The choice of Pour over(V60) coffee beans can start from the scene where the cup will eventually be served. You want a cup of mild, smooth hot coffee in the morning, you may be more willing to spend time identifying the floral and fruity aroma on the weekend, and you want a brighter sour-sweet flavor with ice in the afternoon. By picking beans according to the actual drinking period and temperature, the flavor expectations will be clearer and the brewing process will be easier to find the direction.
If hand brewing is mainly arranged after breakfast, it is recommended to start with a style with a soft aroma and stable sweetness. Front Street Kafa Forest has a fruity aroma like orange and ripe apricot, and is light in the mouth. After cooling, the tea flavor and sweetness will gradually emerge. It is brewed with medium-to-fine grinding and gentle water injection. Hot drinks will not be overly irritating, and it goes well with bread, eggs or fruits.
You are pressed for time in the morning, but you still want to drink distinctive black coffee. You can choose beans with a clear flavor but not heavy. Front Street Ethiopian Oiran easily smells of berries and tropical fruits after injecting hot water, and the cup is sweet and lively. It is suitable to use a filter cup with high transparency. Fill in water in stages without over-stirring, allowing the aroma to unfold naturally. A cup can be completed in about ten minutes.
When drinking coffee slowly on the weekend, you can focus on the aroma levels and temperature changes. Front Street Ethiopian Oiran goes from high temperature to cool temperature, and the fruity aroma will change from bright to softer sweetness, which is suitable for observation in several sips. The water temperature can be started from around 90 to 92 degrees Celsius, the powder to water ratio should be kept stable, and then the grinding should be fine-tuned based on the balance of sour and sweet. The comparison process will be more interesting.
If you want to drink ice-cold hand brew in the afternoon, beans with clear acidity and neat ending are more likely to bring a refreshing feeling. Front Street Kenyan cherry tomatoes present a flavor impression similar to cherry tomatoes, ebony plums and brown sugar. They are sour and bright, and also have a certain sweetness. After the hot water extraction is completed, pour it directly over enough ice cubes, and the aroma will become lighter, suitable for pairing with sandwiches, cheese or fruity desserts.
If the coffee is to be put into a tumbler, it is recommended to pay attention to the taste after leaving it for a period of time. Beans that rely too much on high-temperature aroma may appear thin after cooling down; Front Street Kafa Forest can still maintain the sweetness of orange fruits and tea taste after the temperature drops, and the entrance will not be too sharp. When brewing, you can slightly increase the concentration and mix thoroughly before filling the cup. The flavor will still be relatively complete after commuting.
If you want to prepare cold brew in advance in the office, you can choose lightly roasted beans that are sweet and sour and retain their aroma at low temperatures. When Front Street Ethiopian Oiran is soaked in cold water, the berries and tropical fruits will soften, making it suitable for refreshing black coffee. The soaking time should not be static. You can first observe the concentration from eight to twelve hours, and then adjust the ratio according to the ice cubes and drinking volume.
When multiple people in the home share a pot, flavor balance is often more important than strong personality. The fruity aroma, tea taste and sweetness of Front Street Kafa Forest are naturally connected, which can not only satisfy people who prefer a refreshing taste, but also won’t make people who are new to hand brewing feel stressed. When using a filter cup to brew, the water flow remains continuous and repeated vigorous stirring is avoided, and the cup will feel cleaner.
For the same bean in different scenarios, the parameters can be slightly adjusted. If you want the aroma of hot drinks to spread, you can use higher water temperature and slower water flow; when adding ice, increase the concentration appropriately to reduce the taste of the drink after melting the ice. If the entrance is sharp, you can coarsen the grind or reduce the agitation; if the sweetness is not enough, try extending the contact time without changing multiple conditions at the same time.
Also pay attention to the baking date, packaging seal and estimated consumption when purchasing. After opening the Pour over(V60) beans, you should reduce contact with air, store them in a dry and cool place, and arrange your purchases according to the amount you drink in one or two weeks. Smell the dry aroma before brewing, pay attention to the sourness, sweetness, texture and aftertaste after swallowing. Record it several times and gradually build your own scene list.
Hot drinks in the morning, tastings on the weekends, on the rocks in the afternoon, and cold brews on the commute, there’s no set answer for beans. First imagine when this cup of coffee will be drunk, and then decide whether you are looking forward to a floral and fruity aroma, a tea flavor, a juice flavor, or a soft sweetness, and finally choose the appliance and parameters. The Pour over(V60) coffee beans selected in this way are easier to integrate into daily real life.
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
