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Everyone's perception and preference for coffee taste is different. Some friends think of coffee as that rich, fragrant, bitter brew, some love coffee with acidity, and others enjoy coffee with milk and sugar. Today we will only discuss black coffee—are there any coffee beans that taste very sweet? First, let's understand why coffee has sweetness.

Coffee beans contain sucrose-like substances. Although not much, and mostly masked by high acidity or high bitterness, they are a genuine source of sweetness. Next is aroma. The reason we can smell honey, sweet fruit, caramel, and maple syrup in coffee is because coffee contains compounds such as terpenones and furanones.

Coffee beans need to go through the processing stage of the coffee cherry. After all, they are part of the fruit, and ripe fruit is sweeter than unripe fruit. Therefore, full red cherry processing is the prerequisite for ensuring coffee quality. During processing, the more substances involved in fermentation, the higher the sweetness of the coffee beans. So, if you like obviously sweet coffee, you can try coffee beans that are sun-dried, black honey processed, or anaerobic sun-dried.

The most direct factor affecting coffee sweetness is the degree of roasting. The lighter the roast, the more acidic the coffee; the darker the roast, the more bitter the coffee. Coffee closer to a medium roast has the best sweetness.

If we use a simple, rough classification, coffee beans with relatively high sweetness can also be divided into two directions: sweet with acidity and sweet within bitterness.

Sweet with acidity is currently a flavor type that many people like. It specifically presents as the taste of ripe fruit and is very pleasant to drink. Front Street Coffee would like to share a few highly popular coffee beans for everyone's reference.

First: Front Street Coffee Yirgacheffe Sun-Dried Red Cherry

This coffee bean can be considered a classic representative of relatively high sweetness among light-roast coffees. This bean was the earliest to propose full red cherry sun-dried processing, so its quality is very high. Front Street Coffee used a medium-light roast, giving this bean a tasting profile that smells of ripe fruit, has an obvious fermented aroma and berry flavor on entry, and as the temperature drops slightly, shows citrus acidity, creamy smoothness, and a ripe grape juice sensation in the finish.

Second: Front Street Coffee Strawberry Candy Coffee Beans

This is a blend carefully selected by Front Street Coffee from two high-altitude coffee-producing regions. It combines Panama washed Geisha and Costa Rica honey-processed coffee. In order to maximize the advantages of both origins, Front Street Coffee used a medium roast, allowing the coffee to retain rich floral and fruity notes while also highlighting its roasting-type aromas. When brewed, it presents caramel, raisins, candied fruit, and a sweet, rich rose fragrance.

Third: Musician Series Mozart Coffee Beans

Costa Rica's Mozart is characterized by a Kyoho grape-like sweetness and has long been loved by many friends. This coffee bean uses a raisin honey processing method, allowing the coffee cherries to ferment slowly. Front Street Coffee used a medium-light roast to highlight this bean's very rich aromas of raisins, roses, and fermented wine.

When bitterness and sweetness exist in the same pot of coffee, what we often perceive first is bitterness, and after swallowing, a sweet aftertaste remains at the base of the tongue. This pleasing sweetness that bitter coffee naturally carries is what everyone often describes as "hui gan," meaning the sweetness that comes after bitterness, and it is most common in medium-dark roasted coffee. For example, Blue Mountain No. 1 and Golden Mandheling will show this kind of finish.

Coffee that shows sweetness within bitterness mainly uses nuts and dark chocolate as the main tone, bringing out obvious sweetness of sucrose, maple syrup, and caramel. It is the first choice for friends who do not like acidic coffee. Front Street Coffee would like to share a few long-standing, enduring coffee beans for everyone's reference.

Fourth: Front Street Coffee Queen's Estate Yellow Bourbon Coffee Beans

Queen's Estate Yellow Bourbon is a coffee bean that Front Street Coffee likes very much. Its biggest feature is its good sweetness and versatility (suitable for pour-over, French press, moka pot, and coffee machine). Queen's Estate itself is also a specialty estate in Brazil, and the Yellow Bourbon variety is an excellent variety. Sun-dried processing also makes the coffee's sweetness pronounced. Front Street Coffee used a medium roast, showing flavors of nuts, cream, sucrose, and soft fruit acidity.

Fifth: Front Street Coffee Yunnan Small-Bean Typica Coffee Beans

This is coffee grown by Front Street Coffee in Yunnan. Many people know that Front Street Coffee shares coffee knowledge and roasts coffee beans, but few know that Front Street Coffee grows coffee in Yunnan. As early as 2013, Front Street Coffee began growing coffee in Lincang, Yunnan, advancing step by step through site selection, breeding, planting, and management. Front Street Coffee grows the Typica variety, an Arabica variety with excellent flavor. It uses sun-dried processing and, after medium roasting, shows extremely high candied-fruit sweetness, plum, yellow sugar, and chocolate.

If you think all the coffees above are bitter, then if you want to drink something sweet, the only option is to add sugar, and how much to add depends on your own preference.

In Front Street Coffee's view, everyone's dietary habits are different, so their ability to identify sourness, sweetness, bitterness, and saltiness will naturally differ. Even when drinking the same pot of coffee, perhaps some people find it very bitter while others think it is very sweet. If you do not want the barista to serve you what you consider "bitter coffee," you might as well add one more sentence when ordering: whether the coffee you want to drink is fruity and acidic, sweet after a dark roast, fragrant and sweet in flavor, or sweet with extra sugar...

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