Newbie and don’t know how to choose coffee? The dazzling variety of coffee beans makes it difficult for novices to choose coffee beans. There are more than 50 kinds of beans on the shelves at FrontStreet Coffee. The most common question asked by many friends when they come to the FrontStreet store is what beans are best for beginners to get started with coffee. This time Front Street will talk about how novices can choose coffee beans that suit them. (Coffee beans are listed in no particular order)
1. Front Street Yirgacheffe coffee beans (bright citrus acidity, refreshing and clean)
Although Ethiopia's Yirgacheffe coffee is petite, it is gentle, delicate and sweet. As the hometown of coffee, Ethiopia’s thousands of years of planting history and processing traditions have created high-quality washed Arabica beans. Lightly roasted Front Street Yirgacheffe coffee has a unique lemon, floral and honey-like sweet aroma, soft acidity and citrus flavor, and a fresh and bright taste. No milk or sugar is added, just let the rich texture and unique soft floral aroma brush your taste buds, leaving endless aftertaste.
Representative coffee - FrontStreet Coffee · Ethiopian Washed Yirgacheffe Fruit Tintin Cooperative
Production area: Yirgacheffe Gedeo Zone
Altitude: 1900-2100m
Variety: Native species (Heirloom)
Treatment method: washed
Grade: G1
Brewing flavor: The entrance has the bright acidity of citrus, the fullness of berry juice, and the obvious taste of oolong tea.
2. Front Street Colombian coffee beans (soft acidity, balanced flavor, variable coffee bean flavor)
Colombian coffee is a very representative and excellent variety of Arabica coffee. It is also a traditional dark roasted coffee with a strong and memorable taste. Its aroma is rich and thick, with bright high-quality acidity, high balance, sometimes nutty flavor, and endless aftertaste. In terms of appearance and quality, Colombian coffee is top-notch. When it comes to Colombian coffee beans, I believe that coffee lovers will immediately think of the specially processed beans that this production area is famous for, especially Colombian Paradise Estate, which has been constantly innovating processing methods in recent years. The flavor of the coffee beans is also very unique, which is particularly memorable.
Representative coffee - FrontStreet Coffee·Columbia Divide Estate Hija
Origin: Colombian Cymbidium
Altitude: 2050m
Treatment method: double anaerobic sun exposure
Breed: Cicada
Brewing flavor: Passion fruit, grape juice, citrus, apricot, preserved fruit, chocolate aftertaste
3. Front Street Costa Rican coffee beans (coffee flavor with obvious sweetness)
Costa Rica is most famous for its honey processing method. The so-called honey processing refers to the process of making raw beans by sun-drying the mucous membranes. After the outer layer of pulp is removed from the coffee beans, there will be a sticky gelatinous substance. The traditional washing method is to wash it away with clean water. However, due to water resource constraints in some high-altitude production areas, this direct sun-drying method has emerged.
The honey processing process is prone to contamination and mildew, so it needs to be closely monitored throughout the process, with constant turning and accelerated drying to avoid the production of undesirable fermentation smells. Its advantage is that it can best preserve the original sweet flavor of ripe coffee fruits, giving the coffee an elegant brown sugar flavor and stone fruit sweetness. The berry flavor also supports the aroma of the red wine base, and is considered a very elegant product. The popularity of honey-processed coffee beans is largely due to its sweet and thick characteristics.
Representative coffee - FrontStreet Coffee · Costa Rica Mirazu Estate Strawberry Sugar Geisha Blend
Country: Costa Rica
Origin: Chateau Mirasu
Altitude: 1700 meters
Variety: Gesha Blend
Processing method: raisin honey processing
Brewing flavor: the fragrance of jasmine, soft acidity, almond aftertaste, and obvious sweetness.
4. Front Street Brazilian coffee beans (a must for nutty cocoa flavor lovers)
The characteristic taste of Brazilian coffee has a low acidity, combined with the sweet and bitter taste of coffee, it is extremely smooth in the mouth, and has a light grassy aroma. The fragrance is slightly bitter, sweet and smooth, and the aftertaste can make people happy and refreshing. There are no particularly outstanding advantages for Brazilian coffee, but there are no obvious shortcomings. The taste is mild and smooth, with low acidity, moderate alcohol, and a touch of sweetness. All these soft flavors are mixed together. To distinguish them one by one, it is the best test for the taste buds.
Representative coffee - FrontStreet Coffee · Brazilian Queen Manor half-sun-dried yellow bourbon
Country: Brazil
Origin: Morgiana
Manor: Queen's Manor
Variety: Yellow Bourbon
Treatment method: semi-sun drying method
Altitude: 1400～1950m
Brewing flavor: fresh sweetness of sugar cane juice, black tea, smooth fruit sweetness, obvious nutty flavor, balanced and smooth acidity, weak and clean bitterness, rich chocolate aroma and nutty flavor, bright and refreshing taste, smooth and delicate taste.
5. Front Street Panama Coffee Beans (a must for floral lovers)
It is now generally believed that the best Gesha is produced in Panama, but this variety of Gesha was actually discovered in the Gesha forest of Ethiopia as early as 1931, and then sent to the Coffee Research Institute in Kenya. It was then introduced to Uganda and Tanzania in about 1936, and to Costa Rica in 1953. Panama only began growing Geisha coffee in the 1970s. It wasn't until Daniel Peterson, the owner of Panama La Esmeralda, participated in the 2004 Panama Coffee Bean Cupping Competition and became an instant hit that Geisha began his life of cheating, no, beans. Geisha has a full-bodied sweetness, a clean mouthfeel, and rich aromas that extend from berries and citrus to mango, papaya, and peach. A very distinct bergamot-like finish is also a typical cupping attribute. Gesha coffee beans are often the champion among coffee varieties. The cupping evaluation of Geisha coffee beans is that it has a moderate mellow body, a sweet, multi-layered tropical fruit flavor, and a rose-type aroma aftertaste.
