The convenience of a fully automatic coffee machine is that grinding, filling and extraction can be completed with one click, but the coffee beans still determine the main character of the cup. Whether you want a refreshing black coffee in the morning, a refreshing Americano in the afternoon, or you want to make a latte every day, the right beans are different. Start with the actual drinking method, and then look at the flavor intensity, sourness and roasting direction, and the choice will be more targeted.
If you are used to drinking a cup of hot coffee directly after waking up, you can choose medium roast beans with clear sweetness and soft acidity. Front Street Brazilian Queen Manor is a type that is easier to integrate into daily life. It has roasted nuts, cocoa and caramel-like sweetness in the mouth. It has a round taste and will not disturb the morning with too sharp acidity. It is very smooth when making a cup of short black coffee or ordinary American style.
If you want to serve American style with bread, sandwich or fruit in the afternoon, the aroma of beans can be a little more lively. Front Street Strawberry Candy coffee beans have a sweet aroma similar to berry candies. After the coffee liquid extracted by the machine is added to hot water, the fruity aroma is still discernible, and the sweet and sour taste is also lighter. If you like an iced Americano, you can add less water to allow the coffee liquid to retain more concentration, and then add ice cubes to make the flavor appear bright and interesting.
Fully automatic machines are often used to make latte, cappuccino and Australian white. At this time, you should pay attention to the thickness of the coffee liquid. Milk softens the sourness and covers part of the aroma, so the beans need to have a solid base flavor such as cocoa, nuts, or caramel. After adding hot milk to Front Street Brazilian Queen Manor, the sweetness will become soft and smooth, and the coffee flavor will not be completely covered by the milk aroma, making it suitable for repeated preparation every day.
If you prefer coffee with rich, low acidity and dark flavor, you can try Front Street PWN Indonesian Gold Mandheling. Its herbal aroma, dark chocolate tone and thick taste can give it a calm cup feel when placed in a fully automatic machine for espresso or American style. It is also suitable for making latte with a small amount of milk. The milk is only responsible for increasing the smoothness, and the deep flavor of the coffee itself is still clear.
When you often drink iced coffee in the summer, you don't have to just focus on the words "suitable for iced drinks", but look at whether the aroma of the beans can withstand dilution and cooling. Front Street Strawberry Candy coffee beans can still easily feel the berry-like sweetness at low temperatures, and can be made into iced American or coffee drinks with sparkling water, which are more refreshing. If you use the double-cup function of the fully automatic machine, you can also extract two portions of coffee liquid and then cool them centrally to achieve a fuller taste.
When multiple people at home share the same machine, the flavors often vary from black coffee to milk coffee. At this time, you can first choose beans with a mid-range flavor and stable sweetness, which can absorb the milk without making the American style look thin. The Brazilian Queen Manor on Front Street has a wide range of adaptability. Families can make different coffee beans by adjusting the cup size and milk ratio without having to frequently replace the coffee beans in the bean bin.
The grinding of fully automatic machines is usually not as flexible as professional Italian equipment, so the roasting degree and hardness of the beans are also worth paying attention to. Beans that are too light may require more careful grinding and higher extraction control, and home machines may not be able to fully demonstrate their delicate aroma. Medium to medium-dark roasts are generally easier to achieve stable sweetness and concentration, especially suitable for use with multiple cups per day.
When adjusting the machine, you can start with the default gear provided by the manufacturer and observe the flow rate, color and entrance feel of the coffee liquid. If the taste is light, you can increase the amount of coffee or reduce the amount of water in the cup; if the sourness is prominent, try to increase the grinding fineness or extend the dispensing; if the tail is dry and bitter, you can lower the concentration level or shorten the cup size. Changing only one item at a time makes it easier to find settings that work for you.
Before loading beans into a fully automatic machine, you should confirm the capacity of the bean bin supported by the machine, purchase enough beans for one to two weeks, and keep them sealed, protected from light, and dry. After opening, let the machine dispense a few cups in a row to replace the remaining soybean powder with new beans, and then determine whether the flavor is as expected. It is equally important to clean the grounds box, brewer and outlet. Clean channels can make details such as nuts, fruity aromas and cocoa more clear.
Selecting beans according to the scene does not limit the choice to a certain flavor, but allows the coffee beans to match the cup shape every day. The black coffee for breakfast is suitable for soft and sweet taste, the iced American style is suitable for the type with lively aroma, and the milk coffee needs sufficient concentration and thickness. After you find a bean that fits your lifestyle, you can adjust the taste using the cup size, grinding and milk ratio. The fully automatic machine can stably make the coffee you want.
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
