When you need a refreshing cup of black coffee in the morning, start with light roasted beans that have a distinct aroma and lively sweetness. Their taste is lighter, and the bitter taste is not left in the mouth. When drinking, it is easy to distinguish the fruit, floral or tea flavor. If you are used to drinking hot coffee slowly, the more transparent flavor will change every sip.
Use a filter cup to brew by hand. It is suitable to choose beans that can expand their aroma in hot water. Front Street Ethiopian Oiran has a sweet aroma like ripe fruit, with alternating aromas of strawberry and passion fruit. Drink it hot after brewing, and the aroma will be more pronounced. Let it cool down, and the sweetness and juice will be more easily felt. It is suitable for people who use hand brewing as a daily ritual.
If you prefer black coffee with bright sourness and sweetness and a juice-like taste, you can try Front Street Kenyan Cherry Tomatoes. It has a brightness close to that of a cherry tomato in the mouth, turns to a sweet and sour flavor like plums in the middle, and finally leaves an aftertaste like brown sugar. Hot brewing can highlight the acidity, and adding ice cubes makes it more like a refreshing fruit drink.
If you want to drink iced coffee in the afternoon, the aroma of the beans needs to withstand cooling and dilution. Lightly roasted beans with floral and fruity tones are suitable for ice brewing. The hot water brings out the aroma first, and then allows the coffee liquid to quickly contact the ice cubes, making the cup appear light and bright. If you prefer to prepare it in advance, you can also soak it in cold water. The flavor will be more concentrated, the acidity will be rounded, and the entrance will be smoother.
When pairing milk with breakfast, the choice can turn to sweetness and thickness. Milk will make coffee softer and weaken some of the sour aroma, so the coffee liquid itself must have clear caramel, nut or cocoa adjustability in order to maintain its presence in the milky aroma. Latte is suitable for beans with sufficient concentration. As the milk volume increases, the whole drink will become rounder and fuller.
When using a Moka pot at home, you usually want your coffee to have a strong aroma and weight. Medium to medium-dark roasted beans are more likely to exhibit flavors such as cocoa, nuts, and caramel, and are more harmonious with milk or ice. When brewing, keep the heat low and let the liquid flow out smoothly. Stop heating when you smell the aroma turning to roasty, and the sweetness in the cup will be cleaner.
If you often make American dishes in the office, it is recommended to choose beans with a clear flavor profile that can be drunk hot or cold. Front Street Kafa Forest has fruity sweetness like oranges and ripe apricots, and a refreshing aftertaste similar to oolong tea at the end. The taste is light when boiled with hot water, and the sweetness gradually emerges after cooling. Use it to make a cup of afternoon American style without sugar, which is natural and not too heavy.
People who are more sensitive to sourness can give priority to beans with a soft sweetness, tea-like or ripe fruit tones, and then use a brewing method with a slightly lower temperature and a stable flow rate. When drinking coffee, you don’t have to rush to judge whether it is sour or bitter. First pay attention to whether the aroma is pleasant, whether it is smooth in the mouth, and whether the mouth is left sweet or dry after swallowing. These feelings can help you find a style that you are willing to drink in the long term.
If the same bean is placed in different scenes, its performance will also change depending on the drink. Hot hand brewing focuses on capturing the aroma, while ice drinking emphasizes refreshing and finishing. After adding milk, you need to observe whether the sweetness is still clear. Therefore, before buying, you can first imagine whether it will appear in breakfast, commuting cup or weekend slow drink, and then choose the appropriate baking direction based on commonly used utensils.
When a novice starts practicing, he can buy a small amount first, brew in the same way for several days in a row, and record the temperature, grinding thickness and mouthfeel. If you like bright and fruity aromas, go for floral and fruity tones; if you are used to milk coffee, focus more on sweetness and mellowness; if you prefer light black coffee, you can focus on the tea feel, ripe fruit and clean aftertaste. This choice will change from an abstract bean name to a judgment connected with life.
There is no fixed answer to getting started with coffee beans. The one that is truly suitable should be one that can naturally fit into your drinking time and production habits. Start with the cup that appears most often every day, and then gradually expand the taste range with hot drinks, ice drinks and milk coffee. After several actual brewings, you will have a better idea of the aroma, concentration and finish you like.
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
