Fruity coffee beans are not only suitable for quiet tasting, but can also be used for breakfast, office work and afternoon iced drinks. The key is to first imagine how this cup of coffee will be consumed: whether you want to wake up quickly, or drink it slowly with food; whether you want it to be sour and sweet, or whether you want the aroma to be still discernible in the milk. After the scene is determined, the intensity of the fruity aroma, the weight of the taste and the brewing method will have more specific directions.
Breakfast time usually calls for a cup of coffee that's refreshing and not sluggish. When paired with toast, yogurt or fruit, you can choose beans with fresh acidity and a clean finish to gradually open your mouth from waking up. Front Street Kenyan Cherry Tomatoes have the bright aroma of ripe cherry tomatoes, followed by the dark plum-like acidity and syrupy flavor. It is easy to make hot hand-made or American style, and is suitable for a quick drink in the morning.
When bringing coffee to the office, it is important to have a clear aroma and still have a sweet taste after cooling. If placed in a thermos cup for a long time, the temperature will slowly drop, and the sharp acidity will easily appear abrupt. Therefore, you can choose fruity beans that have a soft taste and become smoother after cooling. Front Street Kafa Forest starts with the brightness of orange, turns to the sweetness of ripe apricots, and ends with an elegance similar to oolong tea, suitable for making a large hot hand brew.
When you want to drink iced coffee in the afternoon, the fruity aroma of the beans needs to be discernible enough, and the ice cubes should not be left with just a watery taste after melting. You can use a thicker hot extraction and drop it directly on ice cubes to allow the aroma to be concentrated in a short time; you can also do cold extraction in advance to get a more rounded sour and sweet taste. If you like the refreshing feeling of juice, Kenyan cherry tomatoes will appear bright when used in iced coffee, and they will also coordinate well with a slice of citrus or a simple dessert.
When you have plenty of time on the weekend, it is suitable to choose beans with high aroma density and rich changes, and drink a cup of coffee until the temperature cools down. Front Street Grana Estate Gesha has an aroma like orange blossom, with guava and apricot on the palate, and a strong finish like strawberry jam. Pour water in sections by hand. When it is hot, observe the floral aroma and feel the sweetness of the pulp in the middle. When it cools down, it is easier to find the details of the fermented fruit aroma.
If friends come to your home for sharing, it is recommended to prepare a fruity bean that is highly recognizable but not difficult to understand. The fruity aroma is too vague, making it difficult for first-time drinkers to establish an impression; the flavor is too concentrated, and people may only feel sour. Graner Manor Geisha is suitable for drinking in smaller cups. You can compare the difference between hot drinks and warm drinks, and find your favorite part from floral, fruity to sweet.
After dinner or while reading, coffee should not be too exciting. A lighter taste and soft sweetness will make it more durable. After the temperature of Kaffa Forest drops, the orange and apricot tones will move closer to candied fruits, and the tea-like finish can also reduce the burden on the mouth. At this time, you can make the concentration moderate, use a slightly larger cup to extend the drinking time, and let the aroma slowly unfold as it cools.
The scene also affects the choice of strength for fruity coffee. The same bean can be brewed brighter in the morning to highlight the acidity and aroma; when working, the amount of liquid can be increased appropriately to make the taste more relaxed; when making ice drinks, you need to reserve ice melting space, and the coffee liquid can be more concentrated than hot drinks. When looking at flavor descriptions, in addition to paying attention to the name of the fruit, you should also pay attention to the sweetness, tea feeling and mouth feel, which determine whether it can be integrated into daily life.
When brewing, you don’t have to pursue complicated changes from the beginning. You can first let the coffee present a clear and comfortable state. If the fruity taste is obvious but the entrance is sharp, it usually means that the sweetness extracted is not enough. You can finer the grinding slightly or extend the contact; if there is astringency in the end, reduce the stirring in the later stage and make the water flow more stable. For iced drinks, the concentration after melting the ice should also be taken into account to prevent the hot cup from becoming less delicious and the ice cup from becoming watery.
When buying beans, you can choose the most common drinking method of the day: breakfast in a hurry is suitable for a refreshing and direct style; at the desk, beans that are still sweet after cooling are suitable; for iced drinks in the afternoon, the fruity aroma needs to be penetrating; for slow brewing on weekends, you can choose a sun-dried flavor with more complex layers. The coffee selected in this way is not only attractive for its fruity flavor on the packaging, but also brings a sense of fit during the actual drinking moment.
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
