What Famous Coffees Appear on the Front Street Menu?

The 2022 Front Street Coffee specialty roasted bean price list spans origins from Ethiopia to Yunnan, China. Roughly fifty beans from more than three hundred samples earn a place on the menu each year. Among the famous coffees listed are Ethiopia's COE#22 natural Typica at 108 yuan per 100g and the 2020 Taste of Harvest washed champion from Guji at 98 yuan per 100g.

The menu also reflects the range of processing methods, from washed and natural to wet-hulled and barrel-fermented, and names origins including Kenya, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Jamaica, Hawaii, Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil, and Honduras. This geisha coffe context matters because variety, terroir, and processing together shape each bean's flavor notes and price.

Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) cups hundreds of sample beans year after year, and in the end only about fifty make it onto the menu — a clear sign of how high the bar is for selection. The 2022 new-crop menu covers Ethiopia, Kenya, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Jamaica, Hawaii, Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil, Honduras, and Yunnan, China, among other origins, with a rich variety of processing methods ranging from washed and natural to wet-hulled and barrel-fermented. This article provides a complete overview of each coffee's origin background, variety information, processing method, flavor description, and price, making it easy for coffee lovers to choose according to their needs.

The bean-sourcing and roasting plan for the new year is officially underway, and Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee)'s 2021 new bean menu has now been unveiled. Every year, the Front Street team evaluates more than three hundred sample beans and cupping beans, yet only about fifty ultimately make it onto the menu. This also means that any single-origin coffee bean appearing on Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee)'s shelves is certain to have something unique worth paying attention to.

Ethiopia

As the birthplace of coffee, Ethiopia is arguably the world's largest treasure trove of coffee genetics, with nine major specialty regions distributed across the country, each presenting distinctly different coffee flavors due to differences in terroir. Among them, the Yirgacheffe region, Sidama, and its sub-regions are the most well known.

COE#22: This bean is the 22nd-place winning lot from Ethiopia's first Cup of Excellence (COE), and also a bean Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) acquired through auction bidding. It comes from the Alsi region of Sidama, is of the Typica variety, and is naturally processed. The flavor profile shows strawberry, lychee, fermented wine notes, and honey. Priced at 108 yuan/100g.

TOH Washed Champion Bean: This lot is the washed-group champion of the 2020 Taste of Harvest competition. The origin is Uraga, a sub-region of the Guji region, and the variety is local heirloom. The flavor presents citrus, jasmine, honey, and yuzu tea. Priced at 98 yuan/100g.

Yirgacheffe Natural Red Cherry: This is a classic naturally processed Yirgacheffe under the Front Street label. The Red Cherry Project was initiated by Dutch green bean merchant Trabocca, requiring all fully ripe red cherries to be used in order to improve coffee quality. This Front Street bean comes from the Aricha processing station in Yirgacheffe, is of the local heirloom variety, and is naturally processed. The flavor is berry, strawberry, lemon, and fermented wine notes. Priced at 88 yuan/227g.

Yirgacheffe Gutingding: The Gutingding cooperative is located in the Worka region southeast of Yirgacheffe town. It was originally part of the Worka cooperative and was later discovered by CoffeeHunters because of its outstanding flavor. This lot is a washed local heirloom variety. The flavor is citrus, berry, oolong tea, and honey. Priced at 88 yuan/227g.

Alsi: This is a well-known Sidama coffee, produced in the West Arsi region of Sidama, of the local heirloom variety, and naturally processed. The flavor is berry, honey, nectarine, and mango. Priced at 80 yuan/227g.

Huakui 4.0: Huakui first emerged in 2017, and by 2020 it had entered its fourth year, with the version upgraded to 4.0. The 4.0 version's beans are smaller than previous versions, and Front Street believes these small particles are precisely the source of Huakui's strawberry flavor. The flavor is citrus, strawberry, and lemon tea. Priced at 78 yuan/227g.

Zhumang: This is one of the signature offerings from the 90+ green bean merchant, produced in the Sidama region and naturally processed. The flavor is nectarine, tropical fruit, and cream. Priced at 90 yuan/227g.

Gesha Village: Gesha Village is the only large estate in Ethiopia producing Geisha coffee, with stable and reliable flavor quality. The Gesha Village series launched by Front Street includes two grades: Gold Label and Red Label. [Gold Label] flavor is citrus, cream, fermented notes, tea-like quality, and plum; [Red Label] flavor is citrus, cream, and fruit candy. Priced at [Gold Label] 158 yuan/100g, [Red Label] 108 yuan/100g.

