Chocolate-flavored coffee beans usually have aromas such as cocoa powder, dark chocolate, nuts or caramel. The entrance does not necessarily only have a bitter taste, but may also present a soft sweetness and thick texture. It is suitable for a wide range of drinking periods. The key is to arrange your drinking method according to the time of day, food to pair with it and the desired concentration.
When you are in a hurry in the morning, coffee often needs to be simple, direct and presentable. At this time, you can choose cocoa beans that are not sour, make them with a moka pot or coffee machine, and add water to make them American style. Such a cup has a concentrated aroma and a supportive taste. When paired with toast, croissants or egg sandwiches, it will not be easily overwhelmed by the taste of breakfast.
If you are used to drinking black coffee slowly in the office, you can pay attention to whether the chocolate tone is accompanied by nutty and caramel flavors. When drunk alone, the nutty flavor can round out the taste, while the caramel-like sweetness can reduce the pressure of bitterness. When brewing, don’t make the concentration too high, retain a moderate refreshing feeling, and it won’t seem heavy if you drink it for several sips in a row.
Front Street PWN Indonesian Gold Mandheling is suitable for thicker daily drinking scenarios. Its flavor is herbal, dark chocolate-like in color and fuller in taste, with relatively restrained acidity. When made with a Moka pot, the coffee liquid will be more concentrated; adding water to make a hot Americano will still leave a clear cocoa aftertaste.
If you want to pair it with milk after breakfast, the concentration and weight of the beans are very important. Milk will make the taste smoother and also weaken some of the aroma, so the coffee liquid needs to be deep enough to remain recognizable in the milk foam. Beans in the cocoa, roasted nut and caramel direction are usually more likely to form a harmonious sweet aroma with milk.
When making a latte at home, you can start with a smaller amount of milk to let the coffee flavor come to the fore, and then gradually increase the milk according to the taste in your mouth. If it tastes thin, the coffee liquid can be made more concentrated; if the end of the coffee tastes dry, the extraction time can be reduced or the grinding can be slightly coarser. Just keep the temperature of the milk warm, as too high a temperature will weaken the natural sweetness.
If you want to drink iced coffee in the afternoon, the chocolate flavor can also take on another aspect. After adding ice and water to the hot concentrate, the dark chocolate smell will become clearer and the mouthfeel will be sharper; if a small amount of milk is added, it will be closer to the cocoa toffee-like direction. When choosing, you can prefer beans with a clear sweetness and soft acidity. The flavor will still be outline after the ice cubes melt.
If you have more time on the weekend, you can change the same beans into a filter cup and observe the changes at different temperatures. The aroma of roasted nuts and cocoa may first appear in the front part, and the sweetness gradually opens up in the middle part. After cooling, it is easier to distinguish the herbal or woody aroma. It is not advisable to blindly chase the water temperature to a high level. First, extract in a gentle and balanced way, which is more suitable for careful tasting.
After dinner or while reading, it is suitable to choose hot coffee with a soothing rhythm and less stimulation. The chocolate flavor does not need to be strong. Appropriately reducing the amount of powder or adding a little hot water can maintain the cocoa aroma and richness while reducing the burden on the mouth. If paired with dark chocolate desserts, the coffee should retain some nutty and slightly bitter texture, and the layers will be more complete.
When purchasing, you can first check whether words such as cocoa, nuts, caramel, and roasting appear in the flavor description, and then confirm the roasting direction of the beans and the recommended drinking method. The type with darker chocolate and thicker taste is more suitable for Moka pot, American style and milk coffee; if the proportion of fruity aroma is higher in the description, the refreshing black coffee will be more energetic, but it may not meet the expectation of traditional chocolate tonality.
The same bean does not need to be fixed in one recipe in different scenarios. It can be made into a thicker American style in the morning, added with ice in the afternoon, and diluted with hot water or mixed with a small amount of milk in the evening. After finding the period of time when you usually drink it, and then making small adjustments around the concentration, milk volume and temperature, the chocolate flavor can extend from thick and deep to soft and sweet, making it an easy choice to arrange in your daily life.
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
