It can be said that espresso is the standard in 98% of coffee shops. It includes a series of drinks we are familiar with such as American style, latte, cappuccino, Australian white, mocha... and the espresso that makes these delicious coffees is the one. So, can we make delicious Italian coffee at home? Which coffee beans are suitable for making espresso? Today, Front Street is here to explain it clearly to you all at once.
What coffee beans are used for espresso?
Because espresso is extracted under fine grinding, high water temperature, and high pressure, espresso brings together a variety of flavors, and various flavor compounds impact our tongues exponentially. Therefore, if we use lightly roasted single-origin coffee beans for extraction, the taste may be too strong and mask the aroma of the coffee. As a crop, coffee will change with the climate, soil, etc. Even if it comes from the same place, the flavor of each batch of coffee beans will be different. The blending of coffee beans uses the method of complementing each other's strengths to ensure that every coffee bean can show a balanced and stable aroma and taste.
If you like rich-tasting Italian coffee, it is recommended to use the Front Street Classic Italian Blend Coffee. This is a recipe composed of three origins: Brazil, Indonesia, and Vietnam. It is darkly roasted, which can highlight the mellow aroma of the coffee to the greatest extent, and also allows everyone to easily extract the rich and dense coffee oil. It is very suitable for making American style diluted with water or a latte with milk. You can buy it at the Front Street Taobao store or the Front Street Tmall flagship store.
If you like fruity coffee, it is recommended to buy Front Street Strawberry Candy espresso coffee beans. You can order directly from Taobao or Tmall stores. This is a espresso made from two major origins: Costa Rica Tara beads, which are famous for their honey processing, and Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee. On this basis, coupled with Colombian coffee beans, the espresso that can be prepared is not only non-irritating, but when extracted by the coffee machine, it has good oil and dense texture, and at the same time has a sweet and sour taste like strawberry gummy.
The surface of a freshly made espresso coffee is covered with a thick, dense layer of golden foam, called crema. This is the result of the carbon dioxide produced by freshly roasted coffee beans being foamed under high pressure in the coffee machine. In order for everyone to drink the full aroma of coffee and enjoy the most complete tasting stage, Front Street only ships freshly roasted coffee beans within 5 days.
Espresso making steps
"Front Street Strawberry Candy espresso coffee beans" are used to make espresso. FrontStreet Coffee's baristas adjust the espresso extraction parameters before opening the door every day before officially starting production.
Front Street uses a double powder bowl capacity, and the amount of powder is about 18 to 20 grams. When Front Street produces coffee, 20 grams of coffee powder is used. The extraction ratio of Front Street is 1:2, that is, 20 grams of coffee powder extracts 40 grams of coffee liquid. The time is related to the flow rate of the coffee powder. Generally, the duration of a single extraction is controlled between 20 and 35 seconds, because within 20 seconds, the coffee tastes easy to be thin, and if it exceeds 35 seconds, it is easy to over-extract and produce a burnt and bitter taste. Most of the concentrates in the front end are in the range of 28 to 30 seconds.
Before extraction, you need to dry the powder bowl first, turn on the grinder, grind out a double amount of coffee powder, place it on the electronic scale and increase or decrease it to reach a weight of 20 grams. Then use a powder spreader to spread the coffee powder, and press the powder press vertically downward to fill the coffee powder cake tightly to ensure more stable coffee extraction.
Then turn on the extraction switch and let in water for 1 to 2 seconds to moisten the brewing head and take away the coffee grounds stuck on it. Place an electronic scale under the cup where the Espresso is connected, return the weight to 0, and place it under the brewing head during extraction.
Gently snap the handle onto the brewing head and start turning down the extraction switch. Observe the changes in the extraction liquid. When the electronic scale shows that 40 grams of coffee liquid has been extracted, and the time is about 30 seconds, pull down the extraction switch. The brewing parameters will change subtly based on the daily air humidity and the state of the coffee beans, so the amount of coffee powder, scale, and extraction amount of coffee liquid need to be adjusted up or down.
The extracted Espresso can be drank directly, and gargled with a glass of water. You can taste the dense oil foam and the mellow taste of the underlying coffee liquid. If you cannot accept the strong bitter taste, you can also add water and milk according to your preference to dilute and soften the strong taste.
Front Street likes iced Americano coffee, so I use it300mlThe coffee cup is filled first90gice cubes+180mlcold water and then pour40mlof double espresso, stir and enjoy. You can feel the fresh floral aroma and strawberry gummy flavor in the mouth, with the sour and sweet taste of orange and raisins. It is cool and refreshing, very suitable for drinking in summer.
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
