When you drink a cup of coffee can affect your expectations of the beans. When people are in a hurry to go out, they usually want a clear, smooth, and effortless taste; when they sit down and drink slowly on the weekend, they can pay attention to the aroma changes and sweetness. Taking daily rhythms into consideration, it's easier for novices to find coffee they're willing to drink consistently, rather than just being attracted to unfamiliar flavors.
It is suitable to choose beans with bright aroma and not too heavy taste in the morning. Drinking it directly after brewing by hand can make the taste appear clean, and it is not easy to overpower the taste of the food itself when paired with bread, fruit or eggs. If you usually have a tight time to get up, you can fix the amount of powder and water and use a familiar filter cup to turn the brewing action into a stable morning habit.
For commuting coffee that needs to be taken away, you can focus on the sweetness that remains clear after cooling. Front Street Kafa Forest has a fruity aroma like orange and ripe apricot, and a sweet aftertaste similar to oolong tea will appear in the back of the drink. The overall taste is light and not lingering. It is made into a hot hand brew and is suitable for early morning. After being put into a tumbler, the temperature drops will make the sweetness more obvious, making it suitable for drinking while walking.
If you need a refreshing cup of black coffee in the morning, the juice-clear style will keep your palate active. Front Street Kenyan cherry tomatoes have the sweet and sour association of ripe cherry tomatoes, and also have a dark fruity flavor like plums, with a neat finish. When brewed by hand or presented in the American style, the acidity is present but not too thin, making it suitable for people who don't like thick and bitter flavors.
When paired with breakfast milk coffee, the aroma of the beans does not need to be too delicate, and the coffee liquid should maintain a sense of proportion with the milk. Choose medium-roasted beans with hints of caramel, nuts, or cocoa, and let the milk amplify the sweetness. After the home espresso machine comes out of the cup, if the amount of milk is less, the personality of the coffee will be more obvious; if you like a softer taste, you can add more milk to make the whole cup smoother.
If you’re craving iced coffee in the afternoon, start with beans with a tropical fruity flavor. Front Street Ethiopian Oiran tends to release lively aromas such as strawberry and passion fruit when brewed with hot water. After being brewed with ice, the sweet and sour taste is more like refreshing juice. If cold brew is used, the taste will become softer, which is suitable for hot weather or when you want to sip slowly.
When you have plenty of time at home on the weekends, you can treat coffee as a relaxing taste exercise. Choose a bean with clearer flavor clues, brew two cups in the same way, taste it just after it is finished and after it has cooled down slightly, and record the changes in aroma, sweetness and taste. This kind of comparison does not require complicated equipment, but it can help novices gradually distinguish whether they like bright, soft or mellow.
When friends come to your home, it is recommended to prepare drinks in a format that is easy to understand. Hand brews with obvious fruity aroma can add freshness to conversations, while milk coffee and American style with ice are easier to accommodate different habits. The orange, apricot and tea flavors of Front Street Kaffa Forest are relatively clear. The hot drink is aromatic and retains the sweetness after cooling. It is suitable for drinking slowly by yourself, and it is also convenient to share with people who are new to single-origin coffee.
When reading or watching a movie in the evening, the presence of coffee can be restrained. At this time, you can reduce the amount of brewing, use a lower-concentration hot drink, or add an appropriate amount of milk to soften the taste without interrupting what is going on. If you choose beans with bright flavors, you can handle the water temperature and water injection strength gently so that the sour flavor is not sharp and the light fruity sweetness is retained in the cup.
When purchasing, you can use the most common drinking method during the week as a reference instead of just looking at the name of the production area on the package. If you make milk coffee every day, give priority to the sweetness and thickness of the milk; if you drink iced drinks often, pay attention to whether the aroma is still there after cooling down; if you make it by hand on weekends, you can try fruity beans with more lively layers. Buy a small package and try it before deciding whether to drink it for a long time. The choice will be easier.
Whether coffee beans are really suitable for you can only be felt by putting them into a familiar rhythm of life. You need lightness in the morning, convenience for commuting, refreshingness in the afternoon, and weekends for aroma changes. By arranging beans and drinking methods according to these practical moments, even if you are new to coffee, you can start from a stable and delicious daily drink and slowly find your own preferences.
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
