Coffee is originally just the seeds of the fruit. After processing, it becomes green coffee beans. The raw coffee beans themselves do not have a particularly obvious coffee aroma. Only after the coffee beans are roasted can you smell the rich coffee aroma. Therefore, the roasting of coffee beans is the transformation process of the internal components of the coffee beans. Only after roasting produces components that can release the aroma of coffee, can we smell the aroma of coffee. Just like food produces a richer and more attractive aroma after cooking, different roasting will give different flavors to the coffee beans.
For coffee beans, we can roughly divide them intoThere are three categories: light roast, medium roast and dark roast.But the subtlety of the taste is subdivided into eight levels: Light Roast~Italian Roast. However, based on the coffee products currently sold on the market, they are generally listed into the following three types:
1. Light Roast: Light Roast (Light Roast) and Cinnamon Roast (Cinnamon Roast) have a strong aroma and obvious acidic taste.
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 bright and slightly floral, and it is often used for hand extraction.
2. Medium Roast: Medium Roast (medium roast), High Roast (dark roast), City Roast (city roast) have more coffee bean aroma, sweetness, slight fruit acid, and typical Viennese coffee flavor.
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 is also the most popular roasting level.
3. Dark roast: Full City Roast (Full City Roast), French Roast (French Roast), Italian Roast (Italian Roast) with strong caramel flavor and strong taste.
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, strong bitterness, and strong roasting and burnt aroma. It is mainly popular in Italy and is often used in Italian coffee Espresso.
Lightly roasted coffee beans recommended
For those who like floral and fruity flavors, it is recommended to give priority to light roasting ( Cinnamon Roast)
1. [Front StreetYirgacheffe sun-dried red cherries】
Flavor description: The overall taste is well-structured and the aroma is relatively obvious, with lemon, floral and fermented wine aromas. The entrance has a full fruit juice feel, citrus, citric acid, weak nut flavor, and a sweet aftertaste with the taste of honey.
2. [Front Street Kenyan Tomatoes]
Flavor description: The wet aroma has the aroma of ripe tomatoes and flowers, the taste of cherry tomatoes and ebony plums, bright acidity, clean and the most solid and rich taste, like the weight of an African elephant! The sweetness in the middle is prominent, with a fruity feel, and the aftertaste is berry fruity, brown sugar sweet, and green tea aroma.
3. [Front Street Panama Butterfly]
Flavor description: floral, black tea, berry, citrus, slightly nutty aftertaste, smooth taste, low bitterness, moderate acidity, medium aftertaste
[FrontStreet Coffee brewing parameters]
Amount of powder: 15g
Pink to water ratio: 1:15
Water temperature: 91~93℃
Grinding degree: medium to fine grinding (pass rate of No. 20 standard sieve is 78%)
Filter cup: V60
[Front Street Coffee Brewing Technique]
Steam 30 grams for 30 seconds. After steaming, add water in a circle to 125 grams. After the water level drops by half, continue to add water to 225 grams. The total extraction time is 2 minutes.
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
