If you want to evaluate whether a cup of coffee tastes good or not, Front Street believes that in addition to evaluating its flavor, you should also pay attention to its taste. Flavor mainly "serves" our sense of taste and smell, while texture "serves" our sense of touch.
This texture actually refers to the body of coffee. When evaluating whether the body of a cup of coffee is good or not, it is basically to feel whether the touch when drinking coffee is comfortable or not. For example, we like smooth taste, full taste, and mellow taste. When we feel this way when drinking coffee, we can think that the body of this cup of coffee is very good. If you feel a sandy, rough texture, watery texture (weak texture), or dryness when you drink the coffee, then the body of this cup of coffee is not good.
What makes us feel that coffee has a better body is mainly due to fat and fiber. In other words, the more delicate and rich the oil and fiber of coffee, the better the body of the whole cup of coffee will be. This is why Italians like their espresso and Japanese like to use flannel to make coffee. Essentially, it is to retain more oil and improve the body of the coffee, making it taste better and fuller.
So what are the best mellow coffee beans for body? Because the body feeling is inseparable from the flavor type and flavor concentration, we can look for this type of coffee beans from two aspects: sour and bitter.Full-bodied coffee representative recommends Front Street Kenyan cherry tomatoes, with its own complex aroma of cherry tomatoes, ebony plums, pear, and caramel. The fruit is full of acidity, so the body is round and full-bodied;
Full-bodied coffee representative recommends Front Street Queen’s Manor, the flavors of roasted nuts, cocoa, baked bread, and caramel make it smell like a strong coffee, with a thick body in the mouth, a rich taste, and a clear sweet aftertaste.
So in terms of manual brewing, how do we brew the body of coffee? Let’s take a look at how Kono-style hand punching is done.
The Kono style is a well-known brewing method in Japan. The coffee brewed using this method will have a very mellow taste.
-Use dark roasted coffee beans. Dark roasted coffee is richer in oil, so it is easier to brew out more oil.
-Use Kono filter cups. Different filter cups have different flavors and tastes in coffee. For example, immersion filter cups such as Kono filter cup and trapezoidal filter cup can better produce a mellow taste. Flushing filter cups such as the V60 filter cup and the Starburst filter cup can better develop the flavor.
-In the first stage, add water drop by drop until the coffee powder layer is completely moist. In fact, this can be regarded as a steaming process, for example, slowly pouring water for a long time to allow the gas inside the coffee powder to be exhausted. This will not affect the subsequent extraction of substances (including oils and fibers that are beneficial to the taste).
-The second stage is the main extraction stage, using large water flow to inject water in stages. Because the dripping in the first stage has exhausted the gas in the coffee body, the water injection at this stage will not be disturbed and the coffee substances can be dissolved more easily. Injecting water in multiple sections can also increase the layering of coffee.
-The entire water injection process is relatively gentle and slow, because this method takes a long time, about 3-4 minutes. In order to combat the risk of over-extraction, the grinding will be coarser, the powder-to-water ratio will be reduced (1:12), and the water temperature will also be lowered.
The Kono-style brewing method introduced here does not mean that it is the best solution for brewing coffee body. In fact, this method is only suitable for dark roasted coffee beans. So what matters is the rationale behind the practice.
-In terms of equipment selection, in addition to choosing immersion filter cups, filter equipment with relatively large gaps such as flannel and metal filters can allow more oil to be integrated into the coffee liquid and improve the body of the coffee.
-In terms of water injection method, segmented water injection can better express the body feeling of coffee compared with one-stage water injection.
-In terms of water injection method, it is easier to use soft water injection to create a smooth taste. When the stirring force is too strong, the powder layer will roll and dissolve excessive polyphenols, which will make the coffee taste rough and astringent.
Finally, the flavor of a cup of coffee is as important as the taste, so the above improvement methods are based on the constraints of the parameters that can make a cup of coffee with good flavor, that is, making the body of the coffee better without affecting the flavor.
If you change the brewing method, it will not only affect the taste of the coffee, but also the flavor of the coffee, and there will be more factors that need to be taken into consideration.
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