Representative coffee - FrontStreet Coffee · Panama Jade Manor Green Label Geisha
Origin: Poquet, Panama
Manor: Emerald Manor
Altitude: 1600-1800m
Treatment method: washing treatment
Variety: Geisha
Brewing flavor: The entrance is full of jasmine aroma, high sweetness, citrus, berry, juice, cream, green tea, orange peel, cantaloupe, the overall flavor is rich in layers, and the aftertaste is floral and citrus lasting.
6. Front Street Guatemalan coffee beans (mild and mellow, soft acidity)
Guatemala has high-altitude volcanic terrain, and these volcanoes are a good home for coffee cultivation. There are seven main coffee bean production areas in Guatemala. The flavor of the coffee produced in each production area is different, but in summary, Guatemala coffee beans all have a mild and mellow overall texture, an elegant aroma, and a special and pleasant acidity similar to fruit acid. Become the aristocrat of coffee. It is highly recommended by coffee connoisseurs around the world.
Representative coffee - FrontStreet Coffee · Antigua Guatemala Flower Goddess
Production area: Antigua production area
Altitude: 1200-1600m
Variety: Bourbon, Caturra
Processing method: washed
Grade: SHB
Brewing flavor: sour berries, citrus, slight chocolate, rich layers and smooth taste.
7. Front Street Kenyan coffee beans (full taste like cherry tomato juice)
AA is the best quality coffee grade in Kenya. This grade of coffee is the best among the best, so Front Street has a deep love for AATOP from the Thika production area. TOP is labeled by Kenyan coffee merchants after cupping. This Front Street Kenya Asalia AA beans are processed by K72 double washing and fermentation. The acidity is very bright and lively, as delicate and mouth-watering as berries or red wine. When brewing, the rich berry aroma wafts out instantly, and the entrance has obvious flavors of cherry tomatoes and ebony plums. The sour aroma lingers in the mouth for a long time, and the aftertaste is creamy and sweet, with a long-lasting sweetness.
Representative coffee - FrontStreet Coffee · Kenyan cherry tomatoes
Production area: Thika, Kenya
Processing Plant: Asali Honey Processing Plant
Altitude: 1550~1750 meters
Rating: AA TOP
Variety: SL28, SL34
Processing method: Kenya 72 hours washing
Brewing flavor: Ripe tomato and floral aroma, cherry tomatoes and ebony flavors in the mouth, bright acidity, clean and the most solid and rich taste, prominent sweetness in the middle, with a sense of juice, and a finish of berry fruit, brown sugar sweetness, and green tea aroma.
8. Front Street Indonesian coffee beans (mellow, low acidity, obvious sweetness)
Indonesian Mandheling coffee has low acidity and a high concentration of grass-like aroma. It tastes rich and rich, and the sweet aftertaste is impressive. It is recommended to try if you don’t like sour taste. Since the opening of the Front Street store, I have always been a loyal fan of Mandheling coffee. Front Street’s golden Mandheling from PWN Company has also been deeply loved by Front Street fans.
Representative coffee - FrontStreet Coffee · Indonesia PWN Golden Mandheling
Country: Indonesia
Company: PWN
Production area: GAYG Mountain, Aceh, North Sumatra
Treatment method: wet planing
Variety: ateng
Altitude: 1100-1600 meters
Brewing flavor: varied layers, mellow and clean, high balance, rich nutty and caramel aroma, with chocolate flavor, and long-lasting aftertaste.
9.front streetJamaican Blue Mountain coffee beans (very balanced between sour, bitter and sweet)
The Blue Mountains are located in the eastern part of the island of Jamaica. They are named because the mountains are surrounded by the Caribbean Sea. Whenever the weather is clear, the sun shines directly on the blue sea, and the peaks reflect the bright blue light of the sea. The highest peak of the Blue Mountains is 2,256 meters above sea level. It is the highest peak in the Caribbean and a famous tourist attraction. It is located in the coffee belt, with fertile volcanic soil, fresh air, no pollution, and a humid climate that is foggy and rainy all year round. (The average precipitation is 1,980 mm, and the temperature is around 27 degrees.) This climate has created the world-renowned Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee, and it has also created the highest-priced coffee in the world. This kind of coffee has all the characteristics of good coffee. It not only has a rich and mellow taste, but also has a perfect combination of sweet, sour and bitter flavors, so it has no bitter taste at all and only has a moderate and perfect sour taste. The Front Street Jamaica Blue Mountain purchased by Front Street is a Blue Mountain coffee bean designated by the National Coffee Bureau as an export company, packed with green beans in wooden barrels, and certified by the rainforest.
Representative coffee - FrontStreet Coffee·Jamaica Blue Mountain No.1
Farm: Clifton Farm
Owner of the Manor: The Sharp family
Certificate: Tropical Rainforest Certification
Location: Newcastle area
Total area: 250 acres
Coffee cultivation area: 180 acres
Average elevation: 4,300 feet (1,310.64 meters)
Treatment method: washing
Variety: 100% Arabica Typica
Brewing flavor: The taste is clean, not as rich as the previous cup, with prominent chocolate and nut flavors, and a balance of sour, sweet and bitter.
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
