Is it better to roast Gesha coffee beans lightly or darkly? Description of flavor and taste characteristics
CUPPING 10-10-11
Appliance: Hario V60 hand dripper
Medium grind (fine) because the roast is shallow and I hope a finer grind will reduce the acidity.
Water temperature: 91 degrees Celsius, the wet aroma is very obvious, and there is a hint of sweetness left by the coffee powder that your fingers accidentally touched. Just like SM's review, the fragrance is floral, pleasant, fruity, and acidic, and the thickness is relatively low-key and thin.
GeshaCoffee is generally Pour over(V60). The reason why Gesha coffee beans are world-famous is that they have a strong floral aroma, citrus berry, juice flavor, the lower the temperature, the more delicate the acidity, and the overall rich flavor. Coffee cultivation throughout Panama surrounds the Chiriqui volcanic region. Geisha coffee beans can be said to be quite picky about their growing environment. It needs to be planted in an area with high altitude, shade from clouds or a large number of shade trees, and fertile soil, so that you can harvest charming floral aroma, exquisite fruit acidity, and rich taste and flavor.
Three roasting levels of coffee beans
A cup of coffee contains many levels of sourness, sweetness, bitterness, saltiness, etc. How to achieve a good taste of coffee with a balance of sourness and bitterness, "roasting" plays an important role. As time passed and the third wave of the coffee revolution emerged, things were very different in the new world of specialty coffee. Dark beans are no longer considered the best, and light and medium roasts are becoming more mainstream.
Light baking features:Lightly roasted coffee is light brown in color and has no oil on the surface of the beans. The beans have high hardness, bright acidity, mellow taste and bright flavor.
Flavor: Fruity and floral coffee is usually lightly roasted. As long as the beans are well grown, processed and roasted, they can produce a variety of flavors, aromas, aftertaste, etc. For example: Ethiopian and Kenyan coffee beans are lightly roasted, so as to show the floral and fruity aroma and juice of the coffee. There are more than a dozen single-origin coffee beans from Ethiopian producing countries on the front street, because the coffee producing areas in Ethiopia have different flavors.
Medium baking features:Medium roast coffee is brown with a small amount of oil present on the surface of the beans. These coffees have a small amount of acidity and red wine flavors, and a rounded taste.
Flavor:Roasting to this level also retains many of the unique flavors of coffee, as heat begins to enter the beans and a caramelization reaction occurs, resulting in a sweet taste. Therefore, all indicators are more balanced, richer and sweeter than light roast, but some of the sour and umami flavors may disappear. For example: Costa Rica's Tara beads, Mozart, etc.This is the degree that roasters prefer, because it is more approachable to mass drinkers, and it has a balance of acidity and bitterness but can still show the natural flavor of coffee.
Dark roasting features:Dark roasted coffee is a dark brown coffee with rich oil on the surface, low acidity, and a strong red wine flavor, showing a more bitter and mellow taste. Flavor: Coffee roasted to this level is basically indistinguishable from its origin, but this does not mean that this coffee does not taste good. Some coffees are suitable for dark roasts and will have characteristic flavors of chocolate, nuts and caramel. For example: Mandheling coffee, Blue Mountain coffee, Brazilian coffee, etc.
Gesha Coffee
For the classic Gesha coffee flavor, Front Street Jade Manor Green Label is the first choice. The unique terroir gives the Geisha here its own exquisite aroma, and the high-grade classification enhances the purity of the flavor, allowing you to taste the flavors of jasmine, tangerine, cantaloupe, Tieguanyin tea, and orange.
In 1931, Geisha emerged from the Geisha Mountains in southwestern Ethiopia. Mountain (which happens to have the same pronunciation as Geisha in Japanese) was exported to Kenya, traveled to Tanzania and Costa Rica, and was transplanted to Panama in the 1960s. After that, it took nearly half a century to become a blockbuster, defeating the ever-victorious varieties such as Bourbon, Caturra, Kaduai, Tibica, etc., and won the first prize in the 2005, 2006 and 2007 Panama National Bean Cup Competition.
Geisha <The pronunciation is the same as Geisha in Japanese, so it is also called Geisha coffee> Because the tree species are taller than ordinary coffee trees, it was originally planted in a small area of the estate and was used as a windbreak. In order to participate in the annual Panama Best Coffee Competition, the son of the owner of the manor searched for all the coffee tree species in the manor for testing, which gave Geisha the opportunity to make an appearance. Later, he also participated in various world coffee competitions and won a total of eleven championships.
