Speaking of African coffee, many people immediately think of Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee. Citrus, citric acid, jasmine, ripe strawberry, tropical fruits, berries, and honey are all flavor terms often used to describe Ethiopian coffee beans. Among them, Yirgacheffe is the most famous, and the flavor of Yirgacheffe is one of the synonyms of specialty coffee.
The popularity of Yirgacheffe is largely influenced by the trend of specialty coffee since the turn of the millennium. Its floral, fruity, sour, and citrus flavors set a "rebellious" flavor profile. With the prevalence of Italian dark roasting, the majority of consumers’ definition of coffee flavor has never included sourness, let alone citrus or fruity flavors. Today, together with Mandheling, it has become an entry-level variety for coffee tasting, a representative of floral and fruity coffee, and even paved the way for the rising stars of Kenyan coffee and Panama Geisha.
For any novice, whether interested or not, if you want to learn about Ethiopian coffee or African coffee, you must not miss Yirgacheffe. It has a refreshing flavor andentranceNo burden, and at the same time, the price is affordable and can be regarded as household rations.
If you are trying it for the first time, it is recommended to buy washed fruit dices from the Front Street Yirgacheffe series. Front Street.Guo Ding Ding is a high-quality washed Yirgacheffe.It belongs to Ethiopia's highest raw bean grade G1, which means that only less than 3 defective beans are allowed to appear per 300g of raw beans, so the cleanliness is extremely high.
Many people think that Yirgacheffe is too sour. In fact, there are two reasons. One is that the roasting degree is too light, and the other is a brewing problem.
In order to highlight its delicate aroma and rising acidity, Front Street Dingding uses a medium-light roast, which can express soft acidity and a sweet taste. inThe dry aroma exudes fresh passion fruit, citrus and berry sour aroma. The wet aroma is citrus, berries, the acidity of citrus in the entrance, the sweetness of berries, almonds, tea, and the sweetness of honey in the aftertaste.
Front Street. Brewing parameters of washed fruit dices
Filter cup: V60
Water temperature: 92-93 degrees Celsius
Powder amount: 15g
Pink to water ratio: 1:15
Grinding degree: the size of fine sugar (sifted in a No. 20 sieve bowl to 78%)
Water injection method: three-stage
If there are 15 grams of coffee powder, a powder-to-water ratio of 1:15, and a total water volume of 225 ml, the three water levels are divided into: 30 ml, 95 ml, and 100 ml. The weight on the electronic scale will show: 30 g, 125 g, and 225 g.
First, place the folded filter paper in the filter cup and wet it with water to fit it more closely to the filter cup. Prepare hot water and a measuring thermometer, and at the same time pour 15 grams of ground coffee powder into the filter cup to clear the weight of the electronic scale.
Inject 30g of water into the first section and steam for 30 seconds. Start timing while injecting water. Inject small water flow at the center point throughout the process and start to circle outwards. Pay attention to the need to moisten the entire powder layer.
After 30 seconds, start to steadily inject the second section of 95g water with a larger flow of water. The purpose is to lift the entire powder layer. The water column needs to be injected vertically and evenly. At this time, the timing scale shows 125g, and the injection is completed in about 55 seconds.
When the liquid level drops to half of the level, start using a small flow of water to inject 100 grams of the third section in a small circle. Try to control the water flow not to be too large, which will easily disperse the coffee powder layer and cause insufficient extraction. The final amount of water injected is 225 grams, and the completion time of trickling filtration is about 2 minutes. After removing the filter cup, shake the coffee liquid in the sharing pot evenly and start tasting.
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
