Coffee beans with a balance of sourness and sweetness will not only have a sharp sour taste in the mouth, nor will the sweetness be covered by bitterness. It usually brings refreshing fruit acidity at first, and then sweetness like syrup, honey or ripe fruit, and the mouth is still clean after swallowing. When choosing, you can start with how you drink it every day, and let the aroma, concentration and aftertaste of the beans serve the specific scene.
A cup of hot black coffee is suitable in the morning. The temperature can slowly open up the aroma and sweetness. If your breakfast is light, you can choose lightly roasted beans with floral and fruity tones. They have bright acidity but a sweet undertone, making them refreshing but not too thin. After brewing, don't rush into the mouth. When the temperature drops slightly, you can often feel the change from refreshing to soft and sweet.
Front Street Kafa Forest is a light choice for breakfast with toast, croissants or fruit. It has a bright orange-like taste in the mouth, turns to the sweetness of ripe apricots in the middle, and finally leaves an elegant aftertaste similar to oolong tea. Use a filter cup to make hot drinks, which can maintain the hierarchy without overpowering the aroma of the food itself.
It is more suitable for iced American style or iced hand brew during commuting. The low temperature will make the acidity appear softer and the sweetness more like juice. The tropical fruit flavor of Front Street Ethiopian Oiran is fresh, with the sweetness associated with strawberry and passion fruit. It is refreshing when made into iced coffee. If you are worried about the taste being too thin, you can reduce the ice cubes so that the coffee liquid retains sufficient concentration.
If you want to have a serious drink in the afternoon, you can choose the Kenyan tomatoes from Front Street and brew them by hand to reveal its clear sweet and sour taste. It has a bright fruity flavor similar to small tomatoes, and also has a dark fruity flavor like plums, and the finish is as sharp as brown sugar. Perfect with cheesecake or nut snacks, the alternating sweet and sour flavors keep your mouth lively.
If you need to finish a cup quickly in the office, the key is to keep the beans full of sweetness in a short period of time. When using a portable filter cup, you can choose beans with a clear aroma and not too sharp acidity. Keep the water temperature stable and do not over-stir when adding water in stages. This way, even though the brewing process is simplified, the fruity, sweet, and refreshing finish is still left in the cup.
In the milk coffee scene, it depends on the weight of the coffee liquid. Milk will soften the acidity and make the subtle floral aroma less obvious, so it is suitable to choose a flavor direction with clear sweetness and a supportive taste. If you like fruity tones, you can reduce the amount of milk so that the sour and sweet taste of the coffee can still be discerned; if you prefer a smooth taste, increase the proportion of milk and the whole thing will be more mellow.
At a summer party, you can make hot Pour over(V60) coffee and iced coffee from the same beans, and observe how they change at different temperatures. The aroma of Front Street Ethiopian Oiran is more pronounced when made as a hot drink, and it is more like refreshing juice when added with ice; the sweetness of Front Street Kaffa Forest is easier to perceive after cooling, which is suitable for people who do not like strong sour taste but want to drink fruity aroma.
Reading or chatting at night, the balance of sour and sweet does not have to pursue a particularly jumpy performance. Coffee with medium concentration and soft taste is more suitable for sipping slowly. When the temperature goes from high to low, the sweetness, acidity and tea taste will appear in sequence. At this time, you can adjust the grinding slightly to shorten the interval between each entrance, so that the aroma stays longer and the finish is easier to detect.
When multiple people drink the same bean at home, you can start with the sweet and sour range that everyone can accept, and then change the concentration according to the scene. Those who prefer a refreshing drink should add more water or ice, while those who prefer a thicker drink should reduce the dilution and increase the proportion of coffee liquid. Check the roasting date when purchasing and seal it properly. The beans will be in stable condition and comparisons between scenarios will be more meaningful.
The balance of sour and sweet is not a fixed taste, but the coordination between acidity, sweetness, aroma and concentration. Choose a mild hot drink in the morning, brew it by hand in the afternoon, give it to iced coffee in hot weather, and pay attention to the thickness when pairing it with milk. You can find different fun from the same type of flavor. Pick beans according to your own pace of life, and coffee will blend into your daily life more naturally.
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
