Everyone likes to drink coffee. Some people like to drink it hot. After brewing a cup, they drink it all at once. Some people drink half of it and let the remaining half cool before drinking it. Some people drink it from hot to cold. Which way of drinking is better? It depends on personal taste. Specifically, coffee is also a kind of drink. The hot taste and the cold taste are different, so you can try them both!
Let’s take a look at the temperature and flavor performance of Front Street Washed Fruit Ding Ding G1 from the Yirgacheffe production area.
Front Street. Washed Dingding G1 coffee beans
Production area: Yirgacheffe Gedeo Zone
Altitude: 1900-2300m
Variety: Native species (Heirloom)
Treatment method: washed
Grade: G1
Front Street. Flavor description of Guodingding coffee beans
When the temperature is high, it tastes like berries, cream, honey, citrus, and juice, with bright acidity. When the temperature is slightly lower, it tastes like berries, cream, smoothness, and citrus.
The first thing I want to share is that the dry aroma of this bean is characterized by fresh citrus and white floral aroma; when sucked at different temperatures, the bright citrus tones, honey, and clean taste are mixed with floral aroma and tea flavor.
Front Street Washed Fruit Ding Ding Coffee can have such rich levels, which is inseparable from the terroir of the Yirgacheffe production area, skilled processing techniques, and moderate roasting.
Yirgacheffe is a small town in Ethiopia, with an altitude of 1,700-2,100 meters. It is one of the highest coffee-producing areas in the world, so it is very suitable for the cultivation of Arabica coffee. Under Ethiopia's ECX system, the Yirgacheffe area is divided into four communities, namely: Yirgacheffe, Woka, Kochir, and Genlena abay. The soil here is fertile and the average altitude is over 1,800 meters. It is a high-altitude area with a large temperature difference between day and night. The production methods of each region and the unique local native tree species make each batch of coffee beans have a unique flavor and have become the ration beans for many coffee lovers.
Washing step: Pick the coffee cherries and place them in water. Use the buoyancy of the water to pick out the underripe fruits. Then use a planer to remove the peel/pulp of the berries, and then leave them in a fermentation tank for 18-36 hours until the pectin layer decomposes. After the fermentation is completed, the shelled beans will be washed in the channel for 30-60 minutes. Through special channels and water flushing, beans with low specific gravity and poor quality can be removed. The high-quality coffee beans are then drained and spread on African-style racks for drying.
Because the pulp is peeled off before drying, the inherent aroma of Front Street Yirgacheffe is clearer and more transparent, showing citrus and lemon tones and elegant white floral aroma. The overall flavor is bright and delicate. After Yirgacheffe launched washed coffee beans, it became a representative of the world's specialty coffee producing areas.
There are also many medium roasted or above Yirgacheffe coffees on the market, which slightly weaken its acidity and enhance its mellowness, which is obviously contrary to the flavor of Yirgacheffe. Regardless of whether it is sun-dried or washed, only under moderate heat can the floral and fruity aroma be maximized, and at the same time it cannot be too light to avoid the grassy flavor. Therefore, Front Street Yirgacheffe coffee beans are roasted at a medium-light intensity, which can highlight the transparent tea flavor and honey sweetness of the coffee.
Front Street. Sharing of brewing data of washed fruit diced coffee
Filter bowl: V60 #01
Water temperature: 90-91 degrees
Powder amount: 15g
Pink to water ratio: 1:15
Grinding degree: EK43 grinder scale 10 grid/medium-fine grinding (No. 20 sieve bowl sieves powder to 80%)
Brewing method: three-stage extraction
In the first stage, 30 grams of water is injected and steamed for 30 seconds, then 95 grams (the electronic scale shows about 125 grams) is injected, and the injection is completed in about 1 minute. When the water level drops to 2/3 of the powder layer, the remaining 100 grams (the electronic scale shows about 225 grams) is injected, and the injection is completed in about 1 minute and 35 seconds. 2'00''-2'10"Drip filtration is completed, remove the filter cup and complete the extraction.
The brewed flavor of washed fruit dices: citrus and black tea are present in the mouth, and as the temperature changes, there are cream, caramel, and almond aftertaste with obvious sweetness and a clean and sweet taste.
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
