Espresso, also commonly called "Espresso," or "Italian-style espresso" or "espresso." A good espresso adds a fine coffee taste to espresso-based drinks; if you drink espresso on its own, the flavor is very intense, but many people simply love this unique coffee taste. Front Street Coffee also offers espresso, and it is needed in many fancy coffee drinks.
     

The extracted espresso has a thick surface, a reddish-brown crema, and beneath the crema lie proteins, oils, and other aromatic elements; espresso has an irresistible charm. Standing at the bar and ordering an espresso is a sign of professionalism and quality, and it can also bring you into the rich world of coffee. So, how does Front Street Coffee suggest drinking espresso?
 

 
First, beforedrinking espresso, make sure your mouth has no lingering taste from other foods, especially spicy or sweet and greasy flavors. Because espresso is very strong, Front Street Coffee also serves guests a glass of plain water when serving espresso; before drinking, it is best to take a sip of water to reset your sense of taste. Or take a sip of light fresh lemon water; fresh lemon water can fill your mouth with a fresh lemon flavor, which helps you better feel the impact of espresso, while also moistening your mouth. A thirsty state is not suitable for drinking espresso.
 
Drinking espresso does not require a very special setting, and sometimes not even a table. Many Italians like to stand by the bar and watch the barista craft an espresso gracefully and smoothly. After adjusting your oral sense of taste, pick up the 40cc of reddish liquid, tilt your head back, and drink it in one go, letting the rich aroma fill the inner walls of your mouth, blend into your blood, and reach your heart, savoring the coffee fragrance locked within your body, making you feel refreshed and keeping a good mood all day.

    
Of course, this all depends on the coffee beans you choose. Front Street Coffee believes that choosing a coffee flavor that suits you is very important. Because espresso must use an Italian coffee machine, and unlike lattes or cappuccinos, espresso does not add rich milk. This milk-free espresso is very primal and very easily amplifies the flavor of the coffee beans themselves. A good espresso can let you taste the regional flavor, while the characteristics of badespresso beanswill also amplify the beans' own traits.
     

It is just such a small cup of coffee that concentrates all the essence of coffee flavor. Makingthe coffee beans selected for espressois different from pour-over coffee. When makingespresso beans, Front Street Coffee likes to blend several coffee beans so that the extracted espresso achieves the coffee flavor Front Street Coffee wants.
 

 
For example, if Front Street Coffee wants to blend anespresso beanwith a vinous flavor and a bit of fruity acidity, how should the blend be done? Because an espresso machine has the characteristic of amplifying the most prominent flavor note of the coffee beans, Front Street Coffee will not use a single variety of coffee to make espresso; otherwise, if that coffee bean is bitter, the resulting espresso will be extremely bitter, and if it is acidic, it will be very sour. So we need blending to balance the various flavors.
 
Front Street Coffee first considers coffee beans with a stronger fruity acidity, such as coffee beans from the Yirgacheffe region in Africa. Front Street Coffee chooses the sun-dried Red Cherry from the Yirgacheffe region; for vinous coffee beans, Front Street Coffee first thinks of coffee beans processed in wine barrels, such as Colombia San Jose coffee, which is fermented in fine rum barrels, and the more famous Honduras Sherry coffee. Front Street Coffee's Sherry coffee beans are fermented in whiskey barrels, and just smelling the coffee beans gives a very strong whiskey aroma. In the end, Front Street Coffee uses Honduras Sherry coffee beans : Yirgacheffe Red Cherry coffee beans in a 6:4 ratio for the blend. The extracted espresso beans have obvious fruity acidity, a faint berry aroma lingering, rich vinous and chocolate flavors, and a comfortable sweet aftertaste. Front Street Coffee names it Sunflower Warm Sun espresso beans.
 

 
Besides this coffee bean, Front Street Coffee has blended many espresso blend coffee beans, and the flavor of each coffee bean is different. Front Street Coffee has blended an espresso bean with very rich nut and dark chocolate flavors. Front Street Coffee selected Yunnan coffee beans and Brazilian coffee beans with a richer nutty flavor, blended in a 3:7 ratio. The extracted espresso has soft fruity acidity, caramel sweetness, nut and dark chocolate flavors, and is smooth and syrupy. If you like richer nut and chocolate flavors, this coffee bean is a good choice.
    

When blending, Front Street Coffee will also appropriately add some Robusta coffee beans to the blend. Robusta coffee beans are very rich in oils. Front Street Coffee names this coffee bean Front Street Commercial Blend espresso beans.
 

 
Its ratio is Colombia coffee beans : Brazil coffee beans : Robusta coffee beans, at a ratio of 3:6:1. The flavor has caramel sweetness, nut and cocoa-like, dark chocolate flavors, balanced acidity and sweetness, a slight bittersweetness, and a lingering aftertaste.
 
Front Street believes this is the benefit of blending, because a high-quality blend, in addition to balancing acidity, sweetness, and bitterness, can also have better body and avoid or reduce defective flavors. Understanding the characteristics of each coffee bean and artistically mixing them creates a desired new flavor.
 

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