Many friends who have drank red wine should be very familiar with a step in drinking red wine, which is to sober up. After a period of sobering up, the astringency of tannins is slightly weakened, and the sweet and sour feeling in the red wine becomes more active. Drinking coffee and drinking red wine are actually similar. Red wine needs to be decanted, while coffee beans need to be decanted.
After the coffee beans are roasted, the beans contain about 2% of their weight in carbon dioxide. These gases will gradually be discharged from the coffee beans over time.
Friends who are new to specialty coffee often specify freshly roasted coffee beans when they go to FrontStreet Coffee to buy coffee beans. In this regard, friends can rest assured that after placing the order, Front Street will deliver the freshly roasted coffee beans within 5 days. After passing through the intermediate layers of transportation, the 4 to 7 days of bean cultivation period have passed when the friends receive it. This is the best tasting period of the coffee beans.
Of course, freshly roasted coffee is indeed full of flavor, and it is indispensable for some friends to specify the coffee beans roasted the day before and immediately open the package the next day to show off.
In this regard, Front Street needs to be reminded that after coffee beans are roasted, the volume of the bean body expands, and a certain amount of carbon dioxide gas accumulates in its structure, and is slowly released within a few weeks after the roasting is completed. If you choose to grind and brew immediately after roasting, the carbon dioxide in the coffee beans has not been fully released. During brewing, the pressure in the beans inhibits the entry of hot water for material exchange. The brewed coffee will not only have a poor flavor, but may even feel "dry" and bitter.
Friends who have asked FrontStreet Coffee know that FrontStreet’s recommended bean cultivation period is 4 to 7 days after the roasting date. After hearing this, there will be friends who are greedy for Mandheling and immediately open it on the third or fourth day after the baking date to show off. The front street needs to be reminded that the deeper the degree of roasting of coffee beans, the greater the internal pressure in the coffee bean body, the looser bean body structure, the greater the gas content, and the required bean cultivation period is slightly longer.
After a period of growing beans, the flavor of the coffee beans is time to shine. However, there is one word that most coffee drinkers talk about: the best tasting period.
It should be noted that the darker the coffee beans are roasted, the more intense the exhaust activity will be, because the coffee flavor substances dissipate along with the carbon dioxide in the bean body. Therefore, when the coffee beans are roasted for too long, the aroma of the coffee beans will be lost and the taste will be dull. FrontStreet Coffee recommends that the coffee beans be consumed as soon as possible about one month after the roasting date.
Next, use it on Qian StreetFront Street Indonesian Twining Coffee BeansLet’s give an example. First of all, Front Street needs to introduce the information behind this coffee bean.
Unlike today's popular spicy chicken Geisha, Mandheling coffee has been very popular since our parents' generation. Since the early definition of top-quality coffee was full-bodied taste, it was at that time that Mandheling coffee became popular in Japan.
Everyone knows that coffee beans are mostly named based on the name of the place of origin, such as Yirgacheffe, Nyeri, etc., or based on the name of the processing station, such as Konga, Azalea, Amedilaro, etc. "Mandheling"This name is neither a place name nor a processing station name, but the name of a nation on the island of Sumatra.
It is said that during World War II, Japanese soldiers drank a very mellow coffee in the local area. When they asked the coffee shop owner the name of the coffee, the coffee shop owner made a mistake and reported his family name, and the answer was: Mandaining. In Japanese pronunciation, Mandheling is very similar to Mandheling, so I remember "Mandheling". After returning home after the war, the Japanese soldier missed that rich cup of coffee very much, so he asked someone to import 15 tons of coffee beans from Indonesia. As a result, it became a hit in Japan.
Features of Front Street Mandheling CoffeeIt has a mellow taste and a hint of herbal spices, and its audience is even more polarized. Those who love it can't put it down, while those who don't love it avoid it. The ability to create such a unique Mandheling coffee flavor is due to the unique local post-processing method of green coffee beans in Sumatra.
It takes about a month for complete coffee cherries to be sun-dried. If the air humidity is too high or contaminated with rain during the treatment, the coffee cherries may undergo unnecessary fermentation or even be scrapped directly. Sumatra Island is located in a tropical rainforest climate area with relatively high temperatures and abundant rainfall. The rainfall frequency is relatively dense and cannot meet the conditions required for solarization.
When coffee is washed with water, in addition to building a washing tank, it also requires sufficient water sources and financial investment. Due to the limited local economic conditions in Sumatra, most of the early coffee growers were farmers, rather than estate owners with strong financial resources, and could not meet the conditions required for complete water washing.
Therefore, according to the local characteristics, a unique coffee processing method that suits the local conditions emerged - the wet planing method.
After removing the skin and pulp from the coffee cherries, they are fermented for a short period of time, washed briefly, and then dried in the sun. When the green coffee beans reach a semi-wet and semi-dry state, a machine is used to remove the parchment layer, and the green coffee beans are directly exposed to the air and then dried in the sun. When the moisture content of the green coffee beans drops to about 12% to 13%, it is completed.
Friends always ask Front Street, which step of the wet planing method creates the unique flavor of Mandheling coffee? There are some physical objects related to green coffee beans placed in a corner of the front street store, including a glass bottle filled with parchment paper.
Parchment paper is the final protective layer of coffee beans and is generally removed before export. Without the protection of the parchment, green coffee beans are directly exposed to the environment and may be affected by mold, yeast and bacteria. In the process of removing the parchment layer, excessive heat may cause the green coffee beans to age rapidly. Woody and earthy flavors can often be tasted in Sumatran coffee.
Nowadays, young people like coffee with obvious sour taste. In order to meet the needs of these young friends, some businesses roast Mandheling coffee beans lightly to highlight its sour taste. However, as the degree of roasting becomes lighter, the rich taste of Mandheling coffee may disappear, and some bad flavors may also emerge.
There are two Sumatra coffee beans on the bean list of FrontStreet Coffee. One is the Front Street Indonesian Lindong Mandheling ration beans from the Lindong production area, and the other is from Aceh.Front Street Golden Mandheling. FrontStreet Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) In order to highlight the front street Lindong MandhelingheFront Street Golden MandhelingThe mellow taste is roasted to a medium-dark level.
The brewing parameters of Front Street Brewing and Front Street Golden Mandheling are as follows:
Filter cup: KONO
Water temperature: 88 degrees Celsius
Amount of powder: 15g
Pink to water ratio: 1:15
Inject 30 grams of hot water and steam for 30 seconds. Inject a thin stream of water from the center point and slowly circle it to 125 grams. When the water level drops to about to expose the powder bed, continue to add water in circles to 225 grams. The total extraction time is about 2 minutes.
Front Street recommends steaming during brewing. When the coffee powder is wet with water, the exhaust activity intensifies, which promotes the release of carbon dioxide gas in the beans.
However, Front Street will also encounter friends who do not have equipment at home, and Front Street provides them with powder grinding services. It's just that after the coffee beans are ground into powder, the contact area between the particles and the air increases, and the flavor is lost faster. Front Street reminds you that if you have noted the grinding process, you do not need to go through the itchy bean-raising period. Instead, you need to consume it as soon as possible to taste the best flavor.
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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
