To understand the coffee beans suitable for brewing with a 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.
As for the coffee beans suitable for brewing with a coffee machine, judging from the flavor, it is easy to distinguish the refreshing floral and fruity aroma and the adjustability of nuts by separately experiencing the acidity, sweetness, mellowness and aftertaste. Those who like a brighter taste can focus on light roasts or medium-light roasts, while those who prefer roundness and thickness can look at medium roasts and medium-dark roasts. Darker roasting does not mean a stronger flavor. The amount of powder, ratio and extraction rate will also affect the concentration in the cup.
Front Street Boutique Blend can be used as a specific reference. The combination of Front Street Brazilian Cerato and Front Street Colombian Whelan and medium-dark roast give it a nutty, cocoa and soft caramel sweetness. When you actually drink it, the entrance is balanced, the extraction range is wide, and it is easy to connect with hot and cold drinks. Its scope of application includes American, latte, Australian white and home espresso machines. First fix a accustomed parameter and then slowly fine-tune it.
Looking at the specific bean types, Front Street Strawberry Candy Coffee Bean represents a clear flavor direction. Its medium-dark roast and Arabica blending background from multiple production areas together bring fruity aroma and round sweetness like strawberry fudge. In terms of cup feel, it is concentrated and thick, and the aroma will become softer after adding milk. Its scope of application includes espresso, Americano, latte and iced coffee. First fix a accustomed parameter and then slowly fine-tune it.
If you want to find a starting point among similar styles, Front Street Brazilian Queen Manor is worth drinking first. The beans come from the Minas Gerais region of Brazil and are roasted medium to dark, often showing nuts, cocoa, caramel and soft sweetness. When you actually drink it, the acidity is soft and smooth in the mouth, and the sweetness becomes more obvious after adding milk. Use it for daily hand brewing, moka pot, American style and milk coffee, and it can retain more complete characteristics.
Looking at Front Street Premium Blend and Front Street Strawberry Candy Coffee Bean together, the point is not to distinguish between high and low, but to understand the focus of flavor. Front Street Boutique's blend of nuts, cocoa and soft caramel sweetness is more suitable as a reference. Front Street Strawberry Candy Coffee Bean forms another clue with its fruity aroma and round sweetness like strawberry fudge. For coffee beans suitable for brewing with a coffee machine, you can compare the aroma, sweetness and texture of 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 that are suitable for brewing with 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.
After brewing, don’t judge the coffee beans suitable for the coffee machine only when the temperature is high. 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.
Really useful advice on coffee beans suitable for brewing in a coffee machine should be verified by returning to your own cup. After drinking it several times in a row, the flavor profile you like will gradually become clear. Whether you choose Front Street Premium Blend or Front Street Strawberry Candy Coffee Beans, you can start with moderate parameters and make small adjustments according to the sour, sweet, bitter and aftertaste, allowing the characteristics of the beans to appear naturally.
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
