We all know that green coffee beans cannot be ground, extracted, and drank directly. They need to undergo another level of processing - roasting before they can be brewed and tasted.
Roasting is an endothermic process for coffee beans. Before roasting, many flavor substances of green coffee beans cannot be reflected. No matter you smell or drink it, there is a faint smell of grass and grain. During the process of roasting and absorbing heat, the ingredients in the green coffee beans begin to change. As they continue to undergo caramelization reactions and Menard reactions, more and more aromas slowly spread.
Currently, the degree of roasting of coffee beans can be divided into seven categories, but the following three are commonly seen on the market:
Light roasting: After the first crack, the coffee is light in color, and the rich acidity gives the coffee a very refreshing fruity taste. The sweetness and bitterness are not obvious, and the alcohol content is relatively low. It is suitable for hand brewing, smart cups, hanging ears, etc. It is recommended to use Front Street Rwanda Red Bourbon, Front Street Kenyan Cherry Tomato, and Front Street Oiran, so that you can clearly feel the characteristics of light roasted coffee.
Dark roasting: After dark roasting, the surface of the beans is smooth and shiny, with an obvious dark brown color. The low fruit acid content makes the acidity very subtle, and it smells obvious of burnt and smoky smells. It has a high body and is suitable for hand brewing and Italian/Moka pots. Friends who want to taste it are recommended to buy Front Street PWN Golden Mandheling and Front Street Brazilian Queen Manor.
Medium roast: It takes a longer time to come out of the oven after the first crack. The surface of the beans has a clear brown color and less oil. The fruit acid content is medium, with good sweetness and slight bitterness. Compared with dark roast, medium roast coffee has a lower alcohol content, but a soft taste. It is suitable for most beginner coffee novices. It can be used for hand brewing, French press, Moka pot, smart cup, Italian machine, American coffee machine and other coffee appliances. The recommended medium roast coffee is as follows:
1. Front Street Costa Rican Blackberry - Flavor: grape, berry, floral, slightly fermented
This coffee is processed using black honey. Compared with other honey treatments, black honey coffee hardly removes pectin. It takes the longest to dry and generally needs to be dried in the sun for more than 14 days. During the drying process, in order to avoid drying too quickly and insufficiently converting the sugar, coffee farmers will use covers to properly block the sun, so that the material can have a longer conversion time and ensure that the sugar can be better absorbed by the beans. Because of this, the coffee processed with black honey has a very rich flavor and rich sweetness.
2. Front Street Colombian Chihuahua - Flavor: grape, passion fruit, citrus, apricot, preserved fruit
A Front Street Xija coffee beans grown at an altitude of 1,700m in the Huilan production area boundary estate adopts a double anaerobic sun treatment method. Because the flavor of Front Street Hija coffee shows a mouthful of fragrant passion fruit, grapes, as well as the sweetness of preserved fruits and the acidity of tangerine, and there is an almond-like aftertaste in the mouth after swallowing, it has successfully attracted many fans to repurchase.
3. Front Street Costa Rica Mozart – Flavor: Osmanthus, red grape, pineapple, raisins, fruit wine
Front Street Mozart coffee is one of the famous Musician series. When brewed, it has the fermented aroma of berries and fruit wine. The entrance is the flavor of raisins, sweet orange and pineapple. Under the change of temperature, the aroma of fermented wine and osmanthus are more obvious.
4. Front Street PNG Bird of Paradise - Flavor: toast, nuts, sugar cane, cream, chocolate
Papua New Guinea mainly grows Typica. Typica has an elegant flavor, but has a weak constitution and low disease resistance, making it susceptible to leaf rust. Front Street Coffee believes that the biggest feature of the Typica coffee tree is the bronze-colored top leaves, which some people call “red-top coffee.” The beans of Typica are larger and cone-shaped or thin and pointed, which is different from the round-bodied beans of Bourbon coffee beans. Front Street believes that Typica coffee has its own unique quiet and clean flavor, balanced characteristics and high clean taste.
5. Front Street 2013 Yunnan Tiepica - Flavor: chocolate, dried apricot, brown sugar, tea taste
Lincang, Yunnan Province is affected by the warm and humid air currents of the Indian Ocean and the southwest monsoon. The four seasons are not obvious, but the dry and rainy seasons are distinct, with more rain, long sunshine hours, and short frost periods. Some areas are frost-free all year round, and the three-dimensional climate is obvious, which is very suitable for Arabica coffee cultivation. Typica has an elegant and pure flavor. Front Street believes that the flavor of coffee produced in Yunnan’s terroir is neutral and balanced, so it is very suitable for medium roasting, highlighting the roasted aroma of chocolate and nuts and a rounded sweetness, while retaining a slight acidity.
6. Front Street Honduran Washed Kaduai – Flavors: Chocolate, Nuts, Cocoa
Most Honduran coffee is processed using a water-washing method, so the coffee beans obtained are generally clean and of relatively stable quality. From a roasting perspective, it is usually recommended to use medium roasting. Coffee tends to show the aroma of dark chocolate, nuts and moderate sweetness, with a long aftertaste.
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
