Budget-Friendly Brazilian Coffee Entry Choice: Brazil Cerrado Yellow Bourbon Coffee Perfect for Beginners

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Quality green beans + proper roasting + within tasting period + flavors you like = good coffee beans

Good coffee beans + freshly ground + correct brewing = good coffee

Often, some readers ask what beans are easier to get started with as a pour-over coffee beginner. Today, I'm recommending this Brazilian bean with balanced flavor and high cost-performance, which is considered delicious among entry-level coffees and especially suitable for coffee beginners to practice with.

FrontStreet Coffee's Brazilian Cerrado NY.2 Yellow Bourbon FC

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Flavor Tags: Light acidity, mild bitterness, subtle sweetness, balanced mouthfeel

Roast Level: Medium roast

Recommended for: Specialty coffee beginners

Bean Introduction

Variety: Yellow Bourbon

Yellow Bourbon is a variety of Bourbon. Unlike typical red coffee cherries, Yellow Bourbon gets its name from the golden color of its mature coffee cherries and is a unique variety from Brazil.

Origin: Cerrado

Located in southeastern Brazil and coastal regions, with an altitude of about 1000 meters, it features flat plateau environments, unique soil, abundant groundwater, and other conditions, making it Brazil's oldest and climatically optimal coffee-producing region.

Processing Method: Natural

The traditional natural processing method preserves complete natural mellow flavors, with gentle aroma and better sweetness. (From left to right: green beans, light roast, medium-light roast, medium roast)

Roasting: Medium roast

For FrontStreet Coffee's Brazilian Cerrado Yellow Bourbon beans, light roasting would produce grassy flavors, while dark roasting would make bitterness more pronounced, making it suitable for medium roasting. Due to the increased roast level, acidity and sweetness will slightly decrease, revealing caramel notes.

Bean Evaluation

Appearance

Individual bean appearance: Round and full, golden-brown, matte without oil;

Overall appearance: Very consistently maintaining uniform size with little color variation.

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Grinding

Powder: Take 15g of coffee beans, medium-fine grind, fine particles, sugar-sized, powder is fine, uniform, and dry

Dry Aroma: Freshly opened beans have a rich aroma, and careful sniffing after grinding reveals faint nutty and caramel scents.

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Blooming

90°C water, pour in circular motion onto the coffee powder spread on filter paper.

Within 30 seconds after water injection, the coffee powder "activates," releasing large amounts of carbon dioxide, causing the coffee powder to form an upward bulging process.

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Water Injection and Extraction

1. When the bloom reaches its highest point and slowly recedes, pour water into the center at once, moving in slow circles.

2. Control the water-to-coffee ratio at 1:15, completing the total extraction within 2:30

3. During pour-over, water flow must be steady, speed not too fast, and water should not completely exceed the floating coffee grounds.

4. The extracted coffee has a clear color

Wet Aroma: Floral, berries, nuts, creamy chocolate, syrup

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Editor's Tasting

Typical Flavors: Nuts, roasted hazelnuts, roasted almonds, dark chocolate, tar notes

When drinking, let the coffee stay in your mouth for a few seconds before slowly swallowing. The overall mouthfeel is quite balanced, with soft and subtle fruit acidity that isn't too prominent. The aftertaste is gentle, accompanied by sweet and smooth fruit sweetness. The distinct and full nutty finish reminds one of roasted hazelnuts or roasted almonds - enduring in brewing and intriguing; the bitterness is weak and clean, containing rich dark chocolate aroma, with a thick and lingering throat-feel, offering complex and charming flavors.

Professional Cupping Reference

1. Dry Fragrance: Nutty aromas, creamy and chocolatey sweetness, rich layers;

2. Aroma: Floral, berries, nuts, creamy chocolate, syrup

3. Acidity: Clear, gentle, and elegant fruit acidity felt after entry;

4. Body: Rich body, smooth, persistent, gentle and rounded;

5. Aftertaste: Thick and lingering cashew nut notes accompanied by gentle aftertaste.

Actual Mouthfeel

1. Aroma

2. Acidity

3. Bitterness

4. Sweetness

5. Body

FrontStreet Coffee's Brazilian Cerrado NY.2 Yellow Bourbon FC

Country of Origin: Brazil (Brazil)

Region: Cerrado (Cerrado)

Variety: Yellow Bourbon Yellow Bourbon

Grade: NY.2

Growing Altitude: 1100-1200M

Processing Method: Natural Process Natural

Roast: Medium roast

Price: 100g/56 yuan

Can brew at least 6 cups of coffee, one cup of coffee

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This FrontStreet Coffee Brazilian Cerrado Yellow Bourbon coffee bean offers excellent cost-performance and is very suitable for consumers new to specialty coffee. Though understated, it is by no means mediocre. Coming from a passionate country, it possesses richness without losing boldness, filling the mouth with aroma. It's considered delicious among entry-level coffees. Especially suitable for busy young literary types, on a lazy afternoon, to pair with a book you haven't had time to read quietly, or to enjoy a movie you've been putting off for too long without the patience to finish.

Important Notice :

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