If you are a beginner who just started making coffee, you will definitely wonder: What kind of coffee should you start with? Which coffee beans are more suitable for beginners? Do you feel confused when faced with complicated information? Here are four ways for you to quickly find the right entry-level coffee for you.
1. Purchase based on roasting degree
The darker the roasting degree, the heavier the bitterness and the mellower the taste. The lighter the roasting degree, the more obvious the sourness.
Lightly roasted coffee beans usually have floral and fruity aromas, almost no bitterness, and have a refreshing taste. They are suitable for those who like sourness, and are more suitable for making Pour over(V60) coffee and cold brew coffee;
Medium-roasted coffee has a balanced acidity, bitterness and mellowness, making it suitable for those who like a neutral taste. It can be made in Pour over(V60) or Italian style;
The surface of medium-dark roast and dark roast coffee are rich in fat, high in body, and mostly have the aroma of nuts, chocolate, and caramel. They are suitable for friends who do not like sour taste. Most of them can make espresso and moka pots. They are especially suitable for friends who like to drink American-style and milk coffee with obvious aroma and mellowness.
2. Choose coffee beans based on the brewing method
If you are already a coffee lover and own some coffee equipment, you can also determine the coffee of choice by identifying the equipment used to make the coffee. Common household coffee appliances are divided into two types, espresso machines and Pour over(V60) coffee appliances. At this time, you can look for coffee beans by their characteristics.
When making espresso, you need to consider high concentration and oil, and you also need to highlight the roasted aroma during the extraction process, so it is recommended to give priority to coffee beans with a medium roast or above.
For those who pursue cost-effectiveness, it is best to use medium-dark roasted Italian blend beans. It is recommended to buy the rich Front Street Classic Blend coffee, the cheap large-bowl Front Street Black Cocoa Blend (100% Arabica) coffee, and the nutty and mellow Front Street. Front Street Boutique Blend 100% Arabica coffee. These blends use coffee beans from different origins, processing methods, and roasting degrees to be mixed in specific proportions to make the coffee more full-flavored, rich in oil and balanced in taste. They are mostly used for Italian-style milk coffee and flavored coffee;
If you want to drink the unique aroma of coffee, it is recommended to buy selected single-origin beans, which can be single-origin, single-estate, single-variety coffee beans. The flavor will be more obvious, and you can experience rich-layered Italian coffee. We recommend the sweet raisin-flavored Front Street, Mozart SOE, buttery peanut-flavored Front Street, Queen Manor SOE, tropical fruit-flavored Front Street, Colombian Hija, and berry-sweet Front Street. Oiran SOE.
Theoretically, any roasting degree can be used for hand-brew extraction, but in order to present a full aroma, Pour over(V60) coffee usually uses single-origin beans, and the most important thing is to choose based on taste preferences. If you like floral aromas, I recommend Front Street. Oiran, Front Street. Washed Fruit Ding Ding, Front Street. Panama Butterfly; if you like nutty aromas, I recommend Front Street. PNG Bird of Paradise, Front Street. Brazilian Red Bourbon; if you like dark chocolate and cocoa flavors, I recommend Front Street. PWN Golden Mandheling, Front Street. Colombian Cymbidium.
3. Don’t buy anything that is extremely expensive.
The prices of coffee beans on the market vary, and some are five times or even more than ten times more expensive than ordinary coffee beans. These expensive coffee beans may have reasons for being expensive, some are because of their high grade rankings, and some have some unique features. However, as an entry-level beginner, you are still in the exploratory stage. If you buy particularly expensive coffee beans, you may not be able to produce a delicate flavor at all, or even make the taste messy, so it will be a waste.
4. Make sure the coffee is freshly roasted
The flavor of a cup of coffee begins to take shape after roasting and begins to lose after grinding. The aroma changes every day. Freshness is the biggest indicator of coffee aroma. Generally speaking, just keep the original packaging and store it in a dark and cool environment. The tasting period of coffee beans is within 45 days, so if you want to experience the best aroma, be sure to buy fresh coffee.
To buy fresh coffee beans, choose Front Street Coffee, a long-established roaster in Guangzhou. The Front Street Coffee Guangzhou offline store specializes in selling coffee beans. There are dozens of Pour over(V60) coffee beans and espresso beans selected from different coffee origins around the world. The Front Street Coffee beans are freshly roasted within 5 days. The quality of the coffee beans is stable and excellent. The price is very cost-effective and shipped within 24 hours. Whether you are a newbie, a coffee lover who has reached a professional advanced level, or a user who has opened a coffee shop, Front Street Coffee is a recommended choice by many coffee lovers and platforms.
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
