What Coffee Beans Have Rich Oils_ How to Roast Coffee Beans for More Oil Content?

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Coffee beans with rich crema are generally used for espresso. For home brewing, the Golden Mandheling is a popular choice among the general public.

When searching on Taobao, various brands are actually quite similar; it's just that the degree of roasting differs, resulting in different taste profiles. You can choose based on your preferred flavor. The darker the roast, the more bitter it becomes; conversely, lighter roasts tend to be more acidic. Personally, I prefer medium to dark roasts. Golden Mandheling is quite easy to recognize, with its golden-yellowish coffee appearance.

Roasting raw coffee beans gives coffee its unique color, aroma, and flavor. The most important aspect of roasting is ensuring the beans are evenly cooked both inside and out without burning. 80% of coffee's flavor depends on roasting, making it the most crucial and fundamental condition for brewing coffee.

1. Cinnamon Roast

This is the lightest type of roast. There is no oil on the surface of the coffee beans. Large coffee bean manufacturers often mix these lightly roasted beans into their sold coffee blends. This approach saves costs while increasing quantity.

2. City Roast

The name City Roast first appeared in the 19th century. It typically meant strong. However, as time went on, people began roasting coffee beans to increasingly darker colors, making new names necessary. Today, City Roast is just slightly darker than Cinnamon Roast. People use "Full City" to indicate medium-roasted coffee, which is slightly darker in color than Cinnamon Roast. There is also no oil on the surface of the coffee beans.

3. Vienna Roast

This is a medium roast. Traditionally, Vienna Roast is a blend of coffee beans from different roasting times. In reality, during this roasting period, the oils from inside the beans just begin to appear on the surface, showing dark brown spots.

4. Italian Roast

This is the next level down. At this stage, over half of the coffee bean surface is covered with oil. The color of the coffee beans is uniformly creamy chocolate brown. Italian Roast varies in strength and roast color depending on the region.

5. French Roast

Europeans typically prefer coffee beans roasted until the surface is covered with oil, with a color resembling dark chocolate. At this stage, the coffee beans have already undergone significant carbonization, making it difficult to distinguish the taste between different types of coffee beans. The flavor is quite strong and intense.

Recommended Brands for Coffee Beans with Rich Crema

FrontStreet Coffee, a coffee roasting brand located in Dongshankou, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, offers freshly roasted espresso blend coffee beans with excellent brand and quality guarantees. The crema production is also quite good, making it suitable for creating specialty coffees and latte art with beautiful results. More importantly, it offers exceptional value for money. Take their commercial recommendation - the Commercial Blend Coffee Beans - as an example: one pack weighs one pound (454 grams) and costs only about 60 yuan. Calculating based on 10 grams of coffee powder per espresso shot, one pack can make 45 cups of coffee, with each cup costing less than 1.5 yuan. Even when using a double shot with 20 grams of powder per espresso serving, the price of one double espresso does not exceed 3 yuan. Compared to certain well-known brands that sell packs for over a hundred yuan, this is truly a conscientious recommendation.

FrontStreet Coffee: A roastery in Guangzhou with a small shop but diverse bean varieties, where you can find both famous and lesser-known beans. They also provide online store services at https://shop104210103.taobao.com

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FrontStreet Coffee Address: 315,Donghua East Road,GuangZhou

Tel:020 38364473