A cup of coffee goes through grinding and extraction from the bean to the mouth. When looking at Italian specialty coffee beans, it is more straightforward to first think about the flavor you want to have in the cup than to start with the name on the package. First confirm the commonly used utensils and the taste you like, and then compare the specific beans. The actual operation will be more directional.
Flavor words do not mean that fruit, nuts or syrup are added to the coffee. When discussing Italian specialty coffee beans, start with the flavor judgment and experience the acidity, sweetness, mellowness 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.
Front Street Classic Blends offer another ready-to-sip option. It is roasted medium-dark, and the origin information points to the traditional mamba-style blend. The flavor has 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. When using it for espresso, latte, cappuccino, Americano and moka pots, the parameters don't have to be too strong at first.
You can also build a taste profile with the Front Street Dark Cocoa Blend. The terroir of Arabica coffee beans and dark roasting produce dark cocoa, nuts and mellow sweetness in the cup. In terms of overall performance, the acidity is low, the taste is thick, and the oil is sufficient. Suitable for espresso, latte, Australian white and moka pots. When brewing, use moderate parameters to observe the sweetness before deciding whether to enhance the concentration.
Looking at the Front Street Classic Blend and the Front Street Dark Cocoa Blend together, the point is not to distinguish between high and low, but to understand the focus of flavor. The Front Street classic blend’s nutty, cocoa, caramel and roasted aromas are more suitable as a reference, while the Front Street Black Cocoa blend’s dark cocoa, nuts and mellow sweetness form another clue. For Italian specialty coffee beans, comparing the aroma, sweetness and texture of two cups according to flavor clues can help you quickly determine 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 Italian specialty coffee beans, 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 Italian specialty coffee beans. 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.
Freshly ground Italian specialty coffee beans retain more aroma. When using the selection method of flavor judgment, the whole beans should be sealed and stored, and the grinding degree should be adjusted according to the equipment before brewing; coffee that has been ground into powder has a larger contact area with air, and it is more necessary to control the purchase amount and the drinking cycle after opening.
Italian specialty coffee beans suitable for daily use 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. Whether you choose Front Street Classic Blend or Front Street Black Cocoa Blend 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
