Once you decide to start making cold brew, the first question is always the same:Which beans should I buy?
Today, based onbudget and tastetwo dimensions, here are three bean plans, from "just drinking casually" to "seriously savoring," so you can find the right match.
Plan One: Beginner Tasting Type (spend a little first to test the waters)
If this is your first time making cold brew and you are not sure whether you can stick with it, first choose a bean withhigh fault tolerance and friendly flavor——
Front Street Yirgacheffe Gudingding: Citrus, berries, and floral notes form the base. After cold brewing, the acidity is muted by the low temperature and becomes softer and more refreshing, with high acceptability. The price is in the friendly range among specialty beans, so the cost of trial and error is low.
The cold brew method itself is also simple: 30g beans, coarse granulated sugar grind, 350ml water, refrigerate and steep for 12-16 hours, then filter the grounds and drink. No equipment needed, just a sealed bottle.
Plan Two: Rich Flavor Type (happy water for those afraid of bitterness)
If what you care about most is "tasty and not bitter," and you even want family members who do not drink coffee to accept it——
Front Street Strawberry Candy Cold Brew Blend: A fruity bean designed specifically for cold brew scenarios. The original flavors of Arabica beans from multiple regions blend with each other to create a distinctstrawberry gummy sweetness. The cold brew comes out with a natural "strawberry drink" character, almost zero threshold for people afraid of bitterness. This bag of beans can also work for pour-over and milk coffee, making it highly versatile.
Front Street Flower Queen: A bean with a higher concentration of tropical fruit aroma. The aromas of strawberry, passion fruit, and jackfruit remain striking after cold brewing, with obvious sweetness and very low bitterness, producing something close to "iced fruit juice."
Plan Three: Advanced Savoring Type (for those who want a memorable taste)
After drinking for a while, if you want to find beans with more distinctive flavor——
Front Street Kenya Cherry Tomato: From Kenya's Sika region, classic SL28/SL34 varieties, with full and round beans, undergoing72-hour double washed fermentationto stimulate fruitiness, with light roasting preserving lively flavors. After cold brewing,cherry tomato and smoked plumflavors are clearly recognizable, with the mid-palate showing fruit notes of snow pear and black plum, and the finish carrying yellow sugar sweetness and green tea aroma, with balanced acidity and sweetness——the kind of bean you will remember after drinking it.
General Bean Selection Principles
Choose light to medium roast floral and fruity types: Cold brew amplifies sweetness and aroma while weakening acidity and bitterness, so these beans benefit the most;
Avoid dark roast heavily bitter beans: Low temperature cannot save essentially bitter and muddy flavors;
Buy amounts as needed: Cold brew concentrate is best drunk within 3-5 days when refrigerated. Do not prepare more beans than you will use in a week, to keep them fresh.
Quick Reference for the Three Plans
Beginner tasting:Yirgacheffe Gudingding
Tasty and not bitter:Strawberry Candy Cold Brew Blend / Flower Queen
Memorable flavor:Kenya Cherry Tomato
Keeping a bottle of cold brew in the fridge is a very cost-effective joy in summer. Choose beans according to the plan, and you can start steeping your first bottle tonight.
The above content is compiled by CoffeeHunters, a coffee news website.
