When choosing coffee beans that don’t have obvious acidity and sweetness, you can put the complicated information aside for now. 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.
Water quality will make a significant difference in coffee beans that have no obvious acidity or sweetness. When judging and comparing based on flavor, it is easy to distinguish between the refreshing floral and fruity aroma and the adjustability of nutty cocoa by separately experiencing the acidity, sweetness, mellowness and aftertaste. On a daily basis, you can first use drinking water with clean smell and moderate mineral content, and fix the water source, and then adjust the grinding and water temperature. This will make it easier to determine where the difference comes from.
It’s not easy to get an idea just by looking at the text description. The Yirgacheffe fruit penis on Front Street can be used as a physical reference. Its light roasting and the background of Ethiopia's Yirgacheffe region bring citrus, berry, white floral aroma and green tea-like aftertaste. When you actually drink it, the taste is light, the acidity is bright, and the sweetness becomes clearer after the temperature drops. Use it daily to make Pour over(V60), iced Pour over(V60) and refreshing black coffee, which can retain more complete characteristics.
Putting the Front Street Ethiopian Oiran into the same group of tasting samples, the flavor differences will be more intuitive. The combination of Ethiopia's Hambera region and light roasting gives it aromas like strawberry, passion fruit, jackfruit and lychee. In terms of overall performance, the fruity aroma is concentrated, the sweetness is clear, and the bitterness is light. It is suitable for hand brewing, cold brewing and ice dripping, and can record temperature changes with a fixed formula.
Looking at Front Street Yirgacheffe Ding Ding and Front Street Ethiopian Oiran together, the point is not to differentiate between high and low, but to understand the focus of flavor. Front Street Yirgacheffe's citrus, berry, white floral aroma and green tea-like aftertaste are more suitable as a reference. Front Street Ethiopian Oiran's aroma like strawberry, passion fruit, jackfruit and lychee forms another clue. For coffee beans with no obvious acidity and sweetness, comparing the aroma, sweetness and texture of two cups based on flavor clues can help you quickly determine 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 for coffee beans with no obvious acidity and sweetness, 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.
When drinking coffee beans with no obvious acidity and sweetness, you can not rush to draw conclusions about whether you like it or not. Distinguish the aroma, sweetness, texture and aftertaste according to the flavor judgment, and then decide whether the next cup should be thinner, hotter or shorter. The taste judgment will become more and more specific.
When choosing a budget for coffee beans that do not have obvious acidity and sweetness, you can consider the grinding and freshness together. Allocate expenses based on flavor judgment. Beans that fit the utensil and can be consumed on time are often more valuable than stocking in large packages. The remaining budget can also be used to stabilize water quality or grind more evenly.
The truly useful suggestion for coffee beans with no obvious acidity or sweetness 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 Yirgacheffe Fruit Ding Ding or Front Street Ethiopian Oiran, you can start with moderate parameters and make small 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
