Before you want to figure out "the difference between Americano and latte", "Which coffee tastes less bitter, Americano or latte", "Which one tastes better, American black coffee or latte", etc., Front Street believes that everyone should first understand what espresso is.
espressoWhat the hell? Espresso is also called Espresso. Espresso is both a coffee drink and a coffee brewing method. The parameters of an espresso machine for making espresso are affected by the amount of powder, ratio, time, grinding size, water temperature, and pressure. At nearly 9 times the normal atmospheric pressure (that is, a pressure of 9 BAR), the machine allows nearly boiling water to pass through finely ground and evenly packed coffee powder, extracting a cup of coffee with high consistency and strong taste.
EspressoIt is a coffee that tests the quality of coffee and the skills of baristas. Here is a reminder for everyone to focus on:EspressoEspresso is also the base for popular coffee drinks such as Americano and latte. As we all know, the current Americano is composed of espresso + water. Water is colorless and tasteless, and plays a diluting role. The quality of the taste depends on the espresso, and the flavor of the espresso mainly depends on the coffee beans and extraction.
Espresso is a very classic coffee in Italy. It has a rich and layered taste. It can highlight certain flavor characteristics of the coffee, and you will have a unique taste when you taste it carefully. It can be said thatEspressoEspresso coffee is the base of many Italian coffees.EspressoIf the espresso is not good, then there is no need to expect other fancy espressos to taste good.
The cup size is about 30ml. This cup of high-concentration coffee extracted in a very short time has a beautiful layer of golden brown coffee oil floating on the surface. The oil is rich and delicate in texture, which is attractive and delicious. This layer of grease is generally called Cream. Crema is responsible for the aroma, and the extract is responsible for the taste.
drinkEspressoDo you need to add sugar to your espresso?
Some people like to add sugar, and some people don't. Whether to add sugar or not depends on each person. However, from a health perspective, FrontStreet Coffee recommends that you add less or even none.
The traditional way of drinking Espresso is to add a small spoonful of sugar to the Espresso as it is served, and then drink it while stirring; the texture of the coffee will become milder, the bitterness will be less obvious, and appropriate sourness will appear one after another.
But if you are a coffee lover, then you must go to a cafe and order a cup of Espresso. Why? Because you will find that the espresso coffee made by the espresso machine is so rich. It turns out that it brings you not only bitterness, but also fruity acid, floral, nutty, and even wine aroma.
Latte
Everyone is familiar with latte coffee. This milk coffee can be said to be the standard in all coffee shops.
Unlike American coffee, latte is a milk coffee, and "latte" means "milk" in Italian, so if you order a latte in Italy, you will get a cup of milk without coffee. Corresponding to the Americano method of adding water to the espresso, the latte method is to add milk or whipped milk to the espresso. At the same time, the proportion of milk is larger, so the milk flavor dominates, more like milk with coffee flavor.
But making a cup of latte delicious is not an easy task. With the different flavors of coffee beans, different richness of fresh milk, and different extraction parameters, the taste of latte will be changed.
How to make latte?
Now we know that latte consists of two parts: espresso and milk. Hot latte coffee requires the addition of whipped milk, which tests the barista's skills in whipping milk. Therefore, making hot latte coffee is divided into three parts. The first part is to extract espresso, the second part is to whip milk, and the third part is to mix the whipped milk with espresso and perform latte art.
One bean used in the FrontStreet Coffee store is a warm sun blend, with 60% sherry barrel coffee beans and 40% sun-dried Yirgacheffe. After multiple adjustments, 20 grams of coffee powder was determined, and 40 grams of coffee liquid was extracted. The extraction time was 28 seconds.
Front Street believes that choosing a suitable Italian blended bean is also very important. Blend coffee, also known as blended coffee, is a blend of various single-origin coffee beans, thereby giving full play to the strengths of various single-origin coffee beans. Blend beans are mixed from coffee beans from different origins to create a more balanced taste. At the same time, before blending coffee beans, you must first understand the different varieties of coffee and flavors in the world. The beans will have different characteristics depending on the place of origin. Different coffee beans have different personalities due to different varieties and origins. There are subtle differences in sour, bitter, sweet, aroma, mellow and other flavors.
There are currently two types of Italian coffee beans on the market, one is single-origin espresso beans, and the other is the more common blended espresso beans. Single-origin coffee beans tend to focus more on the unique characteristics of a certain type of coffee.
Next, FrontStreet Coffee will take you through the contents of several blended beans of FrontStreet Coffee. Depending on the type of coffee, the espresso beans prepared by Front Street will have different characteristics in taste and flavor.
Several Italian coffee beans currently sold by FrontStreet Coffee are all blended types, namely Front Street Black Cocoa Blend (100% Arabica), Front Street Boutique Blend 100% Arabica, Front Street Commercial Blend and Nuanyang Blend coffee beans.
