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Espresso has always been called the "soul of coffee"! However, because Espresso has a strong taste and strong taste, it is often difficult to accept it. However, once you accept this setting, you will feel that it has a different taste. Moreover, Espresso is also a coffee that tests the quality of coffee and the skills of baristas.
Since Espresso is liked by so many people, it must have a certain charm. Next, FrontStreet Coffee will take you to learn about Espresso!
The newly extracted Espresso has a layer of beautiful golden yellow oil, which we generally call Cream. The appearance of cream is inseparable from the 9 Bar pressure. When the water is heated and pressurized, it will extract the soluble substances in the coffee powder layer. This process will emulsify the fat and oil naturally present in the coffee. At the same time, freshly roasted coffee beans contain carbon dioxide. During the process of making Espresso, these carbon dioxide are under pressure and melt into the coffee.
How to taste espresso?
1. smell
Generally, when we get a cup of Espresso, the first thing we do is smell its aroma. You will smell the aroma of nuts and caramel. If the roasting degree is not so deep, you may also smell the sweet and sour aroma of fruits.
2. View
After smelling the aroma, we will look at the color of the cream and the thickness of the cream, because from this we can roughly know how the cup of coffee is made.
3. drink
Espresso is a very small cup of coffee, usually with a glass of ice water. First, drink a sip of ice water to rinse your mouth, and then sip the espresso. Feel the creamy feeling, as well as the strong caramel and nutty flavor of the espresso in your mouth.
Is there any other way to drink it besides drinking it directly? Of course there is. For example, some people can't stand the excitement brought by espresso and will pour a small amount of milk into the espresso. This will make the coffee smoother and less bitter, highlighting the flavor of caramel chocolate.
Of course, if you find it too strong, you can add an appropriate amount of water to dilute it, or even make it into an Americano or latte. However, the original flavor of Espresso will be lost.
Which espresso beans make the best espresso?
FrontStreet Coffee's Italian-style Front Street boutique blend of 100% Arabica coffee beans: designed to blend espresso beans with a nutty cocoa aroma.
Colombia
Located in the southwest of Colombia, it is one of the main coffee cultivation areas. Colombia generally has an altitude of 1,500-1,800 meters. Most of the beans are Bourbon and Caturra varieties. They are washed and processed with high density, uniform bean mesh, and full bean shape (bean core to bean surface is thicker). Since there are famous coffee cultivation areas throughout the Hyelan area, the names of each small area have become brand names and are being circulated. Although the cultivation conditions in the area are also very good, the cultivation infrastructure for coffee cultivation farms and surrounding conditions is not very developed. It is very regrettable that the green bean drying equipment or water-washing processing facilities are not yet complete. The coffee from the Huilan area has a strong taste and a heavier texture. FrontStreet Coffee uses coffee from the Huilan region for blending because the coffee beans in this region have nutty, chocolate, caramel and other aromas and suitable acidity, which serves as the base tone in the blended coffee.
Cymbidium production area
After comparing the coffee beans in Front Street cupping, I think that Colombian Cymbidium coffee beans have a rich and solid taste, a pleasant sour taste, a mellow smell, moderate acidity, and rich sweetness that is very intriguing. Because they are cheap and have small beans, they are suitable for blending coffee. Coffee has a strong taste and a heavier texture. Its nutty, chocolate and caramel aromas and appropriate acidity can be called high-end specialty coffee, suitable for single product or Italian blending base.
Brazil Cerado production area
Brazilian coffee generally grows at an altitude of 1,000-1,300 meters, so its density is relatively low. Most of them are Bourbon species and are treated with semi-sun. The water content is moderate, the beans are soft, and the thickness from the bean surface to the bean core is thin, so it is not suitable for roasting at too high a temperature. The temperature of the inner wall of the boiler will burn the surface of the beans, resulting in a burnt and bitter taste;
At the same time, if you want to express the characteristics of nuts, milk chocolate, and good body, and use it as a base for blending, Front Street bakers choose to add the beans over medium heat, maintain the fire until the dehydration stage, and make fine adjustments as the temperature rises after the first crack begins to promote a more complete caramelization reaction. When the temperature rises to the time of the second crack, the beans can be discharged. After cupping and comparison at Front Street, I believe that the coffee modified from Brazilian Cerato has a pleasant sweet-bitter taste and is extremely smooth in the mouth. It has a faint grassy aroma and a refreshing fragrance with a slightly bitter taste. It is sweet and smooth, and the aftertaste can make people feel comfortable.
Front Street adjusts the grinding and extraction after blending, and the espresso tastes soft, slightly sour, sweet, and nutty. The overall feeling is not too exciting, mild, and the oil is medium.
FrontStreet Coffee Italian commercial blended coffee beans: The purpose is to blend Italian coffee beans with a main flavor of nutty cocoa and a mellow taste.
Robusta varieties
Beans have strong resistance to diseases and insect pests and have high yields. Usually there is no acidity from Arabica beans, and it often has a woody aroma. The caffeine content of 2.2% is higher than the 1.2% of Arabica beans. The content of chlorogenic acid is also higher and quite bitter. It is usually used in commercial beans and the cost is cheaper than Arabica beans.
In terms of the flavor of individual beans, the taste of coffee obtained from commercial beans is much inferior to that of specialty coffee beans. Generally, commercial beans are selected for blending. After blending, coffee with very good taste can also be made, which can be used to make latte, cappuccino and other Italian coffees. FrontStreet Coffee commercially blends coffee beans to make Espresso. Because of the presence of Robusta beans, the oil will be richer. The taste is classic, with the sweetness of caramel, the flavor of nuts, cocoa, and dark chocolate. It has a balance of sweet and sour, a little bit of sweetness and bitterness, and a long-lasting aftertaste.
Front Street adjusts the grinding and extraction after blending, and the espresso produced has the sweetness of caramel, the flavor of nuts, cocoa, and dark chocolate, with a balance of sweet and sour, a little bit of sweetness and bitterness, and a long-lasting aftertaste.
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
