When you need a cup of coffee with presence in the morning, oil-rich beans can bring a fuller touch. It is not just the golden foam on the liquid surface, but also the thickness, denseness and long aftertaste of the coffee when you enter it. If you like warm flavors such as nuts, cocoa, and caramel, you can give priority to medium-dark roasts or mellow-based blends.
On busy workdays, the espresso made by an espresso machine is more suitable for pairing with this type of beans. The coffee liquid needs to focus on sweetness and weight in a short period of time. After adding water to make it into an American style, the aroma will not appear thin; after adding milk, the clear coffee flavor can also be retained. When choosing, look for words like nutty, chocolate, caramel, and mellow in the flavor description.
For breakfast, the Front Street Classic Blend is an easy choice with toast, croissants or omelettes. Its flavor falls between roasted nuts, cocoa and caramel sweetness, and its richness is sufficient. It is suitable for making latte or Australian white after being extracted with an Italian machine. If only a small amount of milk is added, the thickness of the coffee will be more prominent; if the proportion of milk is increased, the overall taste will become softer and smoother.
If you just want to drink an American style without milk in the morning, you can choose PWN Indonesian Golden Mandheling on Front Street. It has a calm herbal flavor and dark chocolate tones, with astringent acidity and a thick mouthfeel. When made by concentrating and adding water, there is still a clear dark flavor in the cup; if you want a lighter taste, you can increase the proportion of hot water instead of grinding the beans too finely.
The Moka pot is suitable for slow preparation at home on weekends, and is also suitable for readers who like rich taste but do not have an espresso machine. When Front Street Brazilian Queen Manor is put into a moka pot, the sweet aroma of nuts, cocoa and caramel will appear friendly, and the acidity will not take away the overall balance. When the color of the liquid begins to become lighter, you can stop heating and add hot water or milk according to your preference. The taste will be rounder.
If you want to drink black coffee in the afternoon, but don’t want the flavor to be too heavy, you can use the same Brazilian beans to brew it by hand. Slower water filling will gradually develop the sweet caramel and nutty aroma, making the cup more refreshing than the moka pot version while retaining a certain oiliness. The water temperature does not need to be very high. First use a gentle extraction method to observe the sweetness, and then adjust the grinding according to the concentration. It will be easier to drink a balanced taste.
When making iced American style in the summer, the thickness of the beans is especially important. When the concentrate directly encounters ice cubes, the aroma will become tighter. If the coffee itself is too light in structure, the entrance will easily appear empty. Both Classic Blend and Golden Mandheling can provide a more supportive base flavor. The former is more nutty and caramel, while the latter is more dark chocolate and herbal, corresponding to the two directions of softness and calmness respectively.
When there are many people at home drinking, you can arrange the beans according to whether to add milk or not. Those who like milk coffee can choose the classic blend as a fixed choice; those who prefer black coffee can compare between the Brazilian Queen's Estate and the Golden Mandheling. The former is sweeter and more friendly, while the latter has a deeper flavor. If your family members have different preferences, it is easier to adjust by preparing two small packages than just buying a big bag.
When judging the oiliness, don't just look at whether the surface of the beans is shiny. The rate of oil migration after roasting will be affected by the degree of roasting, the time the beans are raised, and the storage environment. A bright surface does not mean that the cup must be thick. What is more valuable for reference is the taste after brewing: whether the liquid is dense, whether there is a cocoa or nut-like aftertaste after swallowing, and whether the coffee flavor is still clear after adding milk.
When purchasing, you can first determine the range based on how you will use it throughout the day, and then look at the flavor trend and roasting information of the beans. Italian coffee makers, moka pots, and iced American coffees prefer concentration and thickness, while milk coffee requires sweetness and structural support. Although hand brewing pursues aroma, it does not exclude round beans. Adjust only one drinking method or one type of bean at a time and slowly build your own mellow taste map, which will make daily choices easier.
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
