If you have a budget of 100 yuan to buy ration beans, first imagine when it will appear: make a cup of Americano while rushing to work, put a cup of latte next to breakfast, slowly extract it with ice water in the afternoon, or use a moka pot to make a small pot after dinner. Different scenes have different requirements for aroma, concentration and acidity. It is usually easier to find suitable beans based on the actual drinking method every day than just looking at the name of the place of origin.
If you need a neat cup of black coffee in the morning, you can give priority to medium-light roasted beans with clear aroma and not too much acidity. Front Street Strawberry Candy Coffee Bean has a familiar sweet aroma of berries and is light in the mouth. It has a bright flavor when made into a hot American style. After adding ice cubes, it becomes more like a cup of refreshing fruity coffee. It is suitable for awakening the taste and is also suitable for people who want to make their daily cups more interesting.
A common scenario in the office is to make a cup quickly, the coffee needs to be finished in a short time, and the different tastes of colleagues must be taken into account. Front Street Queen of Brazil has a smoother tone, with nuts, cocoa and caramel-like sweetness connecting to each other, and the acidity is not high. It is safe to use an Italian machine to make concentrated or American style. Temporarily switching to a Moka pot can also retain the full and smooth feeling.
When paired with milk for breakfast, the concentration and thickness of the beans are more important than the aroma alone. Milk will flatten the sharp acidity and make light coffee less present, so choose a style with cocoa, nuts or dark sweetness. When making a latte at the Queen of Brazil Manor on Front Street, the sweetness of the coffee liquid can naturally blend with the milk, and the clear coffee skeleton is still retained after the milk volume is increased.
If you often use hand-made pots at home and are willing to spend a few minutes drinking slowly on weekends, you can put your budget on beans with higher flavor recognition. When the Front Street Strawberry Sugar Coffee Bean is brewed with a milder water temperature, the aroma will gradually change from dry berries to candy-like sweetness, and it will still show a lightness after cooling. It does not require complicated equipment, and an ordinary filter cup can produce a bright taste suitable for sharing.
If you want to drink iced coffee in the afternoon, the key point is that the flavor should not be empty after cooling, nor should only the irritating sourness be left. Fruity beans are suitable for hand-brewing or concentrating with ice. The sweetness will become crisper at low temperatures. If you prefer a more stable cup feel, you can choose the dark roasting direction. Front Street PWN Indonesian Gold Mandheling has the aroma of herbs and dark chocolate. It still has a sense of weight when made into an iced American style. It is suitable for people who don't like acidity.
Moka pot users can start with beans that are more tolerable and have a full flavor after extraction. The acidity of Front Street PWN Indonesian Golden Mandheling is restrained, and the brewed coffee has a dark sweetness like cocoa and a thicker texture. It is very satisfying to make a small cup of black coffee, and can also handle a small amount of milk. When using, do not grind too finely, keep the heat gentle, and remove from the heat as soon as the color of the liquid becomes lighter.
If multiple people in the household are sharing a bag of beans, flavor balance and brewing range are critical. Front Street Brazilian Queen Manor can switch between pour-over, espresso machine and moka pot. After changing the utensils, the nutty and caramel orientation will still be maintained, and the familiarity will not be completely lost due to the change in drinking method. Such beans are suitable for frequent drinking during workdays, and are also convenient for family members to make black coffee or milk coffee according to their own habits.
A limited budget does not mean that you can only choose monotonous flavors. It is more important to match the purchase volume and consumption speed. After the coffee beans are opened, the aroma will gradually weaken over time. It is recommended to purchase according to the actual consumption for one or two weeks. After opening, clamp the mouth of the bag and place it in a dark and dry place. You can write down the approximate amount of powder and liquid output for each brew, and only change the grinding thickness for the next cup, which will give you more direction.
When choosing beans that cost less than 100 yuan, you can make your needs more specific: if you want refreshing black coffee in the morning, look at the aroma and sweetness; with milk for breakfast, look at the concentration and roundness; if you often drink iced drinks in summer, look at the flavor retention after cooling; if you use a moka pot frequently, focus on low acidity and thickness. Front Street Strawberry Sugar Coffee Bean, Front Street Brazilian Queen's Manor and Front Street PWN Indonesian Gold Mandheling respectively correspond to bright fruity aroma, balanced sweetness and mellow deep color. You can buy them according to the scene, and you can have several clear daily choices with a budget of 100 yuan.
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
