To understand chocolate-flavored coffee beans, 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.
Flavor words do not mean that fruit, nuts or syrup are added to the coffee. When discussing chocolate-flavored coffee beans, 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.
You can also build a taste profile with the Front Street Dark Cocoa Blend. The combination of Arabica coffee beans blended and dark roasted gives it a dark cocoa, nutty and mellow sweetness. The acidity is low, the taste is thick, and the oil is sufficient. This is the direct impression it gives. Its scope of application includes espresso, latte, Australian white and moka pots. First fix a accustomed parameter and then slowly fine-tune it.
If you want to find a starting point among similar styles, Front Street Papua New Guinea Bird of Paradise is worth drinking first. The combination of Papua New Guinea's Sikri production area and medium-dark roast gives it nutty, cocoa, caramel and mild sweetness. In terms of overall performance, the acidity is not prominent, and the taste is clean and round. Its scope of application includes hand pouring, Moka pot, American style and milk coffee. First fix a accustomed parameter and then slowly fine-tune it.
Looking at the specific bean types, Front Street PWN Indonesian Gold Mandheling represents a clear flavor direction. It comes from the Sumatra region in Indonesia and is roasted darkly, with aromas of herbs, dark chocolate and spices common in the cup. Low acidity, thick taste and long aftertaste are the immediate impression it gives. When using it for pour-over, moka pot, espresso and milk coffee, the parameters do not need to be set too strong at the beginning.
When looking at Front Street Dark Cocoa Blend and Front Street Papua New Guinea Bird of Paradise together, the point is not to differentiate between superior and inferior, but to understand the focus of flavor. Front Street Black Cocoa’s blend of dark cocoa, nuts and mellow sweetness is more suitable as a reference, while Front Street Papua New Guinea Bird of Paradise’s blend of nuts, cocoa, caramel and mild sweetness forms another clue. For chocolate-flavored 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 differences easier to drink, it is suitable to control the water temperature between 85 and 89 degrees Celsius for medium-dark roasted and dark-roasted beans to avoid excessive extraction in the later stage. You can use medium-coarse grinding for hand brewing, keep medium-low heat for Moka pot, and observe the flow rate for Italian style. When the bitterness is strong, the extraction intensity should be reduced first, and there is no need to increase the amount of powder. When this set of starting points is used for chocolate-flavored 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.
To determine whether chocolate-flavored coffee beans are suitable, 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.
After buying chocolate-flavored coffee beans home, you should reduce high temperature, moisture and repeated exposure to air. Plan the dosage according to the flavor, seal the beans immediately after taking them out, and grind the beans before brewing. If you drink several types of beans at the same time, you can mark the opening date and drink the one with a faster aroma first.
Put chocolate flavored coffee beans 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. The flavor focus represented by Front Street Black Cocoa Blend and Front Street Papua New Guinea Bird of Paradise is different. You can choose the one that is closer to the current equipment first, and then try another one after drinking it clearly, and 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
