"Variety" is another way some friends choose coffee beans in addition to flavor and origin.
hope claw, transliterated from "Sidra", also known as "Sydra" or "Bourbon Sidra" (Bourbon hope claw). In Spanish, Sidra means "apple juice"/"cider". According to information reviewed by Front Street, the Xija is an experimental variety from Ecuador. In the early years, Nestlé established a coffee breeding center in Pichincha Province in northern Ecuador. The main job of this institution is to breed hybrid varieties with excellent performance in all aspects. When the operation was later interrupted, some hybrid varieties "incubated" by the institution flowed into the fields, including Xiju.
Since the organization at that time mainly used Ethiopian native species as well as local Typica and Bourbon for hybrid experiments, and Xija itself has the appearance characteristics of Typica and Bourbon, so it is generally considered by local coffee farmers in Ecuador to be a hybrid between Typica and Bourbon.
But in the "Fourth Wave of Specialty Coffee Science", Mr. Han Huaizong mentioned that the World Coffee Research Center (WCR) and other institutions have conducted genetic identification of the Xija variety, and the final results show that it is closer to the native Ethiopian species. Especially the sharp body and claws! Xizhao has a pointed body and a round body. The round body refers to the rounder appearance of the bean. The genetic testing results of the round-bodied Cicada show that it is more likely to be a hybrid variety of Typica and Geisha; while the pointed-body Cicada refers to the longer, oval-shaped version of the Cicada.
Its genetic test results show that it does not contain Typica or Bourbon genes, and is closer to Gesha or Ethiopian native species mixed with other genes, so its flavor is very excellent! For example, in the green bean competition, high-quality XiZhao all have a common feature - they all have rich fruity and floral aromas. Xizhao in Front Street Bean List has such characteristics. The Xizhao in the Front Street bean list is the same one used by the winner of the World Coffee Competition in 2022. It comes from the Divide Manor in Colombia. It is processed using anaerobic sun-drying. It is brewed with rich layers and unique flavor. Basically, as long as you like sweet and sour coffee, there is a very high probability that you will become a loyal fan and obsessed with it after tasting this Xizhao.
But because of its relatively deep fermentation, many friends often report that the taste when brewed at home is not as good as what they drink in the store. Therefore, Front Street decided to write a special sharing today to briefly introduce to you the origin of hope Zha and the corresponding brewing methods. So next, Front Street will share how to prepare this Divide Manor Xi Chou. The extraction parameters are as follows: Amount of powder used: 15g Powder to water ratio: 1:15 Brewing water temperature: 92°C Grinding degree: 75%~80% sieving rate of No. 20 mesh, 9.5 scale of Ek43, fine sugar particles (fine).
Using a filter cup: The V60 brewing method is the same as what I have shared before. We don’t need to pay too much attention to dividing it into several stages. As long as the final extraction time can fall within the range we want, then it does not matter whether it is three stages, four stages, or five stages. The three-stage style is generally used on the front street! The first stage of the three-stage method is steaming. We inject twice the amount of powder for 30 seconds of steaming and exhaust.
After steaming, we use moderate water flow to inject the second section of hot water in a large circle. A total of 120ml of hot water is injected in this section. It should be noted that since anaerobically processed coffee drains water quickly, the water flow when we inject water should not be too large to prevent insufficient extraction due to too short extraction time.
When the hot water injected in the second section is almost penetrated, we can use moderate water flow to inject the third section of hot water in a small circle in the center of the powder bed. The total amount of hot water in this section is 75ml. After the injection is completed, we only need to wait for the trickling filtration to complete, then remove the filter cup and end the extraction.
The total time is 2 minutes. The Front Street Xiju brewed in this way has a very outstanding sweet and sour taste. The flavor performance is very outstanding and rich at the same time. It has the aroma characteristics of grape, passion fruit, apricot, floral, chocolate, and a little red wine.
And if we make iced hand brew, the bitterness of the coffee will be further reduced, and it will taste like a glass of grape juice, which is very good~
Front Street Coffee’s offline stores are the same as their online stores. They mainly sell coffee beans, so we often meet friends who use variety as their criteria for selecting coffee beans. Two of the most common requests are: "I want Gesha", or: "I want a special variety other than Gesha". The "Xizhao" is one of the varieties that will be recommended when the latter asks for it on the front street.
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
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Important Notice: FrontStreet Coffee has moved to a new address: 315, Donghua East Road, Guangzhou (coffee beans only)
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