Speaking of coffee beans, everyone should know that coffee is made from green beans that have been roasted into mature beans. There are several degrees of roasting. Generally speaking, the most common classifications that appear in coffee shops are light roast, medium light roast, medium roast, medium dark, and dark roast. However, there is no clear definition between them. As consumers, we can judge the degree of roasting of coffee by its flavor and taste.
The formation of coffee bean aroma and color change are inseparable from the Menard reaction and caramelization reaction. During the roasting process, there are three elements that determine the final flavor of coffee that must be properly controlled: sourness, sweetness and bitterness. Generally, the longer the total roasting time, the less sourness will be left in the end. On the contrary, the bitterness will become stronger with the longer the roasting time. The darker the roasted coffee, the more bitter it will be.
In other words, if you want to drink coffee that is not bitter, you must choose beans roasted below medium. They are heated for a short time and usually have rich fruit tones, sweet and sour floral and fruity aroma, and strong acidity.
The more popular medium-light roasted coffee beans on the market mainly include the following:
Medium and light roasted Pour over(V60) beans ①: Front Street. Ethiopian Oiran
Recommendation index: ★★★★☆
Reason for recommendation: Front Street Oiran has been roasted medium to light. Its iconic pink floral aroma and creamy strawberry flavor have become many people’s home coffee. It has a charming aroma and a round taste. It is suitable for hand brewing, cold brewing, or making into ear-hanging coffee;
Medium and light roasted Pour over(V60) beans ②: Front Street. Poquete Geisha, Panama
Recommendation index: ★★★★☆
Reason for recommendation: Gesha is famous for its delicate and fragrant floral and fruity aroma, of which Panama is the most representative, and Poquete is the main production area of Panama’s specialty coffee. When lightly roasted, it shows multiple flavors of jasmine, honeydew melon, citrus, and Tieguanyin tea;
Medium-light roasted Pour over(V60) beans ③: Front Street. Costa Rican blackberries
Recommendation index: ★★★★☆
Reason for recommendation: Costa Rica is the most famous for its honey-processed coffee. The black honey process not only retains the most complete pectin layer for drying, but also makes the coffee beans rich in sweetness and fermentation aroma. After medium-light roasting, it has a rich grape and berry flavor. It is suitable for hand brewing, cold brewing, Moka pot, SOE and other methods;
Medium light roasted Pour over(V60) beans ④: Front Street. Washed Yirgacheffe
Recommendation index: ★★★☆☆
Reason for recommendation: It has the classic Yirgacheffe flavor, white floral aroma and bright citrus acidity. The taste is soft but not bitter. It is suitable for hand brewing or making into ear-hanging bags;
Medium and light roasted Pour over(V60) beans ⑤: Front Street.Kenyan small tomatoes
Recommendation index: ★★★★☆
Recommendation reason: rich sour berry aroma, outstanding cherry tomatoes and plum flavors, obvious juice feeling, suitable for hand brewing, and can express good flavor both hot and cold;
Medium and light roasted Pour over(V60) beans ⑥: Front Street. Panama Flower Butterfly
Recommendation index: ★★★★☆
Reason for recommendation: Taste the classic Gesha flavor, with the fresh aroma of flowers and bergamot, and a slight tea flavor at the end, suitable for hand brewing and cold brewing;
Medium and light roasted Pour over(V60) beans ⑦: Front Street. Strawberry candy
Recommendation index: ★★★★★
Reason for recommendation: It has the sweetness of honey-processed fruit and the elegant floral aroma of Gesha, as well as a moderate fermentation feeling, just like eating a strawberry fruit candy. It is suitable for hand brewing, cold brewing, moka pot, home coffee machine and other methods;
Medium and light roasted Pour over(V60) beans ⑧: Front Street.Colombia Xizhao
Recommendation index: ★★★★★
Reason for recommendation: Xizhao is a variety that has been active in major world coffee competitions in recent years. It comes from Colombia, a world-famous coffee country. The complex aromas of passion fruit, grapes, blueberries, preserved fruits, etc. that it emits during brewing have attracted many fans. It is suitable for hand brewing, cold brewing, smart cups, Moka pots, SOE and other extraction methods.
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
