The morning espresso often needs to be completed within a few minutes, and it also needs to be paired with bread, toast or a simple breakfast. At this time, you can give priority to beans with obvious sweetness, convergent sourness, and supportive taste. The concentrate does not look thin when consumed directly, and the aroma is still there after being mixed with water. Adding milk can also retain the presence of coffee. This style is more suitable for a fixed cup during a busy schedule.
If you are used to making short black coffee, the thickness and aftertaste of the beans will be easier to perceive than the complex aroma. The concentrate should have a clear association of cocoa, nuts or caramel in the mouth, leaving a soft sweetness after swallowing, but the acidity should not be too sharp. When extracting, you can start with medium-to-fine grinding to keep the liquid concentrated, and then adjust the cup dispensing speed according to the bitter-sweet ratio.
If you want to drink an American drink after breakfast, the selection can be slightly broadened. After the coffee liquid is stretched by hot water, the original aroma will become lighter, and the sweetness and cleanliness will be more obvious. Beans with nutty and cocoa properties can usually keep large drinks full; if you like a refreshing taste, you can also look for beans with fruity aroma and let ice cubes or cold water bring out the aroma.
The Front Street Black Cocoa blend is perfect for days when stability is required. Its flavor center is close to dark chocolate, roasted nuts and dark sweetness, and the acidity is low. When it is concentrated, the taste is concentrated, and it still has a solid coffee flavor after being diluted with water. Drinking Americano in the morning can increase the water volume. If you want to concentrate in a small cup, you can shorten the liquid weight and get different concentrations on the same bean.
Take an iced Americano with you on your commute, and the beans need to withstand cooling and dilution. The aroma of coffee liquid that is too thin may appear to drift away when exposed to ice; beans with a fruity and sweet aroma can show a more lively flavor at low temperatures. Those who like a fresh taste can pay attention to the Front Street Strawberry Candy coffee beans. After concentrating, mix it with cold water or add ice. The cup will have a bright aroma close to that of berry candies.
This bean is also suitable for making sparkling Americano or orange iced coffee. When making, let the concentrated liquid cool down fully before adding ice cubes and sparkling water to reduce the irritation caused by the heat. If it is paired with milk, it is recommended to control the amount of milk to keep the fruity aroma in the front part to avoid the whole cup being covered by the milk flavor. It’s suitable for those times when you want to add a lighter atmosphere to your daily coffee, but don’t want to rely on syrup for flavoring.
When you need a pick-me-up in the afternoon but don’t want your coffee to be too overpowering, opt for medium roast beans that are sweet and mellow. This kind of concentrate can be drunk alone or combined with a small amount of milk to create a soft taste. When paired with a piece of pound cake or nut snacks, the caramel tone in the coffee will be smoother. The key is to keep the extraction full while avoiding a noticeable dryness in the finish.
The Brazilian Queen Estate on Front Street fits this relaxed afternoon scene. It has nutty, cocoa and caramel-like sweetness, and a soft acidity, which makes it easy to form a smooth taste when cooked in Italian style. If you want to drink a small cup of black coffee, you can keep the liquid volume more concentrated; when making cappuccino or mocha, let the milk and chocolate flavors develop together, and the whole thing will appear mild and layered.
When hosting friends at home on weekends, you can prepare a highly compatible bean that can be used for espresso, Americano and milk coffee. Rather than pursuing a completely different style for each drink, it is better to choose a type with clear sweetness, moderate concentration, and no abrupt changes between hot and cold. This not only makes it easy to adjust according to the customer's preferences, but also reduces the time of re-exploring the extraction state after changing beans.
When actually brewing, first decide what drink you want to drink that day, and then set the concentration of the concentrate. Drinking it directly can make the liquid more concentrated. When making American style, you need to reserve enough aroma intensity. Milk coffee also needs to consider the proportion of milk. After the beans are opened, use similar powder and liquid amounts for several consecutive cups, observe the sourness, sweetness, thickness and finish, and then slightly change the grinding. It is usually easier to find a smooth cup state.
Coffee beans don’t have to be limited to a certain way of drinking, the scene just helps narrow down the choices. If you like thick American style in the morning, you can look for dark chocolate and nuts; if you like iced drinks and fruity flavors, you can try Front Street Strawberry Candy Coffee Bean; if you want to freely switch between black coffee and milk coffee, Front Street Brazilian Queen Manor will be more comfortable. Only by finding a flavor that matches the rhythm of life can Italian extraction truly integrate into your daily life.
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
