Since the production process of cold brew coffee is different from that of conventional hot brew coffee, it needs to be made one day in advance. Therefore, the cold brew sold in the Front Street store does not have a wide range of coffee beans to choose from like hand brewing.
But precisely because of this, when making cold brew, Front Street carefully selects some coffee beans that are more suitable for cold brewing and have a wider taste, so that customers can get a better experience among the few choices.
And because these cold brews are very popular with most friends, friends often quietly go to the street after drinking to inquire about the ingredients and recipes for cold brews, so that they can replicate the same delicious taste at home.
Although Front Street just shared the general idea of selecting beans two days ago, many friends sent private messages in the background to ask for a more detailed recommendation of beans for cold brew. Because as mentioned earlier, the method of cold brewing coffee is different from hot brewing coffee, so the coffee made from the same coffee beans will be very different from the conventional hot brewing coffee style.
How to make cold brew coffee
Cold brew coffee is a very easy method to master. FrontStreet Coffee's cold brew method is based on 50 grams of coffee powder. The grinding thickness of the coffee powder is 85% using a No. 20 standard sieve. Put the coffee powder into a glass bottle, then add 400 ml of room temperature water and 200 grams of hard ice cubes (a total of 600 grams of ice-water mixture) into the bottle. The powder-to-water ratio is 1:12. Then use a stirring rod to stir the coffee powder and water evenly, then seal and place in the refrigerator.
After placing it in the refrigerator for 12-24 hours, use filter paper to filter out the coffee grounds to obtain clean coffee liquid. Then use a clean sealed bottle to store the coffee liquid and refrigerate it for about 4 hours before drinking.
The main characteristics of cold brew coffee are that it is not bitter, weakly acidic, has a soft flavor, and has a sense of fermentation produced by "low-temperature maturation". As long as we associate the performance of coffee beans with the characteristics of cold brew coffee, we can get the approximate performance of a coffee bean after being made into cold brew coffee. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know how to associate it. Next, Front Street will share the coffee beans commonly used in making cold brew coffee. You can just copy the instructions and brew cold brew coffee that suits your preferences~
Rich and fruity cold brew: Front Street Sun-dried Oiran
If you have to choose a certain type of cold brew coffee to spend this hot summer, Front Street believes that most of your friends will choose the sweet and sour cold brew coffee with rich fruity aroma. Because this type of coffee not only has little bitterness, but its delicious sweet and sour taste can also fully break up the summer heat.
If we want to make such a juicy cup of cold brew coffee, Front Street recommends that we use sun-dried and honey-processed coffee beans from Ethiopia, Colombia, and Panama. Because the coffee grown in these production areas will have a very rich fruit aroma, and sunlight and honey processing can make these aromas richer.
You can get a cup of iced coffee full of juice at Front Street Sidamo ALO and Front Street Oiran. The cold brew coffee brewed with them will have a rich mango aroma, rounded citrus acidity, and a hint of pineapple fermentation; or Front Street Ece Eto, which can brew cold brew coffee with lychee, mango, and blueberry aromas.
Fresh floral and fruity cold brew: Front Street Panama Geisha
Some friends prefer cold brew coffee with a floral aroma, which is relatively fresh and not too strong! If your taste preference is this type of friend, then when buying coffee beans, you can limit the keywords to "washed" or "Gesha (T2722)".
The degree of fermentation of washed beans is relatively small, and the coffee beans can better retain their original flavor. Especially the washed coffee beans from Ethiopia and Panama are famous for their fresh fruity flavor. Needless to say, the T2722 Geisha variety is almost universally known for its rich floral aroma.
The cold brew brewed from Front Street Yirgacheffe Fruit Ding Ding will have the fresh flavors of lemon, white flowers, and green tea; or the cold brew brewed from Front Street Pauquet Washed Gesha and Washed Flower Butterfly will have the flavors of white flowers, citrus, and honey.
However, it should be noted that the flavor of white floral aroma is sometimes misjudged as bitter or medicinal because it is too strong. Therefore, when we use beans with white floral aroma to make cold brew, we can appropriately increase the amount of water used and slightly reduce the concentration of coffee.
Rich and deep cold brew: Front Street Mandheling
Because some friends prefer the mellow and deep taste brought by dark roasting, Front Street shared with you some time ago how to make cold brew coffee using dark roasted and Italian-style blended coffee beans. If you also like this kind of "acid-free", fragrant and extremely mellow cold brew coffee, then you might as well try using dark roasted coffee beans to make it.
For example, Front Street Jamaica·Blue Mountain Coffee and Front Street Indonesia·Golden Mandheling in the coffee list are all very good choices. The cold brew brewed with them will have a rich chocolate flavor, caramel sweetness, and a very mellow body.
"Slightly tipsy" wine-flavored cold brew: Front Street Xizhao, Front Street Hamathew
Wine-flavored cold brew is a must-have type of cold brew coffee in front street stores, because its audience is really very, very large. The reason why many friends like cold brew is not only because it has a richer taste, but also because it has a fermentation that is different from conventional brews. And when we use some coffee beans with a deeper fermentation degree to make cold brew, the coffee we get will often have a stronger aroma of wine, and one sip will feel like taking a sip of wine, which is very satisfying.
If you like cold brew coffee with a rich aroma, Front Street recommends using anaerobically processed coffee beans. Because most anaerobic treatments will cause the coffee beans to undergo deeper fermentation, resulting in an obvious fermentation.
If your friends like the kind of wine-flavored cold brew with fruity aroma, sourness and sweetness, then the Front Street Costa Rican Strawberry Candy on the bean list must be the best choice!
Raisin honey processed coffee has the fermented aroma of strawberries, berries and raisins. After being made into cold brew, the sweetness of the coffee will be improved, and the aroma of strawberries and raisins will evolve into the taste of fruit wine, which is very good; or Costa Rica Mozart with the same treatment can be used. In addition to the aroma of berries and raisins, we can also taste a purple floral aroma similar to lavender~
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
