How do coffee enthusiasts pick beans for iced coffee?

Low-temperature extraction is slow but yields a sweeter, smoother cup, since heat breaks down tannic acid into sour and bitter compounds. For cold brew or ice drip, Kenya Little Tomato brings berries, black plum and smoked plum; Strawberry Candy gives ripe strawberry, raisin and orange; Flower Butterfly offers citrus, nuts and a black tea finish.

The same beans taste different across methods. Kenya Little Tomato turns bright and sweet as an iced Americano or Japanese-style iced coffee, with cherry tomato and sugarcane notes. Strawberry Candy shifts toward blueberry, strawberry gummy and honey, while Flower Butterfly becomes lemony and lightly floral.

In such hot weather, of course coffee should be enjoyed iced. But for Front Street, who suffers from choice paralysis, with so many types of iced coffee on the market—cold brew, ice drip, nitro coffee, Japanese-style iced coffee—how on earth should one choose?

We all know that iced coffee generally uses low-temperature extraction, which is slow, but in terms of flavor, high temperatures easily break down tannic acid in coffee into pyrogallic acid, producing sourness and bitterness, whereas low-temperature extracted coffee has a relatively sweeter, smoother flavor and is quite popular. Common cold brew, iced Americano, ice drip, and Japanese-style iced coffee, although all are low-temperature products, taste very different depending on the production process and coffee beans. So if you want to make delicious iced coffee, what coffee beans should you choose? Below, Front Street combines two different brewing methods to bring you three beans that are deeply loved by coffee enthusiasts and very suitable for making iced coffee:

1. Refreshing fruity feel—Front Street Kenya·Little Tomato Coffee

Cold brew/ice drip coffee flavor: berries, black plum, smoked plum,round mouthfeel

Iced Americano/Japanese-style iced coffee flavor: cherry tomatoes, sour plum soup, sugarcane, bright acidity and sweetness

2. Rich and sweet type—Front Street Strawberry Candy Coffee

Cold brew/ice drip coffee flavor: ripe strawberries, raisins, oranges, fruit wine, sweet and smooth mouthfeel

Iced Americano/Japanese-style iced coffee flavor: blueberries, strawberry gummies, roses, honey

3. Light floral tea type—Front Street Flower Butterfly Coffee

Cold brew/ice drip coffee flavor: citrus, orange, nuts, black tea aftertaste, smooth mouthfeel

Iced Americano/Japanese-style iced coffee flavor: lemon, berries, light floral aroma, tea-like feel

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