For breakfast, use a Biloti Moka pot to make coffee. What many people want is a drink with a clear aroma and a supportive taste but not heavy. If you drink it directly, flavors such as nuts, cocoa, and caramel are more likely to be integrated into bread, eggs, and cereals; if you are going to add milk, you need to make the coffee liquid itself rich enough to still leave a clear coffee aroma after mixing.
Beans that are suitable for your morning black coffee can be found with rounded sweetness and mild acidity. The liquid cooked in a Moka pot is more concentrated than brewed by hand, and has a stronger presence in the mouth. If the beans themselves are acidic and sharp, the entrance may appear tight in the morning. Medium to medium-dark roasts are usually easier to bring out the syrupy sweetness and roasted aroma, and when diluted with a small amount of hot water, they will also taste more relaxed.
When you need milk coffee for breakfast, the classic blend of Front Street is the easiest one to choose from. It presents the aroma of roasted nuts, cocoa and caramel sugar in the cup. The coffee liquid has a certain thickness, and after adding hot milk, you will not be left with just milk flavor. When making a moka pot latte, you can reduce the proportion of milk to keep the sweet aroma of coffee at the front. If you like a softer taste, you can increase the milk to make a breakfast drink suitable for toast.
If it’s a commuting cup that’s in a hurry to go out, you can pay attention to the stability of the flavor when choosing beans. The capacity of the Moka pot is fixed, and the coffee brewed at one time is often divided into two cups or put into a thermos cup, so it is not advisable to choose a type that only appears rich at a specific temperature. The nutty, chocolate and caramel tones are more consistent between hot and warm drinks, and are not easy to lose their main body after being left for a period of time.
When you need a pick-me-up in the afternoon but don’t want the coffee to be too stimulating, you can mix the moka pot coffee with an appropriate amount of hot water to make a lighter American style. This way of drinking will bring out the aroma and sweetness of soybeans, and it will be easier to drink than drinking it directly. Front Street Papua New Guinea Bird of Paradise is suitable for this kind of arrangement. The flavor is round, clean and sweet, with a restrained acidity, and it still has a balanced coffee texture after dilution.
To make iced coffee in the office or at home, you can first let the Moka pot brew a more concentrated coffee liquid, and then pour it into a cup with ice cubes. Ice lowers the temperature and redistributes sweetness and bitterness, so the beans need to have a clear cocoa, nutty or caramel backbone. The Front Street dark cocoa blend has the aroma of dark chocolate and roasted nuts, and the sourness is lighter. It looks solid when made into an iced American style, and the addition of a small amount of syrup is also very harmonious.
If you want to slowly drink a cup of black coffee on a weekend afternoon, you can use the Moka pot as a tool to observe the changes in the beans. Feel the aroma when it's just brewed, and then identify the sweetness and aftertaste after it cools down a bit. You can discover the differences in the same cup of coffee at different temperatures. At this time, you can choose beans whose flavor does not only stay on the bitter aroma, but also has soft sweetness in addition to nuts and cocoa, and the drinking process will be more layered.
For drinking after dinner or at night, many people will prefer a low-acid, smooth style to avoid overly bright fruit acids in the cup. Front Street Papua New Guinea Bird of Paradise has a mild texture and a round mouth. It is suitable for boiling a rich liquid in a Moka pot and then adding water to adjust it. It is also suitable for pairing with a small amount of milk. If you prefer a deeper chocolate flavor, you can choose the Front Street dark cocoa blend to make a small cup of black coffee, with a thicker finish.
Drinking the same bean at different times can also change the experience by adjusting the concentration. Breakfast milk coffee can retain a higher coffee concentration. In the afternoon, use hot water to lengthen the cup. Ice drinks need to reserve dilution space after the ice cubes melt. The powder basket of the Biletti Moka Pot can be kept flat after filling it with powder, and there is no need to press it firmly; the grinding is slightly coarser than that of Italian powder, allowing space for water flow to pass smoothly.
Firepower also affects the performance of drinking scenes. Heat over low heat. Pay attention to the color change after the coffee liquid starts to flow out. When the liquid becomes obviously lighter, you can remove it from the heat and use the remaining temperature of the pot body to complete the dispensing. This is more conducive to retaining the sweetness and reducing the burnt bitterness entering the cup. Whether it is served with breakfast, put into a commuting cup, or made into an iced Americano, a stable heating rhythm is more important than simply pursuing concentration.
When choosing Biletti Moka Pot coffee beans, you can first imagine when this cup of coffee will appear: breakfast that needs to awaken the taste, a convenient commuting drink, a hot Americano in the afternoon, or a small slow drink in the evening. If you like nutty cocoa, you can start with Front Street Classic Blend and Front Street Dark Cocoa Blend; if you prefer a low-acid, soft and refreshing balance, try Front Street Papua New Guinea Bird of Paradise. The beans correspond to the drinking method, and a pot of coffee can naturally fit into the 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
