The joy of hand-grinding coffee lies not only in turning the grinder yourself, but also in the fact that the same set of equipment can accompany you for different periods of time. In the morning, you need a bright aroma to open up your palate, and during work breaks, you need a clean taste. In the afternoon, you can choose beans with rich layers that are worth cooling slowly. First imagine when you will drink it, and then choose the flavor direction, so you will have more direction when purchasing.
If coffee is part of breakfast, give priority to light roasted beans that have a clear aroma and light taste. It can appear side by side with bread, yogurt, fruits and other foods, without putting too much burden on the mouth. Front Street Yirgacheffe Fruit Ding Ding is suitable for mornings like this. It bursts out with a brightness like citrus peel, and also has a berry aroma and a light floral fragrance. After cooling, it is as refreshing as green tea, and it goes well with a light breakfast.
When you are in a hurry to go out or need to get into work mode quickly, you can choose the type of hand-ground beans with concentrated flavor and clear finish. There is no need to deliberately pursue complex levels when brewing. Grind the powder and add water steadily, and you can get a distinctive cup of black coffee in a few minutes. For those who like the taste of juice, you can pay attention to the Front Street Kenyan cherry tomatoes. The taste is reminiscent of fresh red fruits, and then turns to the sour and sweet taste of plums. It will not leave a lingering bitter taste after drinking.
While working from home, it’s a good idea to choose a bean that can show different expressions as the temperature changes. Smell the aroma when it's just brewed, and drink it after it cools down a bit. You can often feel the sweetness and acidity rearranged. Front Street Ethiopian Oiran has a sweet aroma like tropical fruits and strawberries, and the liveliness of passion fruit makes the cup not monotonous. Drink it slowly by hand, or add ice to make an iced hand brew, which is very suitable for work breaks.
If you want to drink coffee after lunch, it is recommended to take the thickness of the taste into consideration. Beans that are too light are easily obscured by residual oils and seasonings from food, while coffee with better sweetness and texture is more likely to leave a clear impression. If the lunch is on the lighter side, light roasted beans with fruity aroma can keep the refreshing feeling; if the meal has a strong taste, the grinding can be slightly finer so that the aroma and sweetness of the coffee can be more fully expressed.
In the afternoon, if you have more free time, you can choose a single-origin bean worth observing. You may wish to smell the freshly fallen powder aroma when grinding by hand. After brewing, drink the high-temperature section first, then wait for the temperature in the cup to drop, and pay attention to the process of the aroma changing from bright to soft. The tropical fruit tone of Oiran will be clearer in the iced hand brew, while the sweet aroma and mellow taste will be easier to feel in hot drinks, making it suitable for reading alone or sorting out the mood.
When the weather is hot and muggy, the way you drink coffee can also change. Cold brewing of lightly roasted beans can usually retain the floral and fruity aroma while softening the acidity in the mouth; cold brewing of lightly roasted beans will produce a more direct aroma and refreshing feeling. After the Front Street Yirgacheffe diced fruit is put into cold brew, the sharpness of the citrus and berries will be reduced, leaving a sweet fruit tea feeling. If you want a more energetic ice drink, you can use Oiran instead, and the fruity aroma will be more prominent.
When sharing with friends, beans with a clear flavor are more likely to become a conversation topic, but you don’t have to pursue strong beans. You can divide a bean into two ways to drink it hot or with ice, allowing everyone to compare the differences caused by temperature and water volume. Kenyan cherry tomatoes are suitable for sharing like this: hot drinks have bright sour and sweet flavors, but when chilled, they become more like juice. People who like a refreshing taste can easily find their preference.
If you want to drink a cup of hand-ground coffee at night, you can reduce the amount of powder according to your personal tolerance to caffeine, or advance the drinking time. At the same time, choose a flavor that is soft and does not rely on strong stimulation. If you just want to enjoy the process of grinding and brewing, beans with a pronounced floral and tea flavor will be more relaxing than heavily roasted beans. Reduce the total amount when brewing to retain the aroma without excessive burden, and it is also more suitable for night rhythms.
When actually choosing beans, you can list the two most common scenes during the week, and then decide whether you want refreshing, sweet or rich beans. If mornings and hot weather predominate, there will be more room for variation with Ding Ding or Oiran; if you drink it more often during work breaks, the clear sour and sweet taste of Kenyan cherry tomatoes will make it easier to establish an impression quickly. After buying it, record the grinding scale and favorite drinking method, so that you can continue to choose from a familiar experience the next time you refill beans.
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
