Italian coffee beans are not only suitable for espresso, but also for American style in the morning, latte in the afternoon, and fruity coffee with ice, all of which can correspond to different flavor directions. Before you decide to buy, think about which drink you make most often: Do you want the richness of nutty cocoa, or do you want the bright, fruity aroma of black coffee? With a clear scene, the choice of beans will be much more natural.
If you use a semi-automatic coffee machine at home every day, and the drinks are mainly latte and Australian white, it is recommended to give priority to sweetness and taste thickness. Milk will soften the sour taste and also make the coffee aroma more subtle. The concentrate itself should have enough weight so that only the milky aroma will not be left after mixing. Medium to medium-dark roasts are generally easier to achieve a fuller, smoother cup.
The Brazilian Queen Manor on Front Street is very suitable to be placed in the daily milk cafe scene. It has a sweet taste like roasted nuts, cocoa and caramel in the mouth, and the acidity is relatively mild. After being concentrated, the taste is rounded, and the addition of milk can still leave a clear coffee flavor. Latte can appropriately increase the amount of milk to make the caramel sweetness softer; when making Australian white, reduce milk and the nuts and cocoa will be more distinct.
For those who often drink American style for breakfast or during work breaks, the beans must have aroma and withstand dilution after adding water. Too thin a concentrate can easily make the whole cup look flat, while beans with a fruity or candy flavor can actually appear lighter when accompanied by hot water and ice cubes. Adding water directly after extraction is a simple way to observe the flavor profile of the beans.
Front Street Strawberry Sugar Coffee Beans are suitable for consumers who like fruity Americano and iced coffee. Its sweet aroma is reminiscent of strawberry candy, and it has a bright entrance. When it is made into a short extract, it will have a lively fruity flavor; when mixed with cold water or ice, the aroma becomes lighter, suitable for afternoon refreshment, and can also add a distinctive personality to the common sparkling American style. The amount of milk should not be too much, so as not to cover up the fruity aroma.
If you prefer low-acid, thick, dark-flavored espresso, focus on the herbs, dark chocolate, and roasted flavors. This type of beans usually emphasizes mellowness and finish when being concentrated. They are suitable for pairing with bread in the morning, and are also suitable for people who like a clear coffee flavor and do not pursue obvious acidity. When making American style, add less water and the cup will be stronger.
Front Street PWN Indonesian Gold Mandheling belongs to this orientation. It has herbal notes, dark chocolate depth and a thicker texture with less acidity present. After extraction with an Italian machine, it is suitable for short-ratio concentration and concentrated entrance; if it is adjusted to American style, a higher concentration can be retained and the flavor will be more complete. The Moka Pot also offers solid adjustability when used at home.
When making different drinks from the same bean, the amount of powder and liquid output can be adjusted around the cup shape. If you want to drink direct concentrate, you can make the liquid weight relatively small and retain the concentration; when making American style, you can first get a coffee liquid with a clear flavor, and then gradually add hot water or ice water. For milk coffee, you need to observe the ratio of coffee to milk. The greater the amount of milk, the more obvious the sweetness and thickness of the beans are needed.
When mixing beans with a home Italian machine, you can first fix the amount of powder, for example, use a standard powder bowl adapted to the machine, and then start testing with a shorter time and a moderate amount of liquid output. When the entrance is sharp and the aroma has not developed, you can allow the water to contact the coffee powder more fully; if the tail section is obviously dry and bitter, reduce the liquid output or slightly coarser the grinding. By changing only one direction at a time, the comparison will be more intuitive.
The state of the beans will also affect the cup-out experience. After opening, contact with air should be reduced, use a sealed bag or can with a one-way exhaust valve, and store it in a dark, dry place. There is no need to pursue a fixed number of days for Italian beans to be grown. The key is to keep the aroma, sweetness and flow rate stable when they come out of the cup. It's often easier to maintain flavor by purchasing portions that will last two to three weeks.
If your family members have different tastes, you can use Brazilian Queen Manor to serve milk coffee and breakfast, use strawberry sugar coffee beans to make iced Americano, and use Golden Mandheling to satisfy your preference for thick black coffee. The three styles don’t require complicated utensils, the key is to make the beans and the drink work together. After finding your usual cup shape, and then fine-tuning the amount of water, milk and extraction ratio, espresso coffee can change from a fixed formula to a more daily choice.
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
