As they drink coffee longer, some people will pursue Italian coffee with a strong taste over time. They are no longer satisfied with buying American coffee in coffee shops, but want to make it themselves. So what are the requirements to make a cup of Italian coffee with rich aroma and high concentration?
1. The coffee beans are fresh enough
A perfect cup of espresso is inseparable from freshly roasted coffee beans, which not only bring a layered coffee aroma, but also show dense and rich oil. If the roasting date is more than 50 days, the espresso will basically have no aroma at all, and the final coffee will only have a bitter taste. Front Street Coffee has always adhered to the most important point - the freshness of coffee beans. Therefore, Front Street coffee beans are roasted within 5 days and support 24-hour delivery to ensure all-round freshness.
2. Deep roasting
The degree of roasting affects the richness of the oil and determines the flavor of the Italian coffee. Generally, the darker the degree of roasting, the better the expressiveness of the coffee oil, and the Italian coffee has a rich, mellow and bitter tone. The lighter the degree of roasting, the less the oil, and the taste of the Italian coffee tends to be acidic and soft. Therefore, if you want to make espresso coffee, it is recommended to choose medium-dark roasted or dark roasted espresso beans.
Combination of Arabica + Robusta - Front Street Classic Blend Coffee
Flavor: caramel, butter, roasted nuts, dark chocolate
In order to highlight the classic "Mamba Blend" flavor, we selected Front Street Mandheling and Front Street Brazilian as the main base notes to give the espresso a thick texture and rich aroma. Taking into account the richness of the coffee, we also added a small amount of Vietnamese Robusta varieties to maximize the oiliness. The hot latte has a rich chocolate aroma but is as smooth as a butternut. The Front Street classic Italian blend is not only suitable for all novices to try for the first time, but can also be used as a daily ration for family use.
A combination of American beans + Asian beans - Front Street Black Cocoa Blend (100% Arabica) coffee
Flavor: Nuts, chocolate, cream, cookies
For the sake of cost-effectiveness, we have launched this high-quality Italian blend that combines stable taste, moderate fat, balance of sourness and bitterness, and affordable price. It uses a combination of Front Street Yunnan Grain and Front Street Brazilian Red Bourbon. It has a rich aroma of caramel and nuts when extracted. Since it is medium-dark roasted to retain slight acidity, the taste of American style will be relatively refreshing, while the latte will highlight the sweetness of milk. This Front Street Dark Cocoa Blend (100% Arabica) is perfect for home users who prioritize cost.
Spiced chocolate rich aroma single product - Front Street PWN Golden Mandheling SOE
Flavor: Spices, herbs, dark chocolate, caramel, nuts, sandalwood
Different from Italian blended beans, SOE pursues to highlight the flavor of a single production area, and can reflect the obvious characteristics of the origin in the Italian concentrate. Front Street PWN Golden Mandheling SOE coffee has gone through one machine screening and three hand selections. It is the leader in Indonesian high-quality Arabica. The espresso has obvious flavors of spices, herbs, pinewood, and dark chocolate. It has a mellow taste and long-lasting flavor. It can be used as a daily extraction of high-quality single-product concentrates, and can also be used to make Pour over(V60), moka pot and other coffees.
Creamy mixed nut single product—Front Street Brazilian Queen Manor SOE
Flavors: Buttered Peanut, Chocolate, Toast, Maple Syrup
Brazil is a big production country. Specialty coffee beans have a nutty aroma. When used as blended beans, they can bring a good sense of balance. The espresso SOE has an obvious buttery mixed nut flavor. It is rich in sweetness and slightly sweet with sucrose. When paired with milk, it is like drinking a cup of warm and sweet hot cocoa. The aftertaste of roasted peanuts is long-lasting.
3. Extract only the front and middle sections
After selecting the coffee beans, the remaining work is to extract the espresso Ristretto. Different from regular espresso, espresso is based on regular concentration and only extracts the front and middle coffee liquid to increase the concentration and obtain a more concentrated coffee aroma.
Here we use the classic blend of Front Street that is popular among home users. The Espresso production plan is to use 20g of beans and take 30 seconds to extract a liquid weight of 40ml. For espresso, 20g of coffee beans are still used, and 28ml can be extracted in 23 to 28 seconds.
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
