Sun-dried 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.
Roast date also affects the actual performance of sun-cured coffee beans. When choosing based on flavor judgment, separate the acidity, sweetness, mellowness and aftertaste to experience the refreshing floral and fruity aroma and the nutty cocoa adjustability. Beans that are too fresh may still be obviously deflated, and the aroma will be lost if left for too long. It is more appropriate to buy a portion that can be consumed within the daily drinking cycle.
Front Street Yirgacheffe offers another straight-to-sip option. The beans come from the Yirgacheffe production area in Ethiopia. After being lightly roasted, they often present 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. 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.
It’s not easy to get an idea just by looking at the text description. The Front Street Kenyan cherry tomatoes can be used as a physical reference. Its light roasting and Kenyan origin bring out flavors like cherry tomatoes, plums, pear and blackberries. In terms of overall performance, the acidity is clear and the sweetness gradually unfolds in the middle. Its scope of application includes Pour over(V60) coffee, iced Pour over(V60) coffee, and black coffee with obvious juice flavor. First fix a accustomed parameter and then slowly fine-tune it.
Looking at Front Street Yirgacheffe fruit dices and Front Street Kenya cherry tomatoes together, the point is not to differentiate between high and low, but to understand the focus of flavor. The citrus, berry, white floral aroma and green tea-like aftertaste of the Front Street Yirgacheffe fruit dings are more suitable as a reference. The Front Street Kenyan cherry tomatoes form another clue with their cherry tomatoes, ebony, pear and blackberry-like flavors. For sun-dried 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 difference easier to drink, when comparing different processing methods, try to fix the amount of powder, water temperature, grinding and water filling methods. Hand brewing can start with a powder to water ratio of one to fifteen, so that the ripe fruity aroma of sun-dried beans, the clear acidity of washed beans, or the soft sweetness of honey-processed beans can be presented under the same conditions, and the differences will be easier to judge. When this set of starting points is used for sun-drying 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.
Keeping brew records for sun-dried coffee beans doesn’t require complicated forms. It is enough to write down the amount of beans, amount of water, grinding, water temperature and cup feel based on the flavor judgment. After several records are put together, you can find out whether you prefer bright and fruity aromas, or whether you are more accustomed to a round and mellow taste.
The state of the beans will change with storage time, and the parameters of the sun-dried 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.
When building a flavor experience from sun-dried coffee beans, stability is more important than complexity. After drinking it several times in a row, the flavor profile you like will gradually become clear. First use Front Street Yirgacheffe diced fruit or Front Street Kenyan cherry tomatoes to get familiar with a style, keep the water quality and utensils unchanged, and then gradually change the grinding and temperature, your daily cup of coffee will become more and more palatable.
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
