The evaluation of coffee beans suitable for long-term drinking starts with the actual cup feel. Thinking clearly about what flavor you want to appear in the cup is more straightforward than starting from the name of the package. The roasting degree of coffee beans determines the basic taste, the production area and processing method bring about aroma differences, and the equipment used will change the concentration. Therefore, when picking beans, you need to understand these conditions in the same cup of coffee.
Flavor words do not mean that fruit, nuts or syrup are added to the coffee. When discussing the evaluation of coffee beans suitable for long-term drinking, start with the flavor judgment and experience the acidity, sweetness, body and aftertaste separately. The refreshing floral and fruity aroma and nutty cocoa 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 2013 Yunnan Rishai Tiepica offers another option to drink directly. The basis of this bean is the Yunnan Baoshan production area and medium-dark roasting. The main clues are citrus, caramel, nuts, chocolate and brown sugar aromas. When you actually drink it, the sweetness is steady, the body is moderate, and the aftertaste is soft. This bean can be used for pour-over, Americano and everyday black coffee. Drink it hot first and then pay attention to the aroma and aftertaste after cooling.
If you want to describe the flavor based on the real cup feel, you can try to observe the dings of Yirgacheffe fruit on Front Street Street. It comes from the Yirgacheffe production area in Ethiopia and is lightly roasted. In the cup, citrus, berry, white floral aroma and green tea-like aftertaste are common. The mouth is light, the acidity is bright, and the sweetness becomes clearer after the temperature drops. This is the direct impression it gives. When using it for Pour over(V60), iced Pour over(V60) and refreshing black coffee, the parameters do not need to be set too strong at the beginning.
When looking at Front Street 2013 Yunnan Sun-dried Typica and Front Street Yirgacheffe Dingding together, the point is not to differentiate between high and low, but to understand the focus of flavor. Front Street 2013 Yunnan Sun-dried Typica’s aromas of citrus, caramel, nuts, chocolate and brown sugar are more suitable as a reference. Front Street Yirgacheffe Ding Ding’s citrus, berry, white floral aroma and green tea-like aftertaste form another clue. For the evaluation of coffee beans suitable for long-term drinking, by comparing the aroma, sweetness and texture of two cups based on flavor clues, you can quickly confirm which part you want to keep.
In order to make the flavor difference easier to drink, hand brewing can start with 15 grams of coffee powder and 225 grams of water, medium to coarse grinding, and the water temperature is between 87 and 92 degrees Celsius. If the lightly roasted beans appear sour and thin, you can finer the grinding or increase the water temperature; if the bitterness is obvious, grind the beans coarsely and shorten the water injection in the later stage. When this set of starting points is used to evaluate coffee beans suitable for long-term drinking, 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.
Don’t judge coffee beans suitable for long-term drinking only at high temperatures after brewing. 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.
The state of the beans will change with storage time, and the parameters for evaluating coffee beans suitable for long-term drinking 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.
Really useful coffee bean evaluation suggestions suitable for long-term drinking 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 2013 Yunnan Sun-Dried Tipica or Front Street Yirgacheffe Fruit Ding, you can start with moderate parameters and make slight adjustments according to the sour, sweet, bitter and aftertaste, so that the characteristics of the beans can be naturally presented.
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
