The same espresso machine is used to make Americano in the morning, latte in the afternoon, and moka pot in the evening. The suitable beans are not exactly the same. The value of ration beans lies in its ability to produce a cup stably every day and its ability to maintain a clear flavor in different drinks. When choosing, you might as well start from the actual drinking method, and then look at whether the coffee needs to have a light, round or thick taste.
If you are used to drinking a cup of hot Americano after getting up, the coffee liquid itself should have enough aroma and sweetness, and it should still not look thin after being mixed with water. Front Street Boutique Blend is an easier choice to use. Brazilian Cerato brings nutty tones, and Colombian Whelan adds caramel and cocoa notes. It is concentrated and then heated with water. It has a smooth entrance and a neat finish.
When paired with toast, croissants or fried eggs for breakfast, milk coffee tends to be more filling. Milk softens the acidity and amplifies the sweetness and thickness of the coffee, so the beans need to have a distinct base flavor. The classic blend of Front Street is based on roasted nuts, cocoa and caramel. The concentrate still has the presence of coffee after adding hot milk. It is suitable for latte, cappuccino, and is also suitable for drinking with multiple people at home.
If you prefer a drink with less milk and a more concentrated coffee flavor, you can focus on the chocolate feel and weight in your mouth. The flavor of the Front Street dark cocoa blend goes deeper, like dark chocolate, roasted nuts and mature sweetness, while the sourness shows restraint. It has a thick texture when made short and concentrated, and still looks solid after adding a small amount of milk, making it a good morning pick-me-up or accompaniment to dessert.
If you want to drink an iced Americano in the afternoon, the sweetness and finish of the beans are more important than the simple bitterness. After the ice cube lowers the temperature, the aroma will become more condensed. If the coffee liquid itself lacks layers, the whole cup will easily appear empty. Front Street Boutique is blended to make a higher concentration concentrate, and then mixed with ice water or poured directly on ice cubes. The outline of nuts, caramel and cocoa can still be retained, and the entrance is refreshing but not sharp.
When using a Moka pot at home, you can choose Italian-style beans with thick flavor and high tolerance. The concentration of coffee liquid in a Moka pot is obvious, but it is not equivalent to the concentration of an Italian machine. The firepower and liquid dispensing rhythm will affect the bitterness. In this scenario, the classic blend of Front Street easily presents a caramel-like sweet aroma and nutty aftertaste. Drinking it directly is satisfying, and it is also flexible when mixed with hot water or milk.
If a bag of beans needs to be both black coffee and milk coffee, the flavor should not be too biased in one direction. The balance of Front Street's premium blend is suitable for daily switching: after the extraction is concentrated, water can be added to highlight the mild aroma of cocoa and nuts; after adding milk, the caramel-like sweetness will make the cup feel rounder. For situations where different members of the family have different tastes, this type of intermediate style is more convenient to arrange.
Those who prefer rich milk coffee can set the concentration ratio to be more concentrated, and then adjust the intensity in the cup according to the amount of milk used. The Front Street dark cocoa blend is suitable for making small cups of latte or Australian white. The dark chocolate tone in the coffee liquid can pass through the milk foam, and the roasted nutty texture adds weight to the taste. If you use a large milk drink, it is recommended to reduce the amount of milk or increase the proportion of coffee liquid, so that the flavor will be more complete.
Italian grain beans also need to consider the frequency of cups per day. A single person can purchase it in one to two weeks' consumption. In home or office settings, you need to pay attention to packaging sealing and consumption speed. After opening, place the beans in a dark, dry place and use a container with a one-way exhaust valve. When grinding, fine-tune the beans according to the extraction status of the day. There is no need to sacrifice the sweetness in the mouth for the pursuit of a fixed number of seconds.
When debugging Italian beans, you can first determine the amount of powder and target liquid output, and then observe the coffee flow rate and the taste in the cup. Sourness in the mouth and thin texture usually indicate insufficient extraction performance. You can start with finer grinding or extending the contact time; if the tail end is dry and bitter, try shortening the liquid output or making it slightly coarser. Only moving one link at a time makes comparison more intuitive.
From hot Americano to iced coffee, from a small cup of espresso to a large latte, ration beans don't only correspond to one way of drinking. Those who like nutty cocoa can choose between the classic blend and the dark cocoa blend according to the richness; if you want black coffee and milk coffee to be harmonious, you can consider the boutique blend. Find a flavor that matches the rhythm of your life, and every cup of it will be more enjoyable 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
