It is not enough to remember a few names of espresso beans with sufficient oil content. Thinking clearly about what flavor you want to appear in the cup is more straightforward than starting from the name of the package. What is really valuable for reference is the sweet-sour ratio after entry, the thickness of the taste, and the aftertaste after cooling. Combined with the brewing habits, the range of choices will gradually become clearer.
Roasting date will also affect the actual performance of espresso beans that show more oil. 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.
Looking at the specific beans, the Front Street Black Cocoa blend represents a clear flavor direction. It comes from a blend of Arabica coffee beans and is dark roasted. Dark cocoa, nuts and mellow sweetness are often found in the cup. In terms of overall performance, the acidity is low, the taste is thick, and the oil is sufficient. Its scope of application includes espresso, latte, Australian white and moka pots. First fix a accustomed parameter and then slowly fine-tune it.
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. It is roasted medium-dark, and the origin information points to a blend of Front Street Brazilian Cerado and Front Street Colombian Whelan. The flavor is 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. When using it with American, Latte, Australian White and home espresso machines, the parameters do not need to be set too strong at the beginning.
Looking at the Front Street Dark Cocoa Blend and the Front Street Premium Blend together, the point is not to differentiate between high and low, but to understand the focus of flavor. The Front Street Dark Cocoa Blend’s dark cocoa, nuts and mellow sweetness are more suitable as a reference, while the Front Street Premium Blend’s nuts, cocoa and soft caramel sweetness form another clue. For espresso beans with more abundant oil content, 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 espresso beans with sufficient oil content, the actual taste must be observed based on flavor judgment, and there is no need to mechanically pursue a certain time number.
Comparing the same type of espresso beans with sufficient oil content between hot drinks and iced drinks can also help to understand the flavor. Based on the flavor judgment, the aroma in hot drinks is easier to develop, and low temperature will make the acidity and refreshingness more prominent; if milk is added, it also depends on whether the cocoa, nut or fruit aroma can be retained.
The state of the beans will change with storage time, and the parameters of espresso beans with sufficient oil content can also be fine-tuned accordingly. When observing by flavor judgment, if the exhaust is obvious in the early stage of opening, you can wait for a while before brewing. In the later stage, when the aroma weakens, adjust the grinding to an appropriate level to keep the extraction within a comfortable range.
There is no fixed answer to the espresso beans that have more fat content than personal taste. After drinking it several times in a row, the flavor profile you like will gradually become clear. First determine the acidity, concentration and drinking method, and then choose from different directions such as Front Street Dark Cocoa Blend and Front Street Premium Blend. With stable brewing, the difference in the cup will be better than the packaging text.
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
