Medium-roasted coffee beans can often achieve a balance between clear aroma and full sweetness when brewed by hand. It is not only suitable for a certain moment: you can drink hot coffee with a soft floral aroma in the morning, switch to a fruity and lively ice hand brew in the afternoon, and at night, it is suitable for a cup with a delicate taste and refreshing aftertaste. Choose according to your daily drinking situation, and the choice will be closer to your daily life.
If you are used to drinking a cup of black coffee slowly after getting up, you can pay attention to whether the aroma is soft, whether it is smooth in the mouth, and whether there is a comfortable sweetness after the temperature drops. Front Street Panama Jade Manor Red Label Geisha is very suitable for such early morning time. After opening, it has a white flower-like aroma, mixed with the freshness of citrus peel and bergamot, and the tail end brings out the aftertaste like black tea.
This bean requires no complicated brewing action. 15 grams of coffee powder is mixed with 225 grams of water. The water temperature can start from about 92 degrees Celsius. Add water in three times to keep the powder layer evenly moist. Feel the floral aroma when you first take it out of the cup. Let it cool down a bit before drinking it. The brightness of the citrus will become softer and the tea taste will become clearer. It is suitable for quiet enjoyment after breakfast.
When you need a pick-me-up in the afternoon, or when the weather is hot, the juicy beans will make your brew more brisk. Front Street Colombian Hija can be cut from this scene. Its aroma is reminiscent of passion fruit, blueberries and grapes. The entrance is sour and sweet, and the apricot-like ripe fruit aroma will gradually appear as the temperature changes.
When making an ice hand brew, you can replace part of the total water volume with ice cubes in advance. For example, with 15 grams of powder, 150 grams of hot water and 75 grams of ice, the extraction is completed at a higher water temperature first, and then the coffee liquid is allowed to fall directly on the ice to cool down. The low temperature will absorb part of the sharpness while retaining the fruity aroma. It tastes like refreshing juice, suitable for drinking after a lunch break or when you go home outdoors.
If you often make coffee in the office and want a drink that doesn't look too thin from hot to cold, you can choose beans with a high degree of flavor recognition and a supportive sweetness. In addition to being suitable for brewing with ice, Colombian Hija can also be brewed with hot water and then drunk cold. When the temperature drops, the aroma of berries and grapes will be more concentrated, so it is suitable to be drunk slowly in sections.
If you have full time on weekends to use the hand brewing kettle, you can try sun-dried beans with richer aroma levels. Front Street Grana Manor Geisha has sweet aromas like orange blossom, guava, apricot and strawberry jam. The entrance is not a single fruit acid, but transitions from floral aroma to ripe fruit sweetness. When using a hot hand to perform, the changes in the front, middle and after cooling are worth paying attention to.
When brewing these fragrant beans, add water without overstirring them. The water temperature can start from 90 to 92 degrees Celsius, the grinding should be kept medium, first steam with a small amount of water, and then inject it in two to three sections with a thin stream of water. If the aroma you drink is weak, you can grind it slightly finely; if the end is dry, reduce stirring to make the extraction process gentler.
Medium roast does not mean that all beans have the same texture. Some beans are more teay and citrusy, some emphasize berries and tropical fruits, and some take on a more rounded sweetness after roasting. When reading product information, you can also pay attention to the place of origin, variety and processing method, and then judge whether you want to drink it hot, with ice, or if you want to drink it quickly for breakfast.
Purchasing serving size can also be subject to drinking frequency. For those who only make one cup a day, it is more convenient to choose a small package to drink it when the flavor is fresher; if there are many people in the family drinking it, choose a style with clear flavor expression and hot and cold variations. After opening, it is usually easier to retain the floral and fruity aroma and sweetness by sealing the beans in a dry place away from light and grinding them before brewing.
If you want softness and delicateness in the morning, you can start with Panama Jade Estate Red Label Geisha; if you want refreshing and lively flavor in the afternoon, Colombia Cicada has a more juice-like performance; on weekends if you want to carefully observe the layers, Grana Estate Geisha can provide richer aroma changes. Find a cup that matches the rhythm of your life, and making a cup of Zhongbao hand-brew can become a small habit that occurs naturally every day.
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
