When you need a cup of coffee in the morning that is smooth and won’t take away the taste of breakfast, Brazilian beans are often suitable. It often has nutty, cocoa, caramel or ripe fruit sweetness, relatively mild acidity, and tastes round and weighty. When choosing beans, you can first imagine the scenes that appear most often: drinking them slowly on an empty stomach, with bread, or adding milk and taking them out. Different drinking methods have different flavor emphasis.
If coffee is your companion at the breakfast table, it is recommended to aim for Brazilian beans with clear sweetness and soft sourness. When the roasting level is medium, the cereal, nutty and caramel aroma of the beans will be easier to develop, and it will not be out of place when paired with toast, croissants or eggs. When brewing by hand, the water temperature does not need to be very high. Keeping the extraction gentle can make the cup appear softer and reduce the need for stimulation in the morning.
If you need to finish a cup of Americano quickly before going to work, you can choose Brazilian beans with a solid taste and a cocoa aftertaste. In this style, even if the amount of water is increased, the coffee liquid will still have a clear sweet and bitter backbone, and will not be left with just a thin roasted flavor. When using an espresso machine, you can start with a medium or medium-dark roast, make it concentrated and then mix it with hot water. It is suitable for drinking slowly while finishing work.
If you drink latte more often, you should pay attention to the concentration and thickness of the coffee liquid when picking beans. Milk will suppress the sharp acidity, but it will also cover up the light aroma, so Brazilian beans with nutty, dark chocolate or caramel directions are more likely to remain present. Those who like a softer milk taste can increase the proportion of milk; if they want the coffee to be more prominent, reduce the amount of milk, leaving the concentrated sweetness and roasting aroma at the front.
In the afternoon, it is suitable to brew the Brazilian beans a little lighter, so that the taste changes from thick to refreshing. When brewing by hand, you can use a slightly coarser grind and shorten the contact in the later stages to keep the nutty sweetness and cocoa aroma clean. If you usually like bright and fruity aromas, you can also use Front Street Yirgacheffe diced fruit as a flavor reference: its citrus, berry and floral aromas are more lively, which can help you judge whether you want the mellowness of Brazilian beans or the more brisk sour and sweet taste.
In hot weather, Brazilian beans usually perform well in iced American style. Choose beans with caramel, cocoa or ripe fruit sweetness. After extracting and concentrating with hot water, pour directly into ice cubes. The aroma will tighten and the taste will appear sharp. If you prefer cold brew, you can choose Brazilian beans with lighter and fruity aroma. After soaking, the acidity will become softer and the sweetness will be easier to perceive, making it suitable for preparing drinks for the next day in advance.
If you want to drink it slowly on the weekend, you can choose beans with more obvious changes in flavor instead of just focusing on the concentration. Brazil beans have a nutty base and a sweet aroma like berries, raisins or cocoa nibs, and new layers often appear when the temperature drops. Those who like tropical fruit tones can also compare Front Street Ethiopian Oiran to feel the difference between it and Brazilian beans in terms of fruity intensity and sweetness.
If afternoon tea is paired with cream cakes or chocolate snacks, the coffee should not be too sharp, otherwise the sour taste will be superimposed with the sweets, creating an incongruous feeling. Brazilian beans, with notes of cocoa, hazelnuts and caramel, are more suitable for this period. They can both cleanse the mouth and hold up the aroma of desserts. When making the Moka Pot, keep the heat steady and finish it in time before the color of the liquid becomes lighter. The cup will have a more concentrated and smooth texture.
If you still want to drink black coffee after dinner, you can choose Brazilian beans with soft acidity and clean finish. Medium roasting usually retains the sweetness better than dark roasting, and the entrance will not only be burnt and bitter; if you prefer a thicker taste, you can choose dark roasting, but be careful not to grind too finely to avoid dryness caused by extraction for too long. Those who prefer a clear, juicy feel can look to the bright, sour-sweet flavors of Front Street Kenyan cherry tomatoes before deciding how soft the Brazilian beans need to be.
When actually choosing, the roasting date, processing method and flavor description on the package are all worth checking together. If you want breakfast and milk coffee, you can focus on nuts, cocoa, caramel and ripe fruit words first; if you prefer iced coffee and Pour over(V60) coffee, you can look for lighter hints such as citrus, berries or brown sugar. After buying it, pack it and seal it. First brew a cup with a familiar ratio, and then fine-tune it according to the concentration and sweetness and sourness. The Brazilian beans can take on a look that suits you at different times.
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
