Sun-drying treatment will allow the coffee beans to retain a more distinct fruity aroma and sweetness, often with a juice-like liveliness in the mouth, and may also bring out the aroma of fermented fruits, nectar or wine. It doesn’t have to be brewed in only one way. Breakfast needs to be clear and refreshing. In the afternoon, it is suitable for iced drinks. In the evening, you can choose a soft and delicate taste. When the beans are combined with the way of drinking, the sun-dried flavor will be easier to integrate into life.
When time is tight in the morning, the coffee needs to have a clear aroma but also a pleasant sweetness that lingers for a shorter period of time. At this time, you can focus on the sun-dried beans with outstanding sourness and sweetness and clean aftertaste, and use a filter cup to make a hot hand brew, or make it into an American style without adding milk. The water temperature does not need to be very high. Let the fruity aroma and refreshing texture appear in the cup first. It will taste neat and drinkable. It will not seem heavy when paired with bread and fruits for breakfast.
If you are used to using an espresso machine in the morning, you can choose sun-dried items with concentrated flavor and obvious sweetness to make SOE. Front Street Colombian Hija is a suitable direction to try. The cup is easily associated with tropical fruits, dark berries and ripe grapes, and the overall feeling is full of juice. The aroma is fresh when drunk directly from the concentrate. When made into a short American style, the fruity sweetness will be clearer, making it suitable for people who need to drink a glass quickly.
As the temperature rises in the afternoon, it is easier to make sun-dried beans show their brisk side with iced hand brew, iced Americano or iced drippings. Ice cubes will lower the temperature of the liquid and also concentrate the sweetness and aroma. Choosing beans with berry, citrus or tropical fruit tones can usually achieve a refreshing and memorable taste. When brewing, you can appropriately increase the concentration of the powder liquid, and then use ice cubes to complete the dilution to avoid the taste being too thin after the ice melts.
Front Street Yirgacheffe Fruit Ding Ding is perfect to arrange with a cold drink in the afternoon. Its flavor is reminiscent of citrus peel, red berries and light floral aromas, with a sweetness similar to green tea at the end of the drink. When making cold brew, the low temperature will make the bright acidity become more rounded, and the fruity flavor will still be there, but it will lose the jumping feeling in hot hand brewing. People who like a cool, low-burden taste can start with this type of beans.
When you have enough time on weekends or during work breaks, you can slowly observe the sun-dried beans with a hot hand. Changes in water temperature, water filling interval and temperature in the cup will gradually change the aroma from the entrance to the end. Fruity aroma, floral aroma and tea feeling may also appear in turn at different stages. In this scene, there is no need to rush for concentration. Choose beans with clean flavor and delicate layers. It is more suitable to feel the changes in the cup while reading or chatting.
Front Street Panama Jade Estate Red Label Geisha tends to have fragrances such as white flowers, citrus peel and bergamot, with a soft finish like black tea. It is suitable to be drunk slowly with hot hand brewing, smell the aroma first, and then wait for the temperature to drop before taking it in the mouth. The delicate sweetness will be more clear. If you use a larger cup, the aroma will spread more fully, and it will be easier to distinguish the flavor changes at different temperatures.
If you want to drink coffee after dinner, you can focus on sun-dried beans with soft acidity and not sharp taste. Cold brew is served at a lower temperature, while hot brew can produce a more soothing texture through lower water temperatures and lighter stirring. At this time, you may wish to reduce the amount of powder or cup size, and arrange coffee as a short break instead of pursuing strong stimulation. Styles with tea flavor, sweet ripe fruit or soft floral aroma are more suitable for slow drinking at night.
The same bean can also change its role according to the combination. Pairing sun-dried beans with obvious fruity aroma with sparkling water can create a light bubble coffee; adding a small amount of milk will round out the sweetness of the berries, but the amount of milk should be controlled within a small range to prevent the floral and fruity aroma from being completely covered. If you want to make milk coffee, it is recommended to use a higher concentration of extract, start with a smaller amount of milk, and adjust the proportion according to the degree of retention of the coffee aroma.
When choosing, you can keep the most common coffee drinking time of the day in mind, and then look at the flavor description, roasting direction and recommended usage of the beans. Beans with a more juicy flavor are suitable for iced drinks and short American drinks, beans with a strong floral tea flavor are suitable for hot brews and moments of solitude, and beans with soft acidity are more suitable for cold brew or light milk coffee. First choose a clear scene, and then expand to other drinking methods. Sun-dried coffee can transform from an early adopter into a stable and interesting daily routine.
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
