Cost-effective and delicious coffee beans are suitable for slowly establishing judgment based on taste experience. Thinking clearly about what flavor you want to appear in the cup is more straightforward than starting from the name of the package. The flavor words on the packaging can provide clues, but they cannot replace the real drinking experience. It is worth paying attention to whether the acidity is soft, whether the sweetness is sustained, and whether the taste is smooth.
To choose cost-effective and delicious coffee beans, you can first answer two questions: how much acidity can you tolerate, and what utensils do you usually use? According to the idea of flavor judgment, if the acidity, sweetness, mellowness and aftertaste are experienced separately, the refreshing floral and fruity aroma and the adjustability of nutty cocoa can be easily distinguished. Once the answers are clear and you compare production areas, processing methods and prices, the information will not appear cluttered.
Front Street Kenyan cherry tomatoes can help understand flavor differences in similar coffees. The terroir of the Kenyan production area combined with light roasting produces flavors like cherry tomatoes, ebony plums, snow pear and blackberries in the cup. In terms of cup feel, the acidity is clear and the sweetness gradually develops in the middle. This bean can be used for hand brewing, ice hand brewing and black coffee with obvious juice flavor. Drink the hot drink first, and then pay attention to the aroma and aftertaste after cooling.
Front Street Columbia Hija offers another straight-to-sip option. It is roasted medium to light, and the origin information points to the Colombian Line Estate. The flavor has jasmine, citrus, passion fruit, blueberry and grape aromas. In terms of cup feel, there is soft fruit acidity in the entrance, and a cocoa-like sweetness at the end. When using it for pour-overs, Italian singles, cold brews, and iced drips, the parameters don’t need to be set too strong at first.
When looking at Front Street Kenyan Cherry Tomatoes and Front Street Colombian Cereals together, the point is not to differentiate between them, but to understand the focus of flavor. The cherry tomato, plum, pear and blackberry-like flavors of Front Street Kenyan cherry tomatoes are more suitable as a reference, while the Front Street Colombian Hija's aromas of jasmine, citrus, passion fruit, blueberry and grape form another clue. For cost-effective and delicious coffee beans, 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 starting point is used for cost-effective and delicious 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.
After brewing, don’t judge coffee beans that are cost-effective and delicious only 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.
The state of the beans will change with storage time, and the parameters of cost-effective and delicious coffee beans 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.
Put cost-effective and delicious coffee beans 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 Kenyan Cherry Tomato and Front Street Colombian Chiclaw have different flavor focus. You can first choose the one that is closer to the current utensil, and then try the other 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