Gesha CoffeeThe Gesha coffee from Emerald Manor in Panama is the best. This is also because Panama’s microclimate environment creates the special flavor of Panama Gesha. After Geisha became famous, estates all over the country planted it. Front Street purchased Gesha coffee from Panama, as well as Gesha coffee from Colombia, Guatemala and Costa Rica. Although Gesha coffee from Panama is very good, the flavor of Gesha coffee from other production areas is also very good!
Front Street Roasted Geisha Coffee Ideas
Among the factors that affect the taste of a cup of coffee, green beans account for 60%, roasting accounts for 30%, and extraction accounts for 10%. Good roasting can maximize the personality of green beans and minimize the appearance of defective flavors. On the contrary, improper roasting will completely destroy good beans.
Judging from the degree of roasting: the deeper the degree of roasting, the stronger the bitterness; the lighter the degree of roasting, the stronger the sourness. The degree of roasting you choose depends on the characteristics of the coffee beans themselves. For coffee beans with stronger bitterness and lighter acidity, a medium-light roasting degree is generally used.
Generally speaking, dark roasted beans are more expressive of their taste. Their usual flavors are relatively strong, such as smoke, chocolate, and woody aromas, which are the flavor profiles of these beans, and are accompanied by a thick taste. Lightly cultivated beans will have a more distinctive light flavor, and the flavor expression is very rich. Floral aroma, fruity acidity and certain tea flavors are all the flavor expressions of this type of beans. The medium roast is a more balanced expression, with a refreshing flavor and a thick taste.
Geisha coffee green beans:Very beautiful blue-green color, jade-like warm texture, smells of fresh grass, peach, berry and the unique milky sweetness of oolong tea that most coffee beans do not have. It seems that aroma and taste need to be associated with each other, but the light tea aroma is something we can clearly feel.
In order to highlight the characteristics and aroma of Geisha beans, the roasting degree is close to the second crack. Near the second crack and the second crack and first crack are the more commonly used roasting degrees. As mentioned above, the characteristics of the beans themselves can be brought out. If it is too light, there will be miscellaneous flavors, and if it is too dark, the floral aroma and fruit acid will be lost. The front street uses light roasting, so that the roasting degree can better bring out the characteristics of the beans themselves. If it is too dark, the floral aroma and fruit acid will be lost. Of course, this should also be adjusted according to the characteristics of the coffee beans and the roaster's understanding of the beans themselves.
Geisha coffee ripe beans:Roasted cooked beans will appear to have some "wrinkles". Beans with such "sexy wrinkles" are designed to highlight their original flavor and acidity. However, if the quality of the raw beans themselves is not high, they will produce some miscellaneous flavors, such as decadent earthy, grassy and dry flavors. These flavors are what roasters should try to avoid. Roasted Geisha coffee has a charming lemon-citrus aroma and a super-sweet honey cream flavor.
From the perspective of roasting degree, the deeper the roasting degree, the stronger the bitterness; the lighter the roasting degree, the stronger the sourness. Lightly roasted coffee is light brown in color and has no oil on the surface of the beans. The beans have high hardness, bright acidity, mellow taste and bright flavor. Dark roasted coffee is a dark brown coffee with rich oil on the surface, low acidity, and a strong red wine flavor, showing a more bitter and mellow taste.
Front Street Brewing Panama Geisha Coffee Bean Parameters
Front Street recommends drip brewing, that is, Pour over(V60) coffee. If you want to drink rich layered coffee, you can use a V60 filter cup, and if you want to drink full coffee flavor, you can use a cake filter cup. Front Street's daily products mostly use V60 filter cups. Because of the 60-degree angle design and the spiral rib design, you can fully extract the essence of Geisha coffee by controlling the water flow and the number of water injections. At the same time, the large water hole design avoids over-extraction of coffee.
The body of the V60 filter cup has diversion ribs connecting the top and bottom and a large round hole in the center, which speeds up the flow rate of water falling. The spiral-shaped exhaust groove design lengthens the water flow path and increases the contact time between coffee powder and hot water. Each stream of water flows along the groove to the center of the filter cup. The pressure on the coffee powder is concentrated, and the extracted coffee has a richer layered texture.
Filter cup: Hario V60, water temperature: 91 degrees Celsius, powder amount: 15 grams, powder to water ratio: 1:15, grinding degree: Chinese standard No. 20 screen pass rate 80%
【Front Street Panama Washed PoquetteGeisha coffee flavor characteristics]: It has obvious clear acidity of citrus, lemon and bergamot, with a creamy and smooth taste when swallowed, and the sweetness of green tea and honey at the end.
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.
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