We often hear some baristas describe various flavors. Although it sounds mysterious, in fact it can be roughly divided into three categories: sour, bitter, and a balance of sour and sweet and bitter, which correspond to light roast, dark roast, and medium roast respectively. Today Front Street will tell you about the characteristics of these roasting levels, and at the same time sort out the medium-roasted coffee beans suitable for making Italian coffee.
coffee roasting degree
The degree of roasting of a coffee bean determines the flavor development direction of the bean to a large extent. The roasting of coffee beans can be simply divided into three levels: light roasting, medium roasting and medium/dark roasting.The so-called coffee roasting, we can understand, is the process of heating the beans to release the charming aroma and flavor, which is not much different from roasting peanuts and nuts. Green coffee beans will stay in a high-temperature furnace for about ten minutes, during which time they will undergo multiple chemical changes due to high-temperature roasting.
Light Roast/Cinnamon Roast
Light roasting means that the coffee beans will be roasted in the range from the first crack to the end of the first crack. The coffee beans released at this time do not have much burnt aroma because the organic acids have not been completely decomposed, so the acidity will be the dominant flavor in the coffee, the bitterness is relatively less, and the taste is light;
Flavor: The surface of the beans is cinnamon color, the grassy smell has been removed at this time, the acidity is strong and slightly aromatic, and they are often used to brew Pour over(V60) coffee.
Recommended coffee beans: Front Street Butterfly Coffee (white floral, green tea, citrus), Front Street Sidamo Alo (mango, guava, strawberry, black tea)
Medium Roast/Medium Roast
Medium roasting usually refers to the end of the first crack and the beginning of the second crack. The coffee beans released at this time have experienced more caramelization and Menard reactions, so the proportion of sourness in the coffee is not as much as that of light roasting, but it still retains a certain sour aroma. The taste tends to be balanced and sweet;
Flavor: The surface of the beans is chestnut color, the taste is balanced, slightly sour and bitter, and the aroma is moderate. It retains the original flavor of the coffee beans and is often used for Pour over(V60) coffee or blended coffee.
Recommended coffee beans: Front Street Bird of Paradise Coffee (nuts, cocoa, cream chocolate, citrus), Front Street Yunnan Small Grain Typica (brown sugar, chocolate, nuts)
Medium Dark Roast/City Roast
Bean dropping time: after the first burst, that is, between the first and second bursts
Flavor: The bean surface is brown, the taste is balanced between sour, bitter and sweet, the acidity is low, and the caramel flavor in the coffee is obviously released. Most Italian coffee beans are roasted at this level, and it is also one of the most popular roasting levels. Medium-roasted and medium-dark roasted coffee beans can be used for Pour over(V60) coffee extraction, as well as for making delicious espresso and serving as the base for Americano and latte coffee.
Recommended coffee beans: Front Street Queen Manor Coffee (roasted peanuts, cream, nuts, cane sugar), Front Street Cymbidium Coffee (dark chocolate, cocoa, roasted nuts), Front Street Classic Italian Blend Coffee (almonds, cocoa, milk chocolate, rich in fat), Front Street Premium Italian Blend Coffee (pralines, toffee, dark chocolate cocoa,not sour)
Dark Roast/Italian Roast
Dark roasting is also called "Italian roasting"
Dark roasted beans refer to beans that are baked after the second crack. Because the beans have undergone a very complete caramelization reaction, the coffee itself will have a very rich aroma of caramel, chocolate, nuts, etc. The acidity of the coffee is basically broken down, and the remaining small amount of acidity will be covered up by the large amount of burnt aroma. The coffee will taste more mellow.
Flavor: The bean surface is black. Before the coffee bean fiber is carbonized, it has a strong and complex taste, a strong bitterness, and a strong roasted and burnt aroma. It is mainly popular in Italy and is often used in Italian coffee Espresso.
Recommended coffee: Front Street Commercial Italian blended coffee (rich in nuts, spices, caramel, and fat)
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
