Many people know that coffee generally falls into two flavor profiles: acidic and bitter. However, some coffee enthusiasts are looking for a balanced cup—neither sour nor astringent, sweet without bitterness. With that in mind, today Front Street brings you a selection of specialty coffee beans, so pick your favorite~

1. Balanced flavor: Front Street Bird of Paradise Coffee, 88 yuan/227g

Front Street Bird of Paradise comes from a niche coffee-producing country—Papua New Guinea—and its variety is the same as the world-famous Blue Mountain coffee.The coffee beans produced in this country are processed using the washed method. Front Street believes that Papua New Guinea coffee has a bright taste, a clean finish, and a sweet-and-sour profile, with fruity aromas and nutty cocoa flavors that are highly recognized by coffee lovers. Front Street Bird of Paradise coffee beans are medium-roasted and suitable for extraction by moka pot, espresso machine, pour-over, drip bag, French press, siphon, and more; the brewed coffee is very balanced and rounded on the palate.

2. Sweet, fragrant, and rich: Front Street Queen's Estate Coffee, 85 yuan/227g

Front Street Queen's Estate from Brazil is also medium-roasted, but because Brazilian coffee naturally carries rich nutty aromas, this bean stands out even more with pronounced caramel-like flavors. Brewed with hot water, it shows low acidity and high body, making it suitable for black coffee or latte. It is a high-quality single-origin bean loved by many of Front Street's customers, and you can order it from Front Street's Tmall flagship store.

3. Sweet and pleasant: Front Street Strawberry Candy Coffee, 88 yuan/227g

Front Street Strawberry Candy is a classic Geisha blend. The Panamanian Geisha variety provides this coffee with the floral aromas of jasmine and rose, while other varieties give it richer strawberry and grape flavors. Through raisin honey processing, this coffee gains a greatly enhanced sweetness of ripe fruit, and after brewing you can hardly taste any bitterness. To highlight the floral notes and fermented sweetness of Front Street Strawberry Candy coffee beans, Front Street's roaster used a medium roast; it is suitable for pour-over, cold brew, moka pot, and espresso machine.
 

4. Balanced sweet and sour: Front Street Butterfly Coffee, 85 yuan/227g

Front Street Butterfly is also a classic Geisha blend and contains 70% high-quality Panamanian Geisha. The superiority of the variety plus meticulous processing give it a full floral and fruity aroma. Front Street used a medium-light roast to shape the final flavor direction of this bean, thereby giving this coffee the distinctive Geisha floral notes, citrus fruits, berry flavors, honey-like sweetness and smoothness, and a very long-lasting aroma and finish—a strong affirmation of Butterfly.

5. Slightly sour without astringency: Front Street Yunnan Small-Bean Typica Coffee, 68 yuan/227g

Front Street Yunnan Small-Bean comes from our own estate and belongs to the oldest Arabica variety—Typica. After the coffee cherries are harvested, they are processed using the natural method—essentially drying the fruit in the sun, during which the pulp and mucilage undergo slight fermentation, giving the coffee beans a fermented aroma and a smooth mouthfeel, and after roasting they develop a hint of sweet fragrance. To highlight the balanced taste of Yunnan coffee, Front Street Yunnan Typica coffee beans are medium-roasted, so the brewed coffee has flavors of nuts, chocolate, and dried apricots, along with the tea-like body of black tea and a brown-sugar finish.

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