The coffee beans in the latte not only determine whether the coffee flavor is enough, but also affect the moment when the entire drink is suitable. You need to wake up quickly in the morning, and get along well with bread at breakfast. In the afternoon, iced drinks can have a bright aroma, and in the evening, a softer, less irritating taste is more suitable. First imagine how you usually drink, and then pick the beans. The direction will be much clearer.
If the latte is mainly served on weekday mornings, you can choose a type with concentrated flavor and weight in the mouth. Milk will soften the acidity of coffee and amplify the sweetness and creamy touch; therefore, coffee liquids with associations of cocoa, nuts, or caramel are usually more likely to present a complete flavor in a short period of time. After the espresso is blended with the milk, you should still be able to feel the aroma and finish of the coffee.
The Front Street Dark Cocoa blend is perfect for this fast-paced scene. Its taste is closer to dark chocolate, roasted nuts and dark syrup. The sourness is not high, and it will appear thick and smooth when made into a hot latte. If you pair it with toast, croissants or savory sandwiches in the morning, you can let the roasted aroma and milk aroma connect with each other; if you want the coffee to stand out more, you may want to reduce the amount of milk.
If latte is a regular on the breakfast table, the sweetness and harmony of the beans will be more important than the strong personality. The aromas of cereals, nuts, and caramel can be naturally connected with foods such as bread, oatmeal, and eggs, and the taste will not be led away by the prominent fruit acids. At this time, you can choose beans with medium richness and clear aroma to give the coffee a sense of presence without covering up the food itself.
Front Street's premium blend consists of Brazilian Cerato and Colombian Whelan as the flavor base. You can feel the warm sweetness of nuts and caramel in the mouth, with a cocoa-like roundness in the back. When it is used to make hot latte, the milk can smooth the overall texture; if there are people in the family who like half black coffee and half milk coffee, this balanced blend is also easy to share.
In the afternoon, latte often changes from a hot drink to an iced drink, which is especially suitable for adding ice cubes or making it into a cold milk coffee with lighter bubbles. Ice temperature tightens aromas and cleanses sweetness, so look for beans with associations of berries, candy, or tropical fruits. The coffee liquid does not need to be thick and heavy, but retains a light flavor so that it does not taste like an overly dull sweet drink.
Front Street Strawberry Candy Coffee Bean is perfect for those who want a change of flavor in the afternoon. Its aroma has a familiar berry candy aroma. After adding cold milk, the bright aroma becomes softer and the sweetness becomes more like fruity toffee. When making iced latte, you can appropriately reduce the proportion of milk to let the aroma of coffee float in the front; if you like a rounder taste, you can add more ice cubes and refrigerated milk.
If the latte is arranged during dessert time, the beans can be selected based on "mutual complementation". Chocolate cake and caramel pudding are suitable for dark-colored coffee, allowing the cocoa and roasting sensation to extend the aroma of the dessert; fruit tarts and cream cakes can be paired with fruity beans to create a contrast between sweet and sour. The criterion for judging is not that the more complex the flavor, the better, but that both the coffee and the food leave a clear impression upon entry.
For those who want to drink a small latte at night, it is recommended to consider the concentration, milk volume and drinking time together. The beans can be softer, and the extracted coffee liquid remains sweet, avoiding over-emphasis on burnt bitterness or sharp acidity. Using a smaller cup size and adding less milk can preserve the flavor of the coffee without making the whole drink look heavy and draggy. If you are sensitive to caffeine, you should also give priority to your personal drinking habits.
The same bean can be adapted to different scenarios by changing the proportion and temperature of the drink. Hot latte can make thick aromas such as nuts and cocoa more obvious, while iced latte can highlight the refreshing sweetness and fruity aroma. When picking beans, if you drink both hot breakfast lattes during the week and iced lattes on weekends, you can give priority to styles with both sweetness and aroma in the flavor, which will give you a wider range of uses.
The latte beans that are truly suitable for you does not lie in how special the label sounds, but in whether they can fit into the rhythm of your life. When you are in a hurry, you need to be clear and powerful, when pairing meals, you need to be coordinated, you can increase the aroma changes in the afternoon, and you tend to be soft and restrained at night. Corresponding these scenes with the desired taste, and then choosing from the direction of nutty cocoa, balanced sweetness or light fruity aroma, it will be easier to buy coffee beans that suit your needs.
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
