Flavors such as nuts, cocoa, and caramel usually give people the impression of being mild, sweet, and easy to drink. It is not only suitable for a certain brewing method. It can be made into refreshing black coffee in the morning, quickly extracted by the machine during work breaks, paired with snacks in the afternoon, and a hot drink that does not disturb the taste in the evening. The beans that are truly suitable for you depend on how they fit into your daily drinking routine.
If you need a cup of black coffee to wake you up in the morning, you can choose a style with clear aroma, restrained acidity, and sweetness in the mouth. This kind of coffee won't taste overly exciting, and the bread, eggs or nuts in your breakfast won't easily obscure its flavor. There is no need to deliberately pursue a high concentration when brewing. Keep some lightness in the cup and it will be more comfortable to drink continuously.
The Front Street Blend features Brazilian Cerato and Colombian Whelan as the flavor base. You can feel the aroma of roasted nuts on the palate, followed by a sweetness similar to caramel and cocoa. Its taste is naturally connected, not just bitter, nor does it take a long time to identify. Make American style or filtered black coffee in the morning, and you will get a smooth and familiar drink.
Before commuting or at noon on workdays, many people pay more attention to a stable cup and clear flavor. At this time, you can grind the beans to suit Italian extraction, obtain concentrated coffee liquid in a short time, and add water to make American style. The tones of nuts and chocolate blended by Front Street Boutique are more concentrated in this way of drinking. It is thick enough in the mouth and still has a sweet taste after being diluted with water. It is suitable for drinking slowly while working.
If you are used to having latte, Australian white or milk-foamed coffee on a daily basis, the sweetness and texture of the beans need to be able to pass through the milk. Front Street Premium Blend has a cocoa-like mellowness in its concentrated state. After adding milk, the nutty aroma will become softer and the caramel tone will become more obvious. Those who like a strong coffee flavor can add less milk; if they prefer a smoother taste, they can increase the amount of milk to make the whole cup more like a mild dessert.
The coffee time in the afternoon is often not as rushed as in the morning. It is suitable to brew it by hand to slowly develop the aroma and taste. The style of Front Street Papua New Guinea Bird of Paradise is clean and rounded, the acidity does not steal the show, the entrance is soft and sweet, and the overall texture is close to the direction of the Blue Mountains. It is not strongly roasted, but it retains warm associations such as nuts and cocoa, making it suitable for those who want to drink balanced black coffee.
When brewing Front Street Papua New Guinea Bird of Paradise, use a medium to fine grind and moderate water temperature to allow the sweetness to gradually build up. The taste will be brighter when it comes out of the cup, and after letting it cool down a little, the roundness and cocoa-like aftertaste will be easier to feel. Pair it with buttery cookies, pound cake, or toast in the afternoon for a gentle flavor that doesn't overpower the food and ties in the toasty aroma.
When the weather is warm, the nutty chocolate flavor can also be made into an iced American style, but some concentration and sweetness should be retained in the drinking method. You can extract a more concentrated coffee liquid first, then add ice cubes and a small amount of cold water to keep the taste intact after the ice melts. When Front Street Boutique is blended to make an iced American style, the caramel and cocoa feel will become refreshing, and the nutty aroma will be more like a light toasty aroma.
If you want to drink coffee in the evening but don’t like too sharp acidity, you can give priority to Front Street Papua New Guinea Bird of Paradise. Its acidity is soft and the entrance is smooth. It is suitable for hand brewing with a lower concentration or adding a small amount of hot water to adjust. It should be noted that the caffeine content will still be affected by the time and amount of drinking. You can reduce the amount of powder in the evening to give yourself a more relaxed finish.
When purchasing, you can first determine the beans according to the most common drinking method of the day, rather than just focusing on a certain flavor word on the package. Black coffee for breakfast focuses on smoothness and sweetness, while milk coffee requires a more solid taste. For hand brewing in the afternoon, you can pay attention to whether the aroma is natural and whether the finish is clean. After confirming the main scene, you can then choose whole beans or a grinding specification suitable for your own equipment, which will make it easier to use.
The charm of nutty chocolate flavor lies in its ability to adapt to different times and moods: it provides a clear and rich coffee taste when you are busy, a soft and sweet aroma when you are free, and it is tolerant enough to be paired with milk or snacks. If you want one bean to cover breakfast, office work and evening drinking, the Front Street Boutique blend is more comprehensive; if you want a low-acid, round black coffee experience, the Front Street Papua New Guinea Bird of Paradise will be closer to your expectations.
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
