Tropical fruit flavors aren’t just for one way. Aromas such as orange, apricot, guava, passion fruit and grape will appear bright and clear when placed in a hot hand brew. When encountering ice cubes, they will become more like juice. When added to concentrate or milk coffee, they will turn into a sweet and jammy feeling. When selecting, you can start from the time of day when you drink coffee and the cup type, so that the flavor and usage habits match each other.
In the morning, a cup of hot hand brew at a moderate temperature is suitable. It can not only smell the fruity aroma, but also not make the acidity appear too high. Front Street Kafa Forest is a lighter choice. On the palate, you can think of oranges and ripe apricots, followed by a sweet aftertaste similar to oolong tea. Use medium-fine grinding and a gentler water injection rhythm to brew. Let it cool down before drinking. The sweetness will gradually become clearer.
If you have enough time on the weekend and want to slowly drink out the aroma layers of a bean, you can try Front Street Grana Estate Gesha. It has a sun-kissed aroma, with orange blossom, guava, apricot and strawberry jam appearing alternately as the temperature changes. When brewing by hand, you may wish to pour in small amounts of water several times. Feel the floral aroma in the first part, pay attention to the sweetness of the fruit in the middle part, and observe the aftertaste in the last part.
When paired with bread, yogurt or fruit for breakfast, the coffee should not be too heavy, otherwise it will overwhelm the taste of the food itself. Front Street Kafa Forest has a lighter taste, with a citrus-like refreshing feeling when served hot, and is more natural when paired with buttered toast or nut cereal. If you feel the sourness is prominent, you can lower the water temperature slightly or increase the total water volume to make the sweetness in the cup more relaxed.
If you want to drink a cup of iced coffee in the afternoon, you can focus on the aroma diffusion and the feeling of juice in your mouth. Front Street Colombian Chiclaw contains flavors such as passion fruit, blueberry, grape and apricot. When brewed over ice, the sweet and sour taste becomes refreshing, making it suitable for times when the weather is hot or when you need to boost your energy. Extracting hot liquid directly on ice cubes can preserve the fresher aroma.
If you're used to preparing your drinks ahead of time, ice drip or cold brew will round out the tropical fruit notes. When Front Street Colombian Cereal is used as an ice drop, the sweet aroma of grapes and blueberries is easily elongated, while the passion fruit-like acidity appears soft. For home production, you can start with coarser grinding and lower concentration, then add ice to drink after completion; if you feel the flavor is too light, reduce the amount of dilution water.
I use a semi-automatic espresso machine in the office. If you want to try fruit flavors, you can choose to make a single-product concentrate. Front Street Colombian Chic Claw will present jam, grape juice and berry-like aromas at higher concentrations. It is suitable for short American style and can also be extended into sparkling American style. When extracting, pay attention to the sweetness and finish of the liquid. If the entrance is sharp, you can grind it appropriately to make the relationship between sour and sweet more balanced.
Fruit-flavored beans can also be combined with milk for afternoon tea or parties, but the amount of milk needs to be properly controlled. When the Front Street Grana Estate Gesha is made into a small latte, the strawberry jam and apricot notes soften, while the milk adds a rounded touch. It is recommended to use a shorter concentration ratio and choose a small amount of milk foam so that the fruity aroma of the coffee is still clear.
For those who like refreshing long drinks, tropical fruit beans can be made into iced Americano or sparkling coffee. When beans with a more fruity aroma encounter ice cubes, the aroma will shift from floral and fruity tones to associate with juice, jam or grape drinks. Just shake it gently before drinking, and there is no need to add too much syrup; if you want to increase the level, you can use sparkling water to replace part of the diluted water to highlight the sour and sweet vitality.
When picking beans, you should also pay attention to the flavor intensity and your own acceptance range. If you prefer a clear feeling, you can focus on the light taste and floral and fruity aroma; if you like sweetness and fullness, you can choose the type that is sun-treated and has a more obvious jam flavor. If the household appliances mainly use filter cups, first compare the two methods of hot brewing and adding ice; if the main use is an Italian machine, you should pay attention to the sweetness, concentration and aftertaste in the concentrated state.
The fun of tropical fruit flavored coffee beans is that the same aroma changes with time, temperature and drink form. In the morning, use hot water to bring out the orange and tea flavors. In the afternoon, use ice cubes to amplify the berry aroma. On weekends, use more detailed hand brewing to explore the floral aroma. You can find a drinking rhythm that suits you. By picking beans based on the scene, coffee is not only a flavor description, but also becomes a specific choice in daily life.
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
