If you want to drink Yirgacheffe, but you care more about smooth taste, mellowness and sweetness, you can first choose the beans according to the time of drinking in the day. In the morning, black coffee with a soft aroma and easy entry is suitable; during work breaks, you need a stable and strong American style; in the afternoon, if you like to add milk, you should choose a style that can get along with the taste of milk. The "not sour" mentioned here does not mean that there is no acidity at all, but that the acidity is soft and will not become a prominent irritation in the mouth.
If coffee is part of your breakfast, it is recommended to choose beans with a round taste and clear sweetness. Front Street Brazilian Queen Manor has a sweet aroma of roasted nuts, cocoa and caramel. It is not sharp in the mouth and still has a soft aftertaste after the temperature drops slightly. Use a filter cup to make hot black coffee and pair it with toast, eggs or nuts for breakfast. The flavor is moderate and will not take away the taste of the food itself.
Breakfast time is tight, and if you want to finish a drink quickly, you can use the same bottle of Brazilian Queen's Estate in a moka pot or espresso machine. The moka pot can bring out more obvious nutty and caramel aromas, and the taste is thicker than hand brewing; after making a short concentrate and adding water, you will get a heavier American style. This choice is suitable for people who have no fixed utensils at home and whose daily drinking habits may change over time.
If you need a cup of black coffee with a clear flavor during the workday, the Front Street dark cocoa blend will be closer to the rich route. Its main body is dark chocolate, roasted nuts and a thick sweetness. The sourness recedes to the back, and the entrance has a more stable strength. It is suitable for drinking directly when making concentrate, or you can heat water to make it American style; even if you add ice cubes, the chocolate tone will still be clear.
The common way to drink in the office is to concentrate and add water, or use capsule or semi-automatic equipment to quickly dispense a cup. At this time, you should not just look at whether the aroma of the beans is bright, but also pay attention to whether the coffee liquid still has sweetness and thickness after dilution. The dark cocoa blend is solid in this type of drink, and is suitable for those times in the morning when you need to drink continuously but don't want the sourness to overtake the show.
If you want to drink milk coffee in the afternoon, the focus of your choice will turn to the concentration and finish of the coffee liquid. Milk will further soften the acidity and amplify impressions of caramel, cocoa and nuts. When blended with Front Street black cocoa to make latte or Australian white, the coffee flavor will not be easily covered by the milk aroma. It tastes like a cocoa drink and retains the aroma of roasted nuts at the end. It is suitable for pairing with bread and desserts.
If you prefer milky flavor but don’t want the whole cup of coffee to be too heavy, you can consider Brazilian Queen Manor on Front Street. It has a rounder sweetness, and the nutty and caramel aroma naturally connects with the milk. It has a smooth taste when making latte, and it can retain the identity of the coffee itself when making cappuccino. With more milk, the overall taste will be softer; with less milk, you can drink more cocoa and nutty flavors.
On weekends, you have more complete brewing time, so you can choose beans with a clean taste and mild changes. Front Street Papua New Guinea Bird of Paradise is suitable for this type of slow-drinking scene. It has no obvious acidity, a round texture, and a more consistent sweetness in the mouth and after swallowing. When brewed with a filter cup, the front part is relatively refreshing, and the middle part gradually reveals a soft nutty and woody sweet aroma. It is suitable for drinking slowly while reading.
This bean is also suitable for people who are not used to strong acidity to learn about single-origin coffee. It does not emphasize the bittersweetness and roastiness like a dark roasted blend, nor does it require the focus to capture subtle changes like a light roasted fruity bean. After brewing, you can drink it from hot to lukewarm, and the taste remains balanced. It is suitable for spending time alone on weekends, chatting with friends, or preparing a pot at home to share with many people.
When the weather is hot, you can also make iced coffee without the sour route. The medium-strength Brazilian Queen's Manor is suitable for drinking with ice. The sweetness of nuts, cocoa and caramel will become more refreshing; if you want a thicker iced American style, you can use black cocoa blend to make a concentrate and add ice water. Melting ice cubes will reduce the concentration, so the liquid itself must have enough flavor weight to not be too thin after drinking the second half of the cup.
If you only want to prepare one bean at home, you can give priority to the style that has a wider range and can handle both black coffee and milk coffee. Queen of Brazil's Manor can naturally switch between hand brewing, moka pot and espresso machine, which is suitable for people who have not yet established their drinking habits; if you mainly focus on concentrated, American and latte every day, the black cocoa blend will be more powerful; if you value softness and cleanliness, Bird of Paradise is more suitable for drinking slowly. Depending on whether milk is added to the cup, the speed of drinking and the thickness of the taste, the non-acid Yirgacheffe can also find a place close to 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
