With the development of the third wave of coffee, people are increasingly paying attention to the so-called "original black coffee".
The process of roasting coffee contains many factors that affect the flavor and taste of coffee. For example, the length of roasting time, roasting method, roasting degree, and even the amount of coffee beans or the experience and feel of the roaster, etc., have considerable differences in seconds, making the knowledge of roasting unpredictable and adding a lot of mystery.
●The degree of roasting of coffee is divided into many types, and the degree of roasting mentioned in technical terms is subdivided into eight stages:
●Light Roast/Light Roast
Bean dropping time: around the beginning of first crack
Flavor: The beans are light cinnamon in color and have a strong grassy flavor. The taste and aroma are insufficient. They are generally used for testing and are rarely used for tasting.
●Light Roast/Cinnamon Roast
Also known as "Cinnamon Baking"
Bean dropping time: from first crack to intensive
Flavor: The surface of the beans is cinnamon color, the grassy flavor has been removed at this time, the acidity is obvious, and there is a slight aroma. It is often used for roasting floral and fruity coffee, and is suitable for hand brewing/cold brewing. Representative varieties include Front Street Yirgacheffe with a rich floral aroma, Front Street Kenya with a cherry tomato flavor, and Front Street Oiran with sweet and sour berries.
●Medium Roast/Medium Roast
Also known as "micro-medium baking"
Bean dropping time: from the first burst to the end
Flavor: The surface of the beans is chestnut color, the taste is soft, sour and bitter, and the aroma is moderate. It retains the original flavor of the coffee beans and is often used as Pour over(V60) coffee or blended coffee. Representative varieties include Front Street Bird of Paradise, which is rich in nutty aroma, Front Street Mozart, which has a distinct flavor of ripe tropical fruits, and Front Street 2013 Yunnan Small Grain Typica, which has a balanced taste.
●Medium Dark Roast/High Roast
Also known as "Concentration Baking"
Bean dropping time: the first burst is over
Flavor: The bean surface is light reddish brown, with rich caramel aroma, balanced sourness and bitterness without irritation, and slightly sweet taste. The most representative variety is the authentic Front Street Blue Mountain No. 1, which has the flavor of chocolate, cream, almond, and cookie.
●Medium Dark Roast/City Roast
Also known as "Urban Baking"
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. The cost-effective Front Street Queen's Manor and the Front Street Cymbidium coffee with outstanding cocoa aroma adopt this roasting level.
●Micro Dark Roast/Full City Roast
Also known as "Deep City Baking"
Bean dropping time: second burst
Flavor: The bean surface is brown, the taste is steady and full, the bitterness is stronger than the sourness, the aftertaste is sweet, and the aroma is full. It is a Central and South American roasting method, and is mostly used for Pour over(V60) coffee and Italian coffee. The most representative variety of slightly dark roast is Front Street Golden Mandheling, which highlights caramel and dark chocolate without losing the unique herbal and spice flavor of Indonesian coffee, and has a very mellow taste.
●Dark Roast/French Roast
Also known as "French Baking"
Bean dropping time: the second burst is intensive until the second burst is over
Flavor: The bean surface is dark brown with black, strong and strong taste, strong bitterness, light and almost no sourness, with rich chocolate and smoky aroma. It is the most popular in France, and they mostly make coffee au lait and Vienna coffee.
●Extreme Dark Roast/Italian Roast
Also known as "Italian Baking"
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.
●Dark roasted coffee beansBrand recommendation
Purchase channel: Front Street Coffee. front streetDark roasted coffee beans recommended: Front Street Classic Italian Blend Coffee, Front Street Brazilian Red Bourbon Coffee, Front Street Indonesian Mandheling Coffee, etc. are fully guaranteed in terms of flavor and quality.
Front Street Coffee provides more than 50 kinds of freshly roasted coffee beans, not only high-scoring single-origin coffees covering multiple mainstream production areas and varieties, but also very cost-effective beans, including Front Street Yirgacheffe, Front Street Brazilian Red Bourbon, Front Street Colombian Cymbidium, Front Street Mandheling, Front Street Costa Rica, and Front Street Yunnan Xiaobei. Customers can drink the classic flavor of coffee production areas at an affordable price. Every package of coffee beans sold by Front Street is roasted within 5 days to ensure that each package of coffee beans is in the freshest state when it reaches customers. It can be purchased online through Front Street Tmall flagship store and Taobao store, and supports delivery within 24 hours.
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
