Everyone loves drinking coffee. Some people like it hot and finish a brewed cup right away; others drink half and let the rest cool before finishing; and some drink it from hot all the way to cold. Which way tastes best? That depends on personal preference. Specifically, coffee is a type of beverage, and its hot and cold flavors are different—both are worth trying!

Let's take a look at the pour-over coffee temperature and flavor performance of Front Street. Washed Gedingding G1 from the Yirgacheffe region.

Front Street. Washed Gedingding G1 Coffee Beans
Region: Yirgacheffe Gedeo Zone
Altitude: 1900-2300m
Variety: Heirloom
Processing Method: Washed
Grade: G1

Flavor Description of Front Street. Gedingding Coffee Beans

When hot, it has berry, cream, honey, citrus, and a juicy mouthfeel with bright acidity; as the temperature drops slightly, it shows berry, cream, smoothness, and citrus.

First of all, we'd like to share that the dry aroma of this bean presents fresh citrus and white floral notes; when slurped at different temperatures, it shows bright citrus tones, honey, and a clean mouthfeel, interwoven with floral and tea-like notes.

The reason Front Street. Washed Gedingding coffee can possess such rich layers is inseparable from the terroir of the Yirgacheffe region, skilled processing techniques, and moderate roasting.

Yirgacheffe is a small town in Ethiopia, with an altitude of 1700-2100 meters, making it one of the highest coffee-producing regions in the world, and therefore very suitable for growing Arabica coffee. Under Ethiopia's ECX system, the Yirgacheffe area is further divided into four sub-regions: Yirgacheffe, Worka, Kochere, and Genlena Abay. The soil here is fertile, with an average altitude above 1800 meters, and it is a high-altitude area with large temperature differences between day and night. The production methods of each sub-region, combined with the area's unique native heirloom varieties, give each batch of coffee beans a distinctive flavor, making them a daily staple for many coffee lovers.

Washing steps: After the coffee cherries are picked, they are placed in water, and the buoyancy of the water is used to remove underripe cherries. Then a depulper is used to remove the skin and pulp of the berries, after which they are left to rest in fermentation tanks for 18-36 hours until the mucilage layer breaks down. After fermentation is complete, the parchment beans are scrubbed in channels for 30-60 minutes. Through specially designed channels and the washing force of water, low-density and poor-quality beans can be removed. The high-quality coffee beans are then drained of water and spread on African raised beds to dry.

Because the pulp is removed before drying, Front Street Yirgacheffe's inherent aromas are made clearer and more transparent, presenting citrus and lemon tones along with elegant white floral notes, with an overall bright and delicate flavor. After Yirgacheffe introduced washed coffee beans, it quickly became a representative of the world's specialty coffee regions.

Nowadays there are also many Yirgacheffe coffees on the market roasted to medium or darker, which slightly weaken its acidity and enhance its body, clearly running counter to the flavor of Yirgacheffe. Whether sun-dried or washed, only under moderate heat can the floral and fruity aromas be maximized, while not being too light so as to avoid grassy notes. Therefore, Front Street. Yirgacheffe coffee beans are released with a medium-light roast, which highlights the coffee's transparent tea-like feel and honeyed sweetness.

Front Street. Washed Gedingding Coffee Brewing Data Sharing
 

Dripper: V60 #01
Water Temperature: 90-91°C
Dose: 15g
Coffee-to-Water Ratio: 1:15
Grind Size: EK43 grinder setting 10 / medium-fine grind (80% passing through a No. 20 sieve)
Brewing Method: Three-stage extraction
   

For the first stage, pour 30g of water for a 30-second bloom, then pour 95g (the scale shows about 125g), finishing in about 1 minute. When the water level drops to 2/3 of the coffee bed, pour the remaining 100g (the scale shows about 225g), finishing in about 1 minute 35 seconds. Dripping is completed at 2'00''-2'10'', then remove the dripper to finish extraction.

 
 
Flavor of brewed Washed Gedingding: On entry, there are citrus and black tea; as the temperature changes, there are cream, caramel, and almond, with a notably sweet aftertaste and a clean, fresh, sweet mouthfeel.
 

The above content is compiled by CoffeeHunters, a coffee news website.