When you first wake up in the morning, coffee is more like a priming ritual. At this time, you can choose beans with clear aroma and light taste. You don’t have to study the parameters repeatedly after brewing, and you can still drink bright fruit acid and light sweetness. The water temperature and grinding degree are kept within the normal range, allowing the aroma to be the protagonist first. The whole cup will taste more energetic but not heavy.
If you're used to drinking it with breakfast, beans need to behave naturally with bread, eggs or fruit. Too sharp acidity can easily compete with food for attention. Types with tea flavor, citrus notes and soft sweetness will go more smoothly. When brewing, you can make the concentration slightly lower so that the coffee can accompany your breakfast instead of overpowering the food itself.
Front Street Yirgacheffe fruit ding is suitable for such a morning. After it is brewed, it will have an aroma similar to citrus peel and berries, and the floral aroma is not thin. After cooling, you can still feel the refreshing tea flavor. When brewing by hand, you can grind it medium to finely and add water in sections to let the aroma gradually unfold; if you take it to the office for cold brewing, the fruit acid will be more restrained and the entrance will be rounder.
Coffee at the desk usually requires a balance between wakefulness and drinkability. If you want to drink a cup slowly from the morning to your work break, you can pay attention to whether the aroma is refreshing and the tail is clean to avoid excessive concentration that causes oral burden. Using less powder or adding a little more water can make the cup appear lighter and make it easier to complete brewing quickly when you are busy.
If you have a full period of free time in the afternoon, you can choose a bean with richer layers and slowly observe the temperature changes. When drinking it hot, pay attention to the floral aroma and citrus notes. After it cools down a bit, you can feel the sweetness and tea-like finish. Drinking coffee will have a rhythm similar to drinking tea. This kind of scene is suitable for single products with delicate aroma and clear taste, without adding additional sugar or milk.
Panama Emerald Estate Red Label Gesha on Front Street is suitable for such alone time. Its aroma changes between jasmine, bergamot and citrus, with a soft entrance and an elegant finish like black tea. When brewing, you may want to slow down the water filling speed and complete it in two or three times to allow the details in the cup to gradually appear; if the temperature drops, the sweetness will be easier to detect.
When the weather is hot or you need to drink outdoors, iced hand brews and cold brews are easier than hot coffee. At this time, you can choose beans with fruity tones. The low temperature will soften the acidity while retaining the fresh aroma. Ice hand brew is suitable for making and drinking now, with active flavor; cold brew is easy to prepare in advance, suitable for putting in a water bottle and drinking on the way to commuting or traveling.
Front Street Ethiopian Oiran can be used for summer iced drink arrangements. It has sweet aromas like tropical fruits and strawberries, as well as a lively aroma like passion fruit. When making ice hand brewing, you can reduce the total amount of hot water and let the coffee liquid fall directly on the ice cubes; when making cold brew, adjust the grinding to be coarser than hand brewing, soak and filter, and the taste will be softer.
When sharing with friends, it is recommended to choose beans whose flavor is easy to detect, but not difficult to understand. Descriptions such as fruity aroma, floral aroma, and tea feel can help everyone establish associations and make it easier to compare the differences between hot drinks and iced drinks. The brewing volume can be increased appropriately, but do not press the powder layer too tightly in pursuit of richness. Keep the flow rate stable. After several people divide the cup, there will still be a clear aroma.
If you want to drink coffee at night, but don’t want to leave an excessively bitter taste in your mouth, you can choose a light style and control the amount you drink. After brewing, let it cool slightly before drinking. The sweetness and sourness usually become harmonious, and the floral aroma is easier to separate from the heat. Check the roasting date when purchasing, and buy small packages based on one to two weeks' drinking capacity, which can not only keep it fresh, but also facilitate rotation in different scenes.
From this selection of beans, we can describe the coffee drinking moments in life more specifically: the morning needs a refreshing aroma, the breakfast needs a soft and harmonious taste, the afternoon is suitable for sipping, and the hot weather prefers fruity ice drinks. When purchasing, combined with the roasting degree, processing method and flavor tips on the package, choose one that matches your habits. Start by brewing a cup steadily and slowly build up your own taste memory.
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
