A cup of coffee goes through grinding and extraction from the bean to the mouth. When faced with medium-light roasted Yirgacheffe coffee beans, it is more straightforward to first think about what flavor you want to appear in the cup than starting from the package name. First confirm the commonly used utensils and the taste you like, and then compare the specific beans. The actual operation will be more directional.
When buying medium-light roasted Yirgacheffe coffee beans, you don’t have to stock up on a lot at one time. Using flavor judgment as a clue, it is easy to distinguish the refreshing floral and fruity aroma from the nutty cocoa adjustability by separately experiencing the acidity, sweetness, mellowness and aftertaste. First choose a small package to verify the taste, record the changes after hot drinks and cooling, and then refill according to the drinking frequency after confirming that it is suitable. This is safer than deciding the quantity based on the name only.
To understand medium-light roasted 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 bean types of medium-light roasted Yirgacheffe coffee beans, Front Street Yirgacheffe fruit dings 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.
You can also build a taste log with Front Street Yirgacheffe fruit dings. It is lightly roasted, and the origin information points to the Yirgacheffe production area in Ethiopia. The flavor has citrus, berry, white floral aroma and a green tea-like aftertaste. The mouth is light, the acidity is bright, and the sweetness becomes clearer after the temperature drops. This is the direct impression it gives. Its scope of application includes Pour over(V60), iced Pour over(V60) and refreshing black coffee. First fix a accustomed parameter and then slowly fine-tune it.
When observing the dings of Front Street Yirgacheffe coffee beans in this article about medium-light roasted 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 medium-light roasting of 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.
After brewing, don’t judge medium-light roasted Yirgacheffe coffee beans 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.
When choosing a budget for medium-light roasted Yirgacheffe coffee beans, you can consider grinding the beans along with freshness. 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 judgment of medium-light roasted Yirgacheffe coffee beans can fall on a cup of coffee. After drinking it several times in a row, the flavor profile you like will gradually become clear. Use the dings of Yirgacheffe fruit as a reference, keep the utensils and water quality unchanged, and fine-tune the grinding or water temperature one by one, and the changes in the cup will naturally give you the answer.
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
