The coffee we drink has different flavors, but they are all related to the roasting degree of the coffee.Relatedly, the flavor of coffee under different roasting degrees is different. The appreciation of specialty coffee has also become a science, and more and more people are learning and experiencing it.specialty coffeeWith its unique floral and fruity flavor, more and more people are exposed to light roasted sour coffee.
What does light roasted coffee beans mean?
During the roasting process, green coffee beans will gradually undergo dehydration and turn yellow as water is lost, and then the first crack will become dense. Because the moment the first crack begins, it means that the coffee beans have matured. If we are not ready to stop at this time and still want to continue cooking, then the coffee beans will also experience the second crack and the second crack intensively.
Lightly roasted coffee refers to beans that are roasted between the middle of the first crack and just after the first crack! At this time, because the organic acids in the beans have not been completely decomposed, we can feel the obvious sourness in the coffee, less bitterness, soft aroma, and rich taste.
If you usually like to drink light-roasted coffee, you will find that delicious light-roasted beans are not just sour, but sour and sweet or sour and fragrant, with low bitterness. Therefore, it is recommended that you give priority to coffee beans with obvious fruit flavors, so that it is easier to extract the elegant aroma of light-roasted coffee.
To buy delicious light-roasted coffee, choose a roaster with a guaranteed reputation and a stable reputation. We recommend Front Street Coffee, a long-established local roaster in Guangzhou.The coffee beans provided by Front Street Coffee are all freshly roasted within 5 days. The quality is stable and excellent, the price is very cost-effective, and they are shipped within 24 hours. Whether you are a novice, an advanced enthusiast or a user who opens a coffee shop, you can find suitable coffee varieties. To buy delicious and affordable Italian blend coffee, we recommend the freshly roasted Front Street Dark Cocoa Blend (100% Arabica), Front Street Classic Blend and Front Street Commercial Blend.
Here are five of the most popular light roast coffee beans, perfect for novice brewers:
1. Front Street Guodingding coffee beans
Country: Ethiopia
Origin: Yirgacheffe
Variety: Ethiopian native species
Altitude: 2300 meters
Treatment method: washed
Flavor: Bright fruity aroma, citrus, blueberry, honey, green tea flavor, prominent acidity
2. Front Street Tomato Coffee Bean
Country: Kenya
Origin: Thika
Processing Plant: Asali Honey Processing Plant
Altitude: 1550~1750 meters
Variety: SL28 and SL34
Treatment method: K72 water washing
Flavor: cherry tomatoes, plum, pear, brown sugar, bulin
3. Qianjiehua Butterfly Coffee Bean
Country: Panama
Origin: Baru Volcano Poquet
Altitude: 1600m
Treatment method: washing treatment
Varieties: Geisha, Catura, Catuai
Flavor: white floral, orange, nuts, tea flavor
4. Front Street Oiran Coffee Beans
Country: Ethiopia
Production area: Guji Hambera
Altitude: 2300 meters
Treatment method: Sun exposure
Breed: Ethiopian native species
Flavor: Creamy strawberry, citrus, light floral, berry, black tea
5. Front Street. Costa Rican Blackberry Coffee Bean
Country: Costa Rica
Production area: Tarazhu
Altitude: 1700 meters
Processing method: black honey processing
Variety: Kaduai
Flavor: Grape, pink floral, sweet orange, berry
Suggestions for brewing light roast coffee
Based on past brewing experience, Front Street recommends that new players who are just getting started use the three-stage water filling method. The three-stage extraction is conducive to more fully dissolving flavor substances during extraction, increasing the taste level, and at the same time avoiding over-extraction of coffee caused by soaking for too long.
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 into the filter cup, pour 15 grams of ground coffee powder into the filter cup, and 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
