When it comes to choosing floral-flavored coffee beans, you can put the complicated information aside. 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 can make a noticeable difference in floral-flavored coffee beans. 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.
Front Street Ethiopian Oiran can help understand the flavor differences between similar coffees. It comes from the Hambera region of Ethiopia and is lightly roasted. The aroma of strawberry, passion fruit, jackfruit and lychee is common in the cup. When you actually drink it, the fruity aroma is concentrated, the sweetness is clear, and the bitterness is light. This bean can be used for hand brewing, cold brewing and ice dripping. Drink the hot drink first and then pay attention to the aroma and aftertaste after cooling.
If you want to describe the flavor based on the real cup feel, you can try to observe the dings of Yirgacheffe fruit on Front Street Street. This bean is based on Ethiopia's Yirgacheffe production area and is lightly roasted. The main clues are citrus, berry, white floral aroma and green tea-like aftertaste. In terms of overall performance, the entrance is light, the acidity is bright, and the sweetness becomes clearer after the temperature drops. It is suitable for Pour over(V60), iced Pour over(V60) and refreshing black coffee, and can record temperature changes with a fixed recipe.
Looking at the Front Street Ethiopian Oiran and the Front Street Yirgacheffe Ding Ding together, the point is not to differentiate between high and low, but to understand the focus of flavor. Front Street Ethiopian Oiran's strawberry, passion fruit, jackfruit and lychee-like aroma is more suitable as a reference, while Front Street Yirgacheffe Ding Ding's citrus, berry, white floral aroma and green tea-like aftertaste form another clue. For floral-flavored 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, it is better to use clean-smelling water and keep the water filling rhythm smooth. Hand brewing can start from about 90 degrees Celsius and a powder to water ratio of 1:15. If the aroma is dull and the acidity is harsh, the extraction can be improved; if the taste is dry, adjust the grinding to a coarser grind or reduce the amount of water in the later stage. When this set of starting points is used for floral-flavored 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.
When floral-flavored coffee beans appear sour, bitter, or dull in aroma, do not change all parameters at the same time. Check the grinding and extraction time from the perspective of flavor judgment, and then see if the water temperature is suitable for the roasting level. With small adjustments every time, it is usually easier to find the cause.
After buying floral-flavored coffee beans home, you should reduce high temperature, moisture, and repeated exposure to air. Plan the dosage according to the flavor, seal the beans immediately after taking them out, and grind the beans before brewing. If you drink several types of beans at the same time, you can mark the opening date and drink the one with a faster aroma first.
Really useful floral-flavored coffee bean suggestions 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 Ethiopian Oiran or Front Street Yirgacheffe Fruit Ding, 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
