Aroma is the soul of coffee beans, and freshness is the guarantee of coffee bean quality. Therefore, Front Street believes that if you want to buy coffee with strong aroma, you must choose freshly roasted coffee beans. Here are six suggestions and guides on coffee bean purchasing compiled by Front Street for you who like coffee.
When buying cooked coffee beans, it is best to discuss these issues with the store clerk (physical store or online store):
●1. What kind of coffee utensils are used to brew coffee?
Because the extraction principles of each coffee brewing appliance are different, the taste of the coffee produced will also change with the type of beans and operating parameters. Before buying coffee beans, it is best to tell the store clerk which coffee brewing method you are using. The most common brewing machines include espresso coffee machines, American drip coffee machines, hand brewing, smart cups, cold brew...
Based on this, the store clerk can recommend suitable coffee beans for you in a targeted manner; in addition, you may also be able to exchange experience with the store clerk. For example, the espresso machine uses pressurized extraction, which is suitable for medium-to-dark roasted beans. It is recommended to buy Front Street Classic Italian Blend, Front Street Queen's Manor, and Front Street Strawberry Candy espresso; the smart cup is an immersion type, suitable for Front Street Mozart, Front Street Bird of Paradise, and Front Street Strawberry Candy; cold extraction is low-temperature extraction, and it is recommended to buy Front Street Kenyan Cherry Tomato, Front Street Hija, and Front Street Big Navel.
●2. Your favorite coffee flavor
Describe to the store clerk what kind of coffee you like. It doesn't have to be very professional like a coffee tasting, just be more relaxed. For example, it tastes a little stronger, or it tastes a little sour. In this way, the store clerk can recommend the most suitable coffee to you based on the taste characteristics of your own coffee. For those who like strong coffee, we recommend Front Street Golden Mandheling, Front Street Colombian Cymbidium, and Front Street Brazilian Cerato; for those who like fresh and sour flavors, you can choose Front Street Yirgacheffe, Front Street Panama Levitra Manor, and Front Street Oiran.
●3. Don’t be superstitious about the so-called taste of a certain coffee
Have you often heard descriptions such as "Colombian coffee is sour" and "Indonesian mandheling is bitter"? If you have also been influenced by these descriptions and think that this is an axiomatic fact, and even use this standard to judge the quality of the coffee beans you buy, then I am sorry to tell you that this is a misunderstanding.
Because there is a very important step between green coffee beans and dark cooked coffee beans, which is "roasting". Although the coffee beans themselves will have obvious regional characteristics, during the roasting process, the roaster may make adjustments according to his own understanding of the coffee taste, and the final taste is the effect he wants to present. For example, in order to highlight the berry flavor of Front Street Kenyan coffee, Front Street will use medium-light roasting. In order to retain more white floral aroma, we will give priority to light roasting to present Front Street fruit dings.
●4. Pay special attention to the roasting date of coffee beans
As a food, roasted coffee beans naturally have indicators such as "shelf life". Coffee beans are similar to seafood, the fresher the better, and the indicator of freshness is the "roasting date". It is worth noting that cooked coffee beans will contain a large amount of gas after roasting, which will hinder the release of flavor substances. Therefore, if you want to brew coffee with a full aroma, you must properly grow the beans for 4 to 7 days. But as time goes by, the aroma of coffee beans begins to slowly disappear after one month, until only the bitter and woody taste remains. Therefore, in order to allow everyone to feel the freshest state of the beans, the coffee beans shipped from Front Street are all roasted within 5 days, so that everyone will be ready to try them when they receive them.
●5. Purchase whole coffee beans (whole beans)
Basically, many stores will provide free coffee bean grinding services, which is to help customers grind complete coffee beans into coffee powder. You only need to tell the customer the brewing method you use. But you must know that the most attractive part of coffee is its aroma, and the volatile substances have been greatly weakened during the grinding process of coffee beans. As the storage time is longer, the precious aroma part will gradually dissipate. Therefore, Front Street believes that if you want to fully enjoy the flavor of a cup of coffee, it is recommended that you buy whole coffee beans and use a grinder. Then you will find that the freshly ground and brewed coffee is really fragrant.
●6. According to drinking habits, buy small amounts and multiple times
As mentioned above, the aroma of roasted coffee beans will gradually fade after one month, which also means that we must drink it as soon as possible. Cooked coffee beans are generally measured in "grams" and "pounds". One pound is 454 grams. Many fine beans are sold in half-pound bags, which is 227 grams per bag. Calculated based on two cups per day and one cup of 15 grams of powder, it is enough for nearly 15 days. During this period, the coffee beans are still fresh, so you can fully enjoy the wonderful aroma and taste of coffee.
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
