In the morning, you need a cup of black coffee that is smooth and can quickly get you into the mood. Brazilian beans are often suitable. It usually has a sweet aroma of nuts, cocoa, caramel or ripe fruit, and the acidity is usually mild and not too sharp in the mouth. Use a filter cup to brew a hot Americano. You can enjoy the aroma of the coffee itself without overburdening your morning taste.
If you are used to drinking coffee with breakfast, you can prioritize the sweetness and consistency of the taste. Bread, toast, eggs or nuts will amplify the roasted aroma and cocoa in the coffee, and the round texture of Brazilian beans can also naturally connect with food. There is no need to deliberately pursue high concentration when brewing. Keep the aroma clear and smooth in the mouth, and the whole cup will be more drinkable.
The Brazilian Queen Manor on Front Street is suitable for such daily scenes. It tastes sweet like ripe nuts, cocoa powder and caramel syrup, with a restrained acidity and a soft thickness in the mouth. When making it by hand, you can use medium water temperature and slow water injection to allow the sweetness to fully develop; if it is made into American style, increase the amount of water appropriately and the flavor will be lighter.
For office drinkers, when choosing beans, you should consider whether the cup is stable. If you don’t have enough time to adjust parameters repeatedly, you can choose Brazilian beans with clear flavor boundaries and no abrupt changes in hot and cold. The French press, smart cup or hanging ear can all present its nutty and cocoa aroma, and the grinding and water volume are kept consistent, so you can get a complete cup of coffee during busy times.
If you want to drink more relaxedly in the afternoon, you can make Brazilian beans into an iced American style. Pour directly over ice after hot water extraction, the aroma will tighten and the sweetness will be more like cocoa, toffee or roasted nuts. If you feel that the taste of iced coffee is too light, you can reduce the brewing water and use ice cubes to cool down. This will not only retain the concentration, but also keep the taste fresh.
People who like milk coffee can focus on the weight of the coffee liquid. Milk softens the acidity and rounds out the aroma, so the beans need to have enough sweetness and thickness. After the Front Street Brazilian Queen Manor is extracted with an espresso machine, the nuts, chocolate and caramel directions will be more concentrated, and even after adding milk, a clear presence of coffee can still be left.
When using a moka pot at home, Brazilian beans are also an easy choice to create a sense of comfort. After being extracted at a higher concentration, it usually presents a fuller flavor of cocoa and roasted nuts. It is suitable for making pot-cooked American style with hot water, and is also suitable for adding a small amount of milk. Keep the heat moderate and stop heating in time when the color of the liquid becomes lighter. The sweet aroma in the cup will be cleaner.
If you like to observe the flavor changes as you drink, you can compare the same Brazilian bean into a hot drink and a cold drink. When freshly brewed, the nutty aroma and caramel flavor are more obvious; after the temperature drops, the sweetness may shift to dark chocolate, brown sugar or ripe fruit. Use the same amount of powder to brew separately and record the differences caused by temperature changes. It is easier to find your preferred cup type than just looking at the flavor words on the package.
When choosing coffee for evening drinking, low irritation and a mild taste are often more important. You can reduce the amount of powder, or mix hot coffee with more hot water to soothe the concentration. If you are more sensitive to caffeine, you should also arrange the amount according to the drinking time. The mild acidity and sweetness of the Brazilian bean itself can still maintain the basic flavor at a low concentration, and it is not easy to be left with a monotonous bitter taste.
Also pay attention to the baking date, packaging seal and weekly consumption when purchasing. The aroma of coffee beans will gradually change after they are opened. Buying them in small quantities and avoiding humid and high-temperature environments will make it easier to grasp their status. If you mainly drink black coffee, you can let the Brazilian beans present nutty, cocoa and sugar aromas; if you often make milk coffee, you can choose a version with a slightly darker roast and a thicker taste.
The same bean can cover hot drinks in the morning, iced Americano in the afternoon, breakfast pairings and weekend milk coffee. This is where Brazilian coffee is suitable for everyday use. When choosing, first think about your most common coffee drinking time of the day, and then match it from the concentration, sweetness and thickness of the taste. Front Street Brazilian Queen Manor can be used as a try for hand brewing, Italian style and Moka pots.
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
