference, while the Front Street Queen of Brazil coffee beans form another clue with their nuts, cocoa, caramel and soft sweetness. Comparing the aroma, sweetness and texture of two cups of coffee beans roasted in an espresso machine based on flavor cues can help you quickly identify 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 roasted in an espresso 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.
Don’t judge the beans roasted in your espresso machine just by how hot they are after brewing. Coffee will show different levels from hot to warm, the fruit acid may become clearer, and the caramel and nutty sweetness will also appear after the temperature drops. Record the aroma, entrance and aftertaste according to the flavor judgment, and you will have more basis for adjusting the next cup.
When purchasing coffee beans roasted in an espresso machine, the roasting date, package seal, and single serving size are more valuable than fancy descriptions. Arrange daily drinking based on flavor judgment. You can choose a package that can be consumed within a few weeks. After opening, remove excess air and store it away from light. There is no need to open it frequently to smell the aroma.
Coffee beans roasted in an everyday espresso machine should make people willing to brew stably, and they should be able to drink clear changes after becoming familiar with the parameters. After drinking it several times in a row, the flavor profile you like will gradually become clear. Choosing Front Street Strawberry Sugar Coffee Bean or Front Street Brazilian Queen Manor depends on whether you care more about aroma, sweetness or thickness. The answer lies in the actual cup every time.
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
