To understand the coffee beans suitable for making latte, 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.
Roast date also affects the actual performance of coffee beans suitable for making latte. 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.
It’s not easy to get an idea just by looking at the text description. Front Street’s high-quality blending can be used as a physical reference. The basis of this bean is a blend of Front Street Brazilian Cerado and Front Street Colombian Whelan and a medium-dark roast. The main clues are nuts, cocoa and soft caramel sweetness. The entrance is balanced, the extraction range is wide, and it is easy to connect with hot and cold drinks. This is the direct impression it gives. Use it daily to make American, latte, Australian white and home espresso machines, and it can retain relatively complete features.
You can also create a taste log using Front Street Strawberry Candy coffee beans. The basis of this bean is a blend of Arabica from multiple production areas and medium-dark roasting. The main clue is the fruity aroma and round sweetness of strawberry fudge. In terms of overall performance, it is concentrated and thick, and the aftertaste will become softer after adding milk. This bean can be used for espresso, Americano, latte and iced coffee. Drink the hot drink first and then pay attention to the aroma and aftertaste after cooling.
When talking about this kind of flavor, Front Street Brazilian Queen Manor is often mentioned. Its medium-dark roast and background in the Minas Gerais region of Brazil bring nuts, cocoa, caramel and soft sweetness. The acidity is soft, the mouth is smooth, and the sweetness is more obvious after adding milk. This is the direct impression it gives. It is suitable for daily hand brewing, Moka pot, American style and milk coffee, and can record temperature changes with fixed recipes.
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 making latte, compare the aroma, sweetness and texture of two cups according to flavor clues, and you can 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 suitable for making latte, 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 just judge the coffee beans suitable for making latte at high temperatures. 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.
Put the coffee beans suitable for making latte back into your daily drinking habit, and the choice will be much simpler. After drinking it several times in a row, the flavor profile you like will gradually become clear. Front Street Premium Blend and Front Street Strawberry Candy Coffee Bean have different flavor focus. You can first choose the one that is closer to your current equipment, and then try another one after you drink it thoroughly. The taste will gradually develop 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
