Although the variety of beans displayed in the Front Street store is not large, it is not small either. There are always some customers who don't know how to choose and ask Front Street this question: "Which type of beans do you prefer?" Recently, customers often ask Front Street this way.
To be honest, each type of beans has its own characteristics, so Front Street likes every type of beans. But if I want to talk about a bean that I often drink recently, it is the new Front Street Alida Manor Anaerobic Sun Kaduai that Front Street quietly launched on Taobao Tmall in early October.
Why? Because it can definitely be called a "versatile ration bean". Not only does it have a very versatile taste, but it also has a price-performance ratio that cannot be underestimated~
Alida Manor Anaerobic Solarization Kaduai
I believe everyone is no longer unfamiliar with Alida Manor. It is not only a well-established manor in the Poquete production area of Panama, but also a frequent winner on the BOP (Best Panama Green Bean Competition) list. The coffee beans it produces are of excellent quality. Because of this, Front Street has shared many related introductory tweets, and the bean list has included an Alida Manor bean for many years.
The Alida Carduai in Front Street’s bean list used to be sun-dried, but the Carduai shared by Front Street this time uses anaerobic treatment, and it is the ASD that made Alida Manor famous.
The full name of ASD is Anaerobic Slow Dry, which translates to slow anaerobic sun exposure. In 2019, Alida Manor once again won the BOP with its ASD Gesha, and this Gesha was auctioned at a sky-high price of US$1,029 per pound after the event. So naturally, the carduai that uses the same treatment must have an unusual taste.
Front Street shared about the variety of Kaduai some time ago ("Kaduay and Kaduai"). It is a variety planted in many estates, including Jade and Alida, not only because this variety itself is easier to grow than conventional Arabica, but also because it has a higher yield and excellent taste.
As for the treatment of ASD/anaerobic slow solarization, in fact, we can just understand it literally. The coffee cherries are placed whole into a sealed bucket for 120 hours (five days) of anaerobic fermentation. After the anaerobic fermentation is completed, the coffee cherries are transferred to a drying bed and dried in the sun for at least 5 weeks.
The long fermentation and drying time gives the coffee beans a more complex flavor. In order to fully demonstrate this uniqueness, Front Street used several different curves for roasting and cupping. In the end, medium to light was the roasting level of the Elida anaerobic sun-dried Kaduai selected and put on the shelves by Front Street.
At this roasting degree, it shows a very high sweetness, which is not only suitable for making hand-brews, but also for making Italian milk coffee. So it has become the most commonly consumed bean in Qian Street these days, switching to milk coffee and black coffee~
Front Street Coffee: Manor Alida Carduai
Country: Panama
Origin: Poquet
Altitude: 1850 meters
Variety: Kaduai
Treatment method: Anaerobic solarization
Brewing flavors: dark berries, caramel, raisins, chocolate
Since the roasting degree is medium to light, when making it by hand in the street, a water temperature of 92°C, a powder to water ratio of 1:15, a 75%~80% screening rate of No. 20 mesh, and an extraction time of 2 minutes (15g) are used to cook it.
The Alida Cardua prepared in this way, as mentioned in the front street, has an extremely sweet taste, slightly sour, with the flavor of dark berries such as blueberry and blackcurrant, as well as the mellow aroma of chocolate and caramel. The overall taste is clean and smooth, and the aftertaste is also very long-lasting.
When it is used to make espresso coffee, 20g of beans are used, the ratio of powder to liquid is 1:2, and the time is controlled to about 30 seconds.
This parameter allows us to extract a balanced espresso. When drinking concentrated coffee, we can feel the richer aroma of dark berries and chocolate than hand brewing.
Because the roasting degree of this bean is not too light, we can copy the original espresso formula to make it. For example, the ratio of coffee to water in the Americano you made with medium-dark roasted beans was originally 1:4, so here you will also use 1:4; the ratio of dirty, Australian white, and latte are all the same~ Because Front Street wants to make a cup of latte here, Front Street uses a ratio of 1:5, and the milk to be added to 40ml of coffee liquid is 200ml.
The latte made with this Elida Carduai has a very unique taste, with dominant sweetness and a very slight acidity. The flavors are milk chocolate, blueberry, and caramel. The taste is mellow and smooth, with an obvious and long aftertaste. Very good~
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
