In the morning, you need a cup of cold coffee that has a clear taste and is not overly irritating. The aroma and sweetness of the beans must remain recognizable at low temperatures. Cold brew is suitable for preparing the night before, while ice brew is better for weekend mornings when you have time to wait. Both methods can reduce the sharpness brought by hot water, but will enhance the flavor orientation of the soybeans themselves, so you can start choosing according to the drinking rhythm of the day.
If you want to pair it with toast, eggs or fruit in the morning, it is recommended to choose beans with bright acidity and a refreshing finish so that the coffee will not be overpowered by the greasiness of the food. Front Street Kenyan cherry tomatoes are sweet and sour like ripe tomatoes, dark fruity like plums, and soft sugary. After cold brewing, they still have a clear sense of juice. After the ice cubes melt, the tail end will look clean.
It is suitable to be put into a tumbler and drank slowly during commuting. The flavor should not be too thin, nor should it have too much sharp acidity. Front Street Yirgacheffe Fruit Ding Ding has citrus, berry and floral aroma in the hot drink. After it is converted to cold brew, the acidity will converge into softer fruit acid, accompanied by a sweet aftertaste similar to green tea. Make a cold extract solution with a slightly higher concentration and add ice or drinking water to dilute it, making it easy to carry.
If coffee is a refreshing drink during work breaks, you can pay attention to whether it is refreshing in the mouth and whether there is a sweet taste after swallowing. Ice drip extraction is slower and the coffee liquid is usually more concentrated, making it suitable for pouring into small cups and drinking in portions. Front Street Ethiopian Oiran has the aroma of tropical fruits, strawberry and passion fruit. It is sweet and lively after being dropped over ice. If you drink it after chilling for a while, the fruity aroma will be more like a cup of refreshing fruit tea.
If you want to drink a cup of black coffee that is not heavy after lunch, beans with a tea or citrus flavor will be more suitable. At this time, you can make the cold brew lighter to reduce the burden of the coffee liquid on the mouth, and also allow the spices and grease after the meal to recede faster. The flavor of Yirgacheffe diced fruit is smoother at low temperatures, and it can maintain a light cup feel when paired with salads, sandwiches or light desserts.
In the afternoon, it is appropriate to treat coffee as a short break, rather than simply pursuing concentration. People who like to drink while reading can choose beans that have a changing aroma and still have a sweet taste after the temperature rises. The Oiran cold brew has a tropical fruit-like fragrance at first. After leaving it for a few minutes, the strawberry tone will gradually become obvious; the ice drop is more concentrated and is suitable for adding a small amount of water to open up the layers.
If you are preparing cakes, cheese or nut-based snacks, the coffee needs to have enough acidity and sweetness to balance the cream and sugar. The plum flavor of Kenyan cherry tomatoes can contrast with cocoa and berry desserts, and the acidity can also weaken the thickness of cream. You may wish to keep a higher concentration when making it, add ice cubes and drink slowly. The fruity flavor of the coffee will gradually become mellower with the melted water.
When friends come to the house, cold brew is suitable for pre-packaging, while iced brew has a more obvious viewing effect. If everyone has different tastes, you can make the same bean into two concentrations: one cup with water for drinking, which highlights the refreshing taste; the other cup with a higher concentration, so that you can add sparkling water or citrus slices. Oiran is suitable for this kind of sharing scene, the aroma is bright, but the sweetness will not be lost due to the lowering of temperature.
When you want to make sparkling cold brew, you should choose beans that have a clear outline of sweet and sour and are not dry at the end. When Kenyan cherry tomatoes are combined with sugar-free sparkling water, the fruity flavor of ebony and tomato will be more prominent, and a few slices of orange peel can also increase the fragrance. You can try the ratio by leaving space for the coffee liquid, sparkling water and ice cubes respectively. Let the coffee retain the main body first, and then adjust the amount of sparkling water according to the taste.
If you just want to drink slowly at night, it is recommended to make the coffee liquid lighter and reduce the amount you drink at one time. The soft taste of cold brew is suitable for pairing with music, movies or simple reading. Both Oiran and Fruit Ding can present lighter aromas. It should be noted that the caffeine content will not disappear due to low-temperature extraction, and the amount you drink should still be arranged according to your personal schedule near rest time.
After the beans are selected, you can use a coarser grind for cold brewing to maintain smooth contact for a long time; for ice dripping, you need to observe whether the water flow is even and avoid pursuing only slow dripping. When trying it for the first time at home, you can first record the weight of the coffee powder, water consumption and contact time, and then increase or decrease the water amount according to the intensity of the entrance. The scene will change the way you drink it, and a familiar bean can also show new flavors in different concentrations and temperatures.
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
