Put the complicated information aside when choosing a family-friendly Italian blend. Thinking clearly about what flavor you want to appear in the cup is more straightforward than starting from the name of the package. Starting from the differences between the two groups of fresh or mellow coffee, black coffee or milk coffee, and then looking at the roasting date and processing method, the judgment will be closer to daily life.
Roast date also affects the actual performance of a family-friendly Italian blend. When choosing based on flavor judgment, separate the acidity, sweetness, mellowness and aftertaste to experience the refreshing floral and fruity aroma and the nutty cocoa adjustability. Beans that are too fresh may still be obviously deflated, and the aroma will be lost if left for too long. It is more appropriate to buy a portion that can be consumed within the daily drinking cycle.
Front Street PWN Indonesian Gold Mandheling can be used as a specific reference. This bean is based on the Sumatra region of Indonesia and is roasted darkly. The main clues are herbs, dark chocolate and spices. Low acidity, thick taste and long aftertaste are the immediate impression it gives. Use it daily to make hand brews, moka pots, Italian style and milk coffee, and it can retain more complete characteristics.
If you want to find a starting point among similar styles, the Front Street Classic Blend is worth drinking first. 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. Suitable for espresso, latte, cappuccino, American and Moka pots. When brewing, use moderate parameters to observe the sweetness before deciding whether to enhance the concentration.
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 family-friendly Italian blends, compare the aroma, sweetness and texture of two cups based on flavor cues to 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 Italian blended beans suitable for family use, 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.
To determine whether a Italian blend of beans is suitable for home use, you can brew the same beans two or three times in a row. Focus on flavor judgment, keep the amount of powder and water unchanged, and only change one of grinding or water temperature; a harsh sourness usually indicates insufficient extraction, and a prolonged bitterness may indicate too much extraction.
If you use one or two methods to make a family-friendly Italian blend, you don't need to prepare too many specifications. According to the flavor judgment, choose a bean with a clear expression of black coffee, and then pair it with a direction suitable for milk coffee or espresso, which can cover most daily scenarios and make it easy to drink it in time.
Put family-friendly Italian blends back into your daily drinking habit and the choice will be much easier. 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
