There are many degrees of roasting of coffee beans, and the degree of roasting mentioned in technical terms can even be subdivided into eight stages, but in daily life we only need to summarize it into three types: light roasting, medium roasting, and dark roasting.
Dark roasted coffee beans can provide a lot of glycolic flavor and caramel aroma, because the longer the dark roasting time, the more caramelization reactions, the richer the taste, the stronger the mellow feeling, the more oils formed, and the sweetness of some coffees is also more obvious. This is what I felt when I tasted Front Street Golden Mandheling Coffee, Front Street Cymbidium Coffee, and Front Street Commercial Italian Coffee.
If you are a new coffee lover and like this kind of dark roasted coffee, Front Street recommends that when you buy coffee beans, you can choose according to the flavor, origin and brewing method of the coffee beans. It is best to ask the store directly and let them provide suggestions. This is the most appropriate way to get a cup of delicious coffee.
How to drink dark roasted coffee powder?
There are natural sugars in the coffee beans themselves. Although their content will gradually decrease as the degree of roasting increases, these sugars will produce a new sweet aroma under the action of chemical reactions. The better the quality of the coffee beans and the higher the sugar content, the richer the sweet aroma produced by roasting. For example, the Front Street Golden Mandheling and Front Street Jamaica Blue Mountain No. 1 coffee sold in the Front Street Tmall flagship store are dark roasted coffee beans of excellent quality.
The second is to control the proportion of bitterness, sweetness and other substances in coffee through appropriate brewing. Having said this, Front Street believes that everyone has already thought of an excellent brewing technique, yes! It is what is often used in Japanese brewing - high concentration and low extraction. This technique is to increase the concentration of coffee by increasing the ratio of coffee powder to liquid. It can also effectively reduce the dissolution of bitter substances, which can well enhance the sweetness experience.
Although many friends used this technique to brew dark roasted coffee from the beginning, the coffee they finally got was not very sweet. The reason is also very simple, that is, the ratio they used is too large, completely cutting off the back part of the coffee, making the extraction less complete. Although this can effectively reduce the bitterness of the coffee, it also reduces the contrast, making the aftertaste less intense.
So without further ado, let Front Street share how we brew a pot of dark roast coffee with a strong aftertaste!
Since the coffee aroma will be lost more quickly after the coffee beans are ground into powder, if you want to make the flavor of dark roast coffee fuller, Front Street recommends that friends who have the conditions should grind it and brew it immediately.The coffee beans used in this brewing are Front Street Jamaica Blue Mountain No. 1 Coffee. The parameters are as follows:
Amount of powder used: 15g
Pink to water ratio: 1:14
Brewing water temperature: 89°C
Grinding degree: 10.5 scale of Ek43, 70%~75% screening rate of No. 20 mesh
Extraction time: 2 minutes
Use filter cup: Kono
Previously, Front Street shared a high-concentration and low-extraction brewing method of 1:13, but many friends reacted to it being too strong, so this time Front Street adjusted the ratio to 1:14, so that even without a by-pass, the brewed coffee concentration should be acceptable to everyone. Of course, if you still feel that the brewed coffee is too strong, we can also dilute the concentration by adding 15ml~30ml of hot water.
As a general rule, first use 30ml of hot water to steam for 30 seconds to fully discharge the carbon dioxide in the coffee that hinders extraction.
After steaming, we use a smaller water flow to inject the second section of hot water in a large circle. This section of hot water totals 100ml.
When the second section of hot water has almost penetrated, we use the same small water flow to inject the third section of hot water in a small circle. This section of hot water has a total of 80ml. The purpose of using a small water flow is to extend the extraction time of coffee, because the amount of water is not that much and the water temperature is not that high. Properly extending the extraction time will help increase the sweetness.
The total time was 2 minutes and 03 seconds, which just fell within the set time range.
The Jamaica Blue Mountain No. 1 that broke out in this way, as the front street said, has a very obvious return. The entrance is first filled with the mellow aroma of dark chocolate, nuts, and spices, and then immediately changes to the sweetness of maple syrup and cream. The taste is more mellow due to the higher concentration. It is fragrant and has a long aftertaste, which is very good! ! !
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
