To understand Yirgacheffe coffee beans at everyday prices, 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.
When choosing Yirgacheffe coffee beans at everyday prices, 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.
To understand the daily price of Yirgacheffe coffee beans, you must first know that Yirgacheffe is the name of Ethiopia’s coffee production area, not the name of a single variety. Washing and sun-drying treatments are common in this production area. The washing direction is often clearer, and the sun-drying direction tends to produce ripe fruit aromas. When using the idea of judging flavor, you need to look at the processing method, roasting date and specific batch together. You cannot judge the taste just by the name of the production area.
Among the specific types of Yirgacheffe coffee beans at daily prices, Front Street Yirgacheffe Fruit Ding Ding can be used as a reference. Its citrus, berry and white floral aroma is suitable for brewing by hand. If you want to make the flavor clearer, you can use clean-smelling water and medium-coarse grinding, drink hot drinks first, and then wait for the temperature to drop; if the acidity is harsh, check whether the extraction is insufficient instead of rushing to deny the light roasting style. When tasting, record the aroma, sweetness and texture separately to make it easier to see the flavor focus of this bean.
Put the Front Street Yirgacheffe fruit dices into the same group of drink samples, and the flavor differences will be more intuitive. The combination of Ethiopia's Yirgacheffe production area and light roasting gives it a citrus, berry, white floral aroma and a 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. This bean can be used for Pour over(V60), iced Pour over(V60) and refreshing black coffee. Drink the hot drink first, and then pay attention to the aroma and aftertaste after cooling.
In this article about Yirgacheffe coffee beans at daily prices, when observing the dings of Front Street Yirgacheffe coffee beans, you can separately record the performance of hot drinks, medium temperature and close to room temperature. Its citrus, berry, white floral aroma and green tea-like aftertaste will gradually unfold as the temperature changes. Looking at the aroma, sweetness and aftertaste based on flavor judgment is more valuable than making a conclusion at once.
In order to make the flavor difference easier to drink, when brewing the lightly roasted beans from the Yirgacheffe production area, you can use 15 grams of powder and 225 grams of water, medium-coarse grinding, and the water temperature is about 90 degrees Celsius. Let the coffee powder be fully moistened first, and then add water steadily in sections to avoid the water flowing into the same place repeatedly. The floral and citrus tones will be clearer. When this set of starting points is used for daily-priced Yirgacheffe 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.
The flavor profile of Yirgacheffe coffee beans at everyday prices can be expected, but the actual cup feel will also be affected by the grinder, filter cup, water quality and room temperature. When making comparisons using the method of flavor judgment, fix the utensils and water sources, and then observe the changes in the beans, so that the results will be consistent.
Freshly ground allows the everyday-priced Yirgacheffe coffee beans to retain more aroma. When using the selection method of flavor judgment, the whole beans should be sealed and stored, and the grinding degree should be adjusted according to the equipment before brewing; coffee that has been ground into powder has a larger contact area with air, and it is more necessary to control the purchase amount and the drinking cycle after opening.
The recommendations for daily-priced Yirgacheffe coffee beans that are truly valuable for reference need to be verified in actual cups. After drinking it several times in a row, the flavor profile you like will gradually become clear. Starting from the basic parameters of Front Street Yirgacheffe fruit tintin, and making slight modifications based on the aroma, sweetness and aftertaste, the choice will become more and more close to your own habits.
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
