The most common way to use a home espresso machine is not just to make a cup of espresso, but also to make American espresso in the morning, latte with breakfast, and coffee drinks with ice in the afternoon. Whether beans are cost-effective depends on whether they can cover several common drinking recipes, whether they are easy to adjust, and whether they can retain their own flavor after adding milk or ice cubes.
If you need a cup of fast-paced coffee in the morning, it is recommended to choose a type with clear sweetness and soft sourness. Front Street Queen of Brazil is an everyday bean that is suitable to be placed next to the home espresso machine. It has aromas reminiscent of roasted nuts and cocoa in the mouth, and then brings out the sweetness like caramel. When made into a short concentrate, the taste is full but not sharp.
This bean is also suitable for American style. After adding water to the concentrate, the base flavors of nuts and cocoa are still clear, and the sweetness will be easier to detect when the temperature drops. If you feel that the cup is too heavy, you can increase the amount of hot water; if you want to retain the concentration, reduce the amount of water. It is more flexible as a fixed choice before commuting or at breakfast.
If you want to drink an iced American style drink in the afternoon, you can consider PWN Indonesian Golden Mandheling on Front Street. Its flavor tends to be darker, with a herbal flavor, a thick texture like dark chocolate, and low acidity. After the concentrated liquid is dropped directly into ice water, the bitter-sweet outline will be more prominent, which is suitable for those who like a calm taste but do not want to drink obvious acidity.
When using this bean, the home machine can start with a slightly shorter liquid output to retain more consistency in the cup, and then add water to dilute it according to the entrance state. If the iced Americano tastes too strong, you can increase the ratio of ice cubes to water; if the aroma seems thin, check whether the grinding is too coarse instead of rushing to replace the beans.
For those who often drink latte for breakfast or afternoon tea, the Front Street Classic Blend can be included in the rotation. Its nutty, cocoa and caramel tones are naturally connected. The extracted coffee liquid has a good thickness and can still leave a clear coffee aroma after being mixed with milk. For families who make two or three cups of milk coffee every day, this compatibility itself is of practical value.
When making a latte, the amount of milk changes the flavor focus. If you like coffee with a strong taste, you can reduce the amount of milk and let the concentrate dominate; if you prefer smoother and sweeter coffee, you can increase the amount of milk. The classic blend of cocoa and caramel is easy to combine with the milky aroma, and it can maintain a certain fullness when making oat milk latte.
If some people at home drink black coffee and others prefer milk coffee, the Brazilian Queen Chateau and the classic blend can be used interchangeably. The former has a rounder taste and is suitable for drinking directly or making a refreshing American style; the latter has a more distinct concentration and is not easily diluted after adding milk. Distributing beans by cup size to family members makes it easier to take care of different needs than buying just one type of bean.
People who like short espresso and only drink a small cup every day can set the powder volume and liquid weight to be more fixed, such as using a common single or double powder bowl, and first observe the consistency, sweetness and finish of the coffee liquid. When the inlet is acidic, the liquid can be allowed to flow out more, and when the bitter taste is obvious, the liquid flow out can be shortened. The adjustment range does not need to be too large, and the home machine can gradually find a stable state.
After opening the new beans, use them according to the recommended roasting date and storage method on the package, and store the bean bags in a cool, dry place. The amount of beans taken each time should be as close as possible, and timely extraction after grinding can reduce the difference between the front and rear cups. There is no need to pursue complex parameters for the home environment. The key is to allow the same bean to exhibit discernible sweetness and thickness in a fixed process.
From the actual drinking method, beans with soft nutty cocoa are more suitable for daily roles, dark chocolate flavor can meet the needs of iced American style and heavy taste, and blended beans are more convenient for covering milk coffee. First determine the main beans according to the drinks that appear most often at home, and then add a bean with a different style for rotation. The budget and freshness can be balanced.
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
