Espresso means "fast" in Italian, that is, extracted with short time and high pressure. Espresso originated in Italy and is regarded as one of Italy's three national treasures together with "fashion and food". The espresso coffee invented at the beginning tasted bitter and burnt. It was not until the 1940s that the taste and quality of espresso coffee were completely changed and improved. In China, different names such as espresso, espresso, fragrant coffee, etc. actually refer to Espresso.
Compared with Pour over(V60) coffee, espresso is characterized by a strong and fast taste. It cannot distinguish the flavors of high, medium and low temperatures like Pour over(V60) coffee. After all, it is finished before it cools down.
Secondly, the high concentration created by the low proportion also makes the espresso taste rich and strong, making it difficult to detect too many flavors (there are also espresso coffees with more complex and clear flavors).
In addition, concentrated caffeine is extracted under high pressure to produce its unique product "Crema", which also provides a unique taste experience for espresso.The quality of a cup of espresso depends largely on the selection of Italian coffee beans. The degree of roasting, origin, and variety will all have an impact on the final taste.However, rather than tasting it directly, espresso is more likely to be made into Americano, latte, cappuccino and other coffees before drinking. Therefore, when buying espresso beans for home use, we try to choose types that can take into account a variety of coffee flavors.
Recommended Italian beans for home use ①: Classic Italian blend from Front Street
Most coffee lovers have only heard of Mamba coffee, but they don't know the formula and origin of "Mamba". In fact, Mamba is a combination of Indonesian Mandheling beans and Brazilian coffee beans. The taste can play a complementary and harmonious role. Mamba blending was very popular in Taiwanese cafes in the early years, and it can be regarded as an ancient coffee flavor. Front Street's classic Italian blend is based on the Mamba recipe and adds Robusta, which fully improves the oiliness of the coffee and makes the Italian coffee body stronger. It is suitable for home production and used for latte art.
Recommended Italian beans for home ②: Front Street exquisite Italian blending
As the world's top coffee-producing countries, Brazilian coffee and Colombian coffee have long been famous. Front Street combines coffee beans from the two production areas. The nutty aroma and balanced taste of Brazilian coffee and the chocolate tonality of Colombian coffee perfectly achieve the effect of one plus one greater than two. The extracted espresso has the flavor of butter cookies, cocoa, and roasted nuts. Suitable for friends who don't like sour taste, used for making American style and latte.
Home Italian Italian Bean Recommendation ③: Front Street Strawberry Candy Italian Mix
If you want to make an espresso with a floral and fruity aroma, you should use medium roasted coffee beans. We recommend Front Street Strawberry Candy espresso coffee beans. You can order directly from Taobao or Tmall stores. This is a espresso made from Costa Rica Tara beads, which are famous for their honey processing, and Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee. On this basis, coupled with Colombian coffee beans, the espresso you can prepare is not only non-irritating, but also has good oil and dense texture when extracted by the coffee machine. It also has a sweet and sour taste like strawberry gummy, suitable for making American style or latte.
Recommendation for household Italian beans ④: Front Street commercial Italian blending
If you want to replicate the same American style and latte served in a coffee shop, you can purchase the Front Street Commercial Blend coffee beans, which are made from three major production areas: Brazil, Colombia, and Vietnam. After medium-dark roasting, they are rich in coffee oil and roasting aroma, and are specially customized for coffee shop operations. The Americano made with the Front Street commercial blend has a mellow taste, with rich dark cocoa and toasty flavors. It is very easy to drink. When made into a latte, it is rich and smooth, leaving a fragrant aroma on the lips and teeth after drinking. It is also affordable and can become a daily ration bean made at home.
How to make Americano coffee?
Americano atespressoIt is actually the product of espresso diluted with water.
However, depending on the eating habits and coffee beans used in different places, the ratio of espresso to water also varies. The most common approach is to useFrom 20g of coffee powder, 40g of coffee liquid is extracted in 28 seconds, with a powder-to-liquid ratio of 1:2. Then add 240g of ice water in a ratio of 1:6. In this way, a cup of iced Americano is complete.
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
