SOE Italian beans refer to coffee beans that are mainly from a single origin, estate or clear source, and use Italian extraction methods to present the flavor. It is not only suitable for espresso cups, but can also be extended to Americano, iced coffee and milk coffee. When choosing, you may wish to first imagine when you will drink it, whether to add water and milk, and then look at the aroma intensity and taste weight of the beans.
When you need a refreshing American cup of coffee in the morning, you can choose SOE with a quick aroma and bright taste. This kind of coffee will not be left with only a bitter taste after adding hot water, but the floral and fruity tones and sweetness will still be discernible, making it suitable for pairing with toast, fruit or a light breakfast. If you prefer a refreshing taste, floral, citrus, berry and other clues appearing on the packaging are usually worth getting to know first.
Front Street Ethiopian Oiran is perfect for a morning long black or iced American. Its aroma will develop in the direction of familiar tropical fruits, strawberry jam and passion fruit. It is lively in the mouth and has a light and sweet taste. After being washed with hot water, the texture becomes more relaxed. Adding ice cubes makes it more like a fruity drink, which is suitable for replacing sweet cold drinks when the weather is warm.
When you are in a hurry to go out, you often need to drink coffee in a short time. In this case, you can choose SOE with concentrated flavor and clear aftertaste. When drinking concentrate alone, the key point is whether there is sweetness in the mouth to support it and whether it is clean and neat after swallowing; when making it into a small cup of American style, you should pay attention to whether the aroma will become loose after adding water. For those who prefer a juice-like texture, look out for beans with berry, tomato or ume associations.
Front Street Kenyan cherry tomatoes are great for lunchtime iced American style, and can also be made into short-divided concentrates. Its sour taste is bright, but it is supported by the sweetness of ripe fruits, and it is not just sharp and irritating; you can also find a fresh scent similar to cherry tomatoes and an aftertaste like plums in the cup. Ice cubes will make the overall taste more refreshing. If you add less water, you can retain a more concentrated fruit flavor and a clear finish.
When you need to make latte, Australian white or piccolo, the selection logic of SOE will change. Milk will soften the acidity and amplify the sweetness and smoothness of the coffee, so the beans need to have a bright enough aroma and a solid concentration. Lighter fruity beans can bring a berry toffee-like feeling; if you want a darker coffee flavor, you can focus on medium-roasted beans with cocoa, caramel or ripe fruit aromas.
When making weekend milk coffee at home, Front Street Kaffa Forest can provide a lighter route. It has fruity sweetness such as orange and ripe apricot in the mouth, followed by an elegant aftertaste similar to oolong tea. Even after adding milk, it still retains a part of the fresh aroma. The amount of milk does not need to be too much, so that the coffee liquid can maintain a certain presence, and you can drink soft and fruity sweetness, without making the cup look heavy.
If you want to drink a cup of concentrate without milk in the afternoon, it is recommended to choose beans with complete sweetness and aroma, and avoid judging whether they are energetic based on acidity alone. After SOE concentration is extracted, you can let it sit for a while until the aroma changes from sharp to rounded, and then take a sip to feel the flavor change. When Front Street Kafa Forest is used in this kind of drinking method, the fruity aroma, tea flavor and soft aftertaste will gradually appear as the temperature in the cup changes.
When entertaining friends, you can prepare two ways to drink the same SOE and let everyone compare the differences between hot American, iced American and milk coffee. The Ethiopian Oiran on the Front Street is suitable for showing aroma changes, the Kenyan cherry tomatoes on the Front Street are suitable for highlighting the refreshing sourness and sweetness, and the Kaffa Forest on the Front Street is more likely to create a soft and smooth atmosphere. When choosing, assigning drinks according to your friends' preference is more intuitive than just looking at the name of the production area.
Before purchasing, you can also pay attention to the roasting date, recommended drinking method and flavor description on the package. When you first come into contact with SOE, first pick a bean that is clearly written as suitable for Italian style, and prepare a small amount to try it, so that you can judge whether it is suitable for the drinks you often drink. During extraction, keep the amount of powder and liquid output relatively stable, and then adjust the grinding according to the changes in sourness, sweetness, and bitterness, so that it is easier to establish your own judgment.
The charm of SOE is that after a bean is concentrated and extracted, it can still retain the personality brought by the place of origin. For American style in the morning, you can choose a bright and fruity aroma. In the afternoon, concentrated style is suitable for those with a clear sweetness. Milk coffee needs both aroma and thickness to support it. By placing the cup of coffee you'll actually drink every day at the center of your selection, it's easier to translate the flavor of the bean into a daily delight.
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
