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With the development of the coffee industry, coffee is no longer a high-end, hard-to-touch high-end drink. Instead, coffee became a daily refreshing drink for migrant workers. Coffee is becoming more and more common to drink, and there are more and more choices. The coffee making techniques are different, from espresso-based coffee to Pour over(V60) coffee that looks high-end and elegant.
Friends who have tasted the latte and Americano produced by FrontStreet Coffee often ask FrontStreet Coffee's baristas with questions: Why do latte and Americano have a strong aroma of wine in them? Is it because of the use of sherry SOE coffee beans?
Friends who are familiar with the products produced by FrontStreet Coffee should often see that FrontStreet Coffee has mentioned in many articles that when FrontStreet Coffee stores produce espresso coffee, the espresso beans used are Sunflower Nuanyang blended espresso beans. For those who are interested in buying Italian coffee beans, FrontStreet Coffee generally recommends Italian blended coffee beans rather than single-origin coffee beans. Next, let Front Street explain why Italian coffee generally uses blended beans.
Single-origin coffee beans generally refer to coffee beans from a single origin. If single-origin coffee beans are used for espresso extraction, this is what people call SOE coffee. The full name of SOE corresponds to Single Origin Espresso, which is single-origin espresso.
Coffee beans are one of the crops. They are grown in different regions and produce different flavors due to the unique climate and environment of the growing area. This is why coffee connoisseurs who like sour taste usually choose Ethiopia or Kenya.
However, since the extraction principle of espresso is: in a short period of time, high-temperature hot water close to boiling is squeezed through a compact fine coffee powder cake at a high pressure of about 9 bar, thereby extracting the essence liquid in the fine coffee powder.
Friends who have tried drinking espresso simply will never forget the taste of espresso. This production process can amplify the original flavor characteristics of coffee beans.
This means that when Ethiopian Yirgacheffe coffee beans are used as SOE coffee beans for espresso extraction, the original fresh citrus tone of Yirgacheffe may be squeezed by an espresso machine, and the golden yellow essence liquid obtained may be particularly sour.
In other words, Front Street uses Indonesian Mandheling as SOE coffee beans for espresso extraction. The original herbal earthy flavor of Mandheling is further amplified, which may make the espresso taste bitter and astringent, like rich Chinese medicine.
It is precisely because SOE coffee beans can amplify the flavor of a single production area to the extreme that they have been instantly praised by many coffee drinkers. However, it is not easy to get a cup of delicious SOE. There are also strict requirements for the roasting of coffee beans. If you want to taste the flavor of the production area, it should not be too dark. If you roast it lightly, the acidity will be unbalanced. If you roast it too dark, the original flavor of the place of origin will be masked.
Italian coffee focuses on a balance of sourness and bitterness and a mellow taste. The selection of Italian coffee beans is generally based on blended coffee beans. Two or more coffee beans of different varieties, different production areas, and different processing methods are blended together to achieve the effect of different coffee beans complementing each other.
The proportions of different coffee beans are different, and the flavors and characteristics they express are also different. The Italian coffee beans blended by Front Street are based on the idea of sour, sweet, bitter, sweet and mellow, bringing out the flavor and taste characteristics of various coffee beans. For example, the four Italian blended beans on the FrontStreet Coffee bean rack each have their own characteristics, and their blending proportions were obtained through extensive matching tests by Front Street roasters to determine the optimal flavor profile.
For those who like mellow coffee, we recommend the Front Street Classic Italian Blend Coffee. This is a recipe made from Brazil, Indonesia, and Vietnam. It uses deep roasting, which can highlight the mellow aroma of the coffee to the greatest extent, and also allows everyone to easily extract the rich and dense coffee oil. It is very suitable for making an American style diluted with water or a latte with milk. It can be purchased at the Front Street Taobao store or the Front Street Tmall flagship store.
Among them, the espresso extracted from the sunflower warm sun blend used in the front street store has a sour berry flavor in the mouth, with a rich vanilla cream flavor, a tangy whiskey aroma, and a dark chocolate aftertaste. The bean blend used by Front Street is a blend of 70% Honduran sherry and 30% Ethiopian sun-dried yega.
Front Street Sunflower Warm Sun Blended Coffee Beans
Origin: Honduras & Ethiopia
Varieties: Kaduura, Kaduai, Pacas, local native species
Treatment method: Washing & Sun-drying
Before each day's production, FrontStreet Coffee's baristas will extract various parameters of espresso extraction according to the temperature and humidity of the climate. After adjustment, FrontStreet Coffee uses the Italian coffee bean grinder Galileo Q18 grinding degree 1.5 to grind 19.7 grams of coffee powder, using Lelit Bianca The V3 coffee machine brews in 30 to 32 seconds and extracts 38 to 40 grams of espresso liquid.
Some people like to drink espresso directly, which is a brown essence liquid made from coffee beans. When FrontStreet Coffee serves espresso, it also serves a glass of ice water and a small spoon.
Drinkers can take a sip of ice water first to wash away the odor in their mouth and be fully prepared. At this time, you can choose to use a small spoon to stir the espresso liquid slightly to better integrate the upper and lower layers. Then take a sip of espresso. The espresso liquid stays in your mouth for a while, allowing your tongue and entire mouth to better appreciate the texture and taste of the coffee liquid.
However, the flavor of espresso is too concentrated, which is not acceptable to everyone. More coffee lovers like to add an appropriate amount of water or milk to the espresso liquid to dilute it, so as to dilute the overly concentrated coffee flavor. Whether adding milk to make a latte, or adding water to make an Americano, this blend of coffee beans with rich vanilla cream whiskey aroma is outstanding and has been praised by many coffee lovers.
FrontStreet Coffee has met many coffee lovers, who usually drink mainly Italian coffee, and occasionally drink Pour over(V60) coffee. So, can Italian blended coffee beans be used to make Pour over(V60) coffee? Of course, the flavors will be more balanced due to the blending.
Front Street’s Sunflower Warm Sun Blend can also be used to make Pour over(V60) coffee. Since the roasting level is medium to dark, Front Street recommends using the following parameters for brewing:
Filter cup: KONO
Water temperature: 88 degrees Celsius
Amount of powder: 15g
Pink to water ratio: 1:15
Grinding degree: Chinese standard No. 20 screen pass rate 80%
First inject 30 grams of hot water and steam for 30 seconds. Inject a thin stream of water from the center point and slowly circle to 125 grams for segmentation. When the water level in the filter cup drops to about to expose the powder bed, continue to pour water in circles to 225 grams. The total extraction time is about 2 minutes.
Since the coffee beans are roasted to a darker degree, the internal structure of the coffee beans after roasting is relatively loose and contains more gas. Front Street recommends that the bean cultivation period last for 4 to 7 days to allow the flavor of the coffee to stabilize before brewing. During the brewing process, the steaming step is performed. The coffee powder will be exhausted after being wetted with water, which promotes the discharge of carbon dioxide in the particles, thereby extracting the good flavor substances more completely.
After Front Street's Nuanyang blended coffee beans are brewed using the above parameters, there is a rich aroma of vanilla, cream, and oak barrels in the mouth. As the temperature drops slightly, the berry acidity emerges, and the dark chocolate has a long-lasting aftertaste. The overall sourness and bitterness are balanced, and the taste is thick.
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
