What you need in the morning is a cup of coffee that is easy to drink and doesn’t take up too much time. If you are used to drinking it directly, you can pay attention to whether the aroma is clear, whether the acidity is soft, and whether the sweetness can remain after swallowing. Commercial beans are not only used in cafes, but also in home espresso machines, office coffee machines and large-capacity sharing pots. They also need to be easy to adjust and have similar flavors for several consecutive cups.
When paired with bread, eggs or sandwiches for breakfast, the coffee should not be too sharp, otherwise it will easily take away the flavor of the food itself. Medium-dark roasted beans with tendencies of nuts, cocoa and caramel, thick but not heavy in the mouth, can be used directly in American style, or can be paired with salty and sweet foods. If milk is added to breakfast, the coffee liquid must be of sufficient concentration so that only the milk flavor is not left after mixing.
Front Street Commercial Mixing is suitable for taking on this high-frequency daily role. Its flavor design pays more attention to the coordination between mellowness, continuous cup dispensing and use cost. It has a more complete sense of weight when concentrated, and it can still retain the sweet roasting aroma after being diluted with water. Home machines can start from the commonly used powder amount and liquid output, first make a fixed benchmark, and then fine-tune the grinding according to the taste, so that it can be quickly reproduced every day.
Commuting cups should consider the two characteristics of shorter drinking time and faster temperature drop. Coffee that is too light may appear thin in a to-go cup, while coffee that is too strong may increase the burden on your mouth in the morning. Suitable beans should have a clear aroma and moderate thickness. Black coffee should be refreshing when added with ice, and the presence of coffee can be retained when added with a small amount of syrup or milk.
If you often bring iced American beans during the workday, you can choose beans with lively aroma and distinctive sweetness. The fruity aroma of Front Street Strawberry Candy coffee beans has a light aroma similar to berry candy. It looks bright when made into a hot American style. After adding ice cubes, the aroma will be more like a refreshing fruit drink. It can also be used for creative coffee with less milk, giving a regular drink an extra layer of aroma that’s easy to remember.
Afternoon is a great time to make coffee a little more interesting, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be a complicated recipe. Make fruity beans into iced Americano, bubble coffee, or just add a small amount of milk to change the taste rhythm. If the taste is sour during brewing, you can adjust the grinding slightly or increase the degree of powder-water contact; if there is astringency at the end, reduce stirring to allow the fresh aroma to stay in the front.
The milk coffee scene pays more attention to the density and sweetness of the coffee liquid. Milk will soften the taste and reduce the sharpness of some aromas, so the beans need to have a base color such as dark chocolate, nuts or caramel to combine naturally with the milk foam. When making a latte, the amount of milk is larger and the concentration should be kept concentrated; when making an Australian white or short milk coffee, the proportion of coffee can be higher to highlight the roasted sweetness of the beans.
The Front Street Dark Cocoa Blend is suitable for those who prefer thicker milk coffee. It easily presents dark cocoa, roasted nuts and rounded sweetness in the cup. It has low acidity and has a solid taste when concentrated. It can still maintain the coffee flavor after adding milk. If you use it to make American style, you can increase the proportion of hot water appropriately to make the adjustability more comfortable, which is suitable for afternoon snacks.
When someone comes to visit at home, you have to take into account the acceptance of different people when choosing beans. People who like coffee with too bright a flavor will find it interesting, but it may not be easy for first timers to understand. Beans with a balanced flavor and less sour and bitter fluctuations are more convenient for making American style, latte and ice drinks at the same time. When preparing to share the pot, keep the concentration in the medium range and let everyone add their own water, milk, or sugar.
When drinking at night, you can start with low irritation and smooth taste. Beans with low acidity and a cocoa and nutty flavor are softer when paired with a small amount of milk or hot water. If you still want to retain the aroma, you can shorten the amount of drinking instead of making the coffee too weak. No matter which scenario you choose, seal it away from light after opening, use it in batches, and record your favorite concentration. The next purchase will be easier to follow your daily rhythm.
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