1, Front Street Boutique 100% Arabica coffee beans
Front Street Premium Blend 100% Arabica coffee beans are an Italian coffee bean that has been with FrontStreet Coffee stores for many years. Until the end of 2019, FrontStreet Coffee stores used this coffee bean as the base for Italian coffee. If you want to blend a stable Italian coffee bean, you must start from a stable and high-yielding coffee-producing country. Therefore, when formulating this Front Street boutique blend of 100% Arabica coffee beans, the roasters of FrontStreet Coffee chose the two producing countries with the highest and most stable Arabica coffee bean production in the world - Colombia and Brazil. The ratio is 60% Colombian and 40% Brazilian coffee beans. Washed Colombian coffee beans give this Front Street Blend of 100% Arabica coffee beans its soft acidity and dark cocoa adjustability, while Brazilian coffee beans are responsible for providing the full-bodied taste of this coffee bean.
Therefore, when this Italian coffee bean is made into espresso, it will have a very obvious dark chocolate, a solid and mellow taste, and a nutty aftertaste. The balance of this Italian blend of coffee beans and the obvious dark chocolate flavor make it very suitable for either black coffee or milk coffee, so FrontStreet Coffee has chosen this blend of coffee beans as its store product for more than 6 years.
2, Front Street black cocoa blend (100% Arabica) coffee beans
Front Street Black Cocoa Blend (100% Arabica) is a very stable and high-quality Italian blend of coffee beans, which is very suitable for daily production in many independent cafes. Front Street Black Cocoa Blend (100% Arabica) is the second option provided by FrontStreet Coffee - high cost performance. The operation of coffee shop stores is inseparable from costs, and it provides stable coffee production while keeping costs down as much as possible. FrontStreet Coffee's Front Street Black Cocoa Blend (100% Arabica) coffee beans are a more cost-effective coffee bean, derived from the selection of Brazilian and Yunnan coffee beans for blending, with a ratio of 60% Brazilian and 40% Yunnan coffee beans.
Coffee beans from both Yunnan and Brazil tend to have nutty tones. At the same time, Brazilian coffee beans give the Front Street Black Cocoa Blend (100% Arabica) a more solid taste and rich oils.
3, Nuanyang blended coffee beans
In addition to Front Street Premium Blend 100% Arabica and Front Street Black Cocoa Blend (100% Arabica), FrontStreet Coffee provides a blend of coffee beans with a more unique flavor and tone, FrontStreet Coffee Coffee)’s roasters mixed sherry barrel coffee beans from Honduras and sun-dried Yirgacheffe red cherry coffee beans, and re-formulated the roasting curves. The ratio of the two coffee beans is 7:3, and they were re-presented into a blend of coffee beans through ripe blending, named "Nuanyang Blend".
As specialty coffee becomes increasingly popular, FrontStreet Coffee's baristas discovered during store operations that many customers were no longer satisfied with the stability brought by blending 100% Arabica coffee with Front Street specialty coffee. FrontStreet Coffee rethought and perhaps it was time to bring more fresh blends to invigorate the store's products. In 2019, after many adjustments, this Nuanyang blended coffee beans finally appeared on the bean list of FrontStreet Coffee, and the store's Front Street boutique blend 100% Arabica was replaced by Nuanyang blended coffee beans.
The baristas at FrontStreet Coffee believe that of these three blends of coffee beans, the Front Street Premium Blend 100% Arabica is a choice that pursues stability, the Front Street Black Cocoa Blend (100% Arabica) is a cost-effective choice, and the Nuanyang Blend is a choice for flavor. The three have different goals, and the customers they suit are naturally different.
The unique flavor of Nuanyang Blend comes from its Honduran sherry barrel coffee beans. After the coffee cherries are partially washed, they are placed in sherry barrels for low-temperature fermentation and finally dried. This processing method gives the sherry coffee beans a distinct aroma of wine, and the roasters of FrontStreet Coffee mix in 40% of sun-dried Yirgacheffe coffee beans to provide more acidity to the Nuanyang blend coffee beans and increase the layering of the entire blend.
FrontStreet Coffee stores adjust parameters every day based on the status of the beans, such as using 20 grams of coffee powder to extract 40 grams of coffee liquid. Extraction time will be between 26 and 28 seconds. The espresso made with this parameter will have medium acidity, medium bitterness, medium body thickness and balance. The flavor is obvious black cocoa and citrus, and the finish is the aroma of fermented wine.
When it is made into an Americano, it will have obvious bouquet of chocolate and citrus acidity; when it is made into a latte, it will have flavors such as vanilla cream and liqueur chocolate.
4, Front Street Commercial Blended Coffee Beans
Front Street Commercial Blend This coffee bean is different from the other three blends. Front Street Commercial Blend is based on commercial choices. The main notes of Front Street commercial blended coffee beans are Colombian and Brazilian, with a ratio of 60% and 30%. For the remaining 10%, the roasters of FrontStreet Coffee chose Robusta coffee beans.
The purpose of this is to add more fat. Although it is not 100% Arabica coffee beans, mixing in a small amount of Robusta coffee beans can increase the body, oil, and rich coffee taste of the coffee beans.
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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
