Friends who often drink coffee know that the acidity and bitterness of coffee are related to the degree of roasting. Recently, some friends asked Front Street to recommend any delicious dark roasted coffee beans. Front Street asked everyone to first understand what the degree of roasting is, and then see how to choose the coffee that suits you.
What is roast level?
According to FrontStreet Coffee, coffee roasting degree is divided into American terms light roasting, medium roasting, and dark roasting, which can be subdivided into 8 stages. The difference in roasting degree has different opinions in different regions. The following is a brief introduction to the roasting degree and flavor of coffee:
1. Light Roast: Very light roast, also known as "light roast"
Bean dropping time: around the beginning of first crack
Flavor: The beans are light cinnamon in color and have a strong grassy flavor. The taste and aroma are insufficient. They are generally used for testing and are rarely used for tasting.
2. Cinnamon Roast: Light roast, also known as "cinnamon roast"
Bean dropping time: from first crack to intensive
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 American coffee.
3. Medium Roast: Medium roast, also known as "micro-medium roast"
Bean dropping time: from the first burst to the end
Flavor: The surface of the beans is chestnut color, the taste is light, sour and bitter, and the aroma is moderate. It retains the original flavor of the coffee beans and is often used as American coffee or mixed coffee.
4. High Roast: Medium and slightly dark roast, also known as "dark roast"
Bean dropping time: the first burst is over
Flavor: The surface of the beans is light reddish brown, with a refreshing and rich taste, a balanced sourness and bitterness without irritation, and a slight sweetness, with good aroma and flavor. Blue Mountain and Gili Mazaro coffee are suitable for this roasting level and are loved by people in Japan and Central and Northern Europe.
jamaica blue mountain coffee beans
5. City Roast: medium-dark roast, also known as "city roast"
Bean dropping time: after the first burst, that is, between the first and second bursts
Flavor: The bean surface is light brown, the taste is bright and lively, the acidity is balanced between sourness and bitterness, and the acidity is light, and it releases the high-quality flavor of coffee. It is a standard roasting level and the most popular roasting level. Brazilian and Colombian coffee are suitable for this roasting level and are often used in French coffee.
Brazilian Queen's Manor Coffee Beans
6. Full City Roast: Micro-deep roast, that is, dark roast, also known as "deep city roast"
Bean dropping time: second burst
Flavor: The bean surface is brown, the taste is calm and full, the bitterness is stronger than the sourness, the aftertaste is sweet, and the aroma is full. It is a Central and South American roasting method, and is mostly used in ice coffee and black coffee.
7. French Roast: Extremely dark roast, that is, deep roast, also known as "French roast"
Bean dropping time: the second burst is intensive until the second burst is over
Flavor: The bean surface is dark brown with black, strong and strong taste, strong bitterness, light sourness and almost no sense of acidity, with rich chocolate and smoky aroma. It is most popular in Europe, especially France, and is mostly used in coffee au lait and Vienna coffee.
8. Italian Roast: Extremely dark roast, also known as "Italian roast"
Bean dropping time: from the end of the second crack to the time when the surface of the beans turns black and the oil comes out
Flavor: The bean surface is black and shiny. 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 Latin countries and Italy, and is often used in Italian coffee Espresso.
Espresso
The above is the coffee roasting encyclopedia compiled by FrontStreet Coffee. For example, FrontStreet Coffee stores mainly sell medium-light roasted and dark-roasted coffee beans. Next, FrontStreet Coffee will share the more typical and common light-roasted and medium-dark roasted coffee beans.
Dark roasted coffee beans recommended
1. Front Street Golden Mandheling Coffee Beans
Front Street Indonesia’s Mandheling is aTypical dark roasted coffee beans,Its basic flavor is spices and herbs, with a mellow and smooth taste. Therefore, dark roasting will better highlight the basic flavor of coffee beans. If light roasting is used, its original flavor will be weakened, and the original soul of the Indonesian Mandheling flavor will be lost. Front Street Golden Mandheling is based on Mandheling and has gone through three machine screenings and hand selections to remove all defective beans, which greatly improves the quality of Mandheling coffee and makes the coffee taste cleaner and have a more pronounced aftertaste.
front street pwn gold mandheling coffee beans
Country: Indonesia
Production area: Sumatra, Aceh, Mount Gayoo
Altitude: 1100-1600m
Variety: Ateng
Treatment method: wet planing
Flavor: toast, nuts, pine, caramel, herbs
2. Front Street Colombian Cymbidium Coffee Beans
The Huila production area is located in the southern part of Colombia's Central Mountains, close to the Cymbidium volcano, and has volcanic soil rich in minerals. Surrounded by a variety of high-altitude mountains and hills, the climate of the canyon slopes not only prevents cold winds from blowing in, but also allows the mountain breeze to cool down without high temperatures. The Columbia River flows here, providing sufficient water resources and water vapor. The annual rainfall can reach 2000~3000mm. The superior geographical and climatic conditions make it a representative production area of high-quality coffee beans worldwide. Front Street Colombian Cymbidium Coffee uses a common water-washing process in the Americas, which gives the coffee beans a clean flavor profile. In order to present the classic Colombian flavor, Front Street uses medium-dark roasting, and after grinding and extraction, it has rich creamy chocolate, caramel, cookie, and cocoa flavors.
Front Street Colombian Cymbidium Coffee Beans
Country: Colombia
Production area: Cymbidium production area
Altitude: 1800m
Breed: Catura
Treatment method: washing treatment
Flavor: Dark chocolate, cream, roasted nuts, cocoa
3. Front Street Brazilian Queen Manor Coffee Bean
Queen's Manor is located in the Morgiana production area in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. It is different from many large-scale production areas in Brazil that rely on quantity. The terrain here is higher, forming a relatively unique micro-climate. In addition, the manor manually picks coffee fruits with suitable maturity. Each batch is processed with a small amount of exquisite techniques, and the quality of the coffee beans produced are mostly high-quality. The variety of Front Street Queen Manor coffee beans is the rare local yellow bourbon. Since yellow bourbon coffee beans at high altitudes are denser and have higher glucose content, Front Street’s roasting idea is to highlight the classic mellow aroma of Brazilian coffee while showing off the sweetness of bourbon itself, so medium-dark roasting is used.
Front Street Brazilian Queen Estate Coffee Beans
Production area: Morgiana production area
Manor: Queen Manor Fazenda Rainha
Altitude: 1400～1950m
Variety: Yellow Bourbon
Treatment method: Sun treatment
Flavor: Nuts, chocolate, cream, peanut, sugar cane
Then, we apply the above conclusion to other brewing methods, and we can calculate their respective caffeine contents based on their extraction time and efficiency:
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