Kenya

Kenya is Africa's second-largest coffee-producing country, after Ethiopia. Although adjacent to Ethiopia, its flavors are vastly different. Kenyan coffee is harvested twice a year, one concentrated around November and the other around July. Coffee is mainly grown on volcanic soil at an altitude of about 2,000 meters, and the fertile soil provides good conditions for the growth of specialty coffee.

Asali: This is a Kenyan traditional-style coffee selected by Front Street, produced at the Asali processing station in the Thika region, of the SL28 and SL34 varieties, using Kenya's refined 72-hour washed processing. The flavor is cherry tomato, smoked plum, and yellow sugar, bright and clean. Priced at 98 yuan/227g.

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea is located in the southwestern Pacific and is an island nation. The country's first Typica variety was introduced from Jamaica Blue Mountain, and it also has an island growing environment similar to Blue Mountain's, so its coffee quality should not be underestimated.

Bird of Paradise: Front Street has selected coffee from Papua's finest estate, a washed Typica from Sigri Estate, also known as Bird of Paradise coffee. The flavor is sugarcane, hazelnut, caramel, and nuts. Priced at 88 yuan/227g.

Indonesia

Indonesian coffee has a long history and can be considered the most classic representative of Asian coffee-producing regions. Indonesian coffee has high flavor recognition and is renowned for its full-bodied mouthfeel.

Golden Mandheling: Front Street's Golden Mandheling is coffee from PWN Company's latest October 2020 crop, produced in the Gayo Mountain area of Aceh, North Sumatra, of the Ateng variety, using the wet-hulled processing method, and having undergone one machine sorting and three hand sortings. The quality is quite high, with plump and uniform beans. The flavor is nuts, caramel, herbal notes, and chocolate, clean and full-bodied. Priced at 89 yuan/227g.

Tiger Mandheling: Produced in the Aceh region of North Sumatra, of the Typica and Caturra varieties, wet-hulled processed. The biggest difference from Golden Mandheling is that Tiger Mandheling carries a special agarwood charm. Of course, in terms of screening standards, Tiger Mandheling is not as strict as Golden Mandheling. The flavor is Chinese herbal medicine, pine resin, nuts, cream, and caramel. Priced at 79 yuan/227g.

Aged Mandheling: The core characteristic of Aged Mandheling lies in the aging step of processing. After conventional wet-hulled processing is completed, aging is still required. Aging must be carried out at the place of origin, and the beans must be stored in warehouses with controllable temperature and humidity or good ventilation. During aging, the beans need to be turned and inspected frequently, for two purposes: first, to let the coffee evenly contact the air and ensure consistent dryness; second, to check for moldy beans and insect-damaged beans to prevent large-scale contamination. At present, the aging time for Aged Mandheling is usually 2 to 3 years, during which acidity gradually weakens and transforms into sugars, and the bean color also becomes darker, mostly yellowish-brown or dark brown, with very high recognizability. The flavor is pine resin, malt, caramel, ripe pu-erh, caramel, herbs, and chocolate. Priced at 89 yuan/227g.

Kopi Luwak: As one of the most famous coffees, Front Street's Kopi Luwak uses Indonesian Arabica beans and undergoes fermentation inside the civet. The flavor is herbal, nuts, dark chocolate, and fermented notes. Priced at 250 yuan/100g.

Jamaica

In Jamaica, only the Blue Mountain region produces coffee. Due to its excellent quality and limited production, the price has remained high, and in the last century it was hailed as the best coffee.

Blue Mountain No. 1 Coffee: Front Street's Blue Mountain No. 1 is produced at Clifton Farm. This farm has a long history and holds a lofty position in the Blue Mountain region, and its coffee quality has always been a benchmark. In 2020, in addition to traditional washed processing, a natural version was also added. The flavor is [Washed] dark chocolate, nuts, cream, balanced; [Natural] berry, dark cocoa, nuts, fermented notes. Both are priced at 158 yuan/100g.

Hawaii

Hawaiian coffee and Blue Mountain coffee are known together as "one king and one queen," and it is one of the representatives of island-style coffee, with superior quality.

Kona: Front Street's Kona coffee is produced at Queen Farm in Hawaii. This estate won second place in the Gevalia (Hawaii KONA cupping competition) Cup Grand Prix in 2009 and 2011. Queen Farm is known for high-quality coffee, and 70% of its harvested coffee beans can be called the world's top extra-special specialty beans. The flavor is osmanthus, mulberry juice, maltose, and plum. Priced at 120 yuan/100g.

Panama

Panama is one of the most famous producing countries in the specialty coffee world, and its coffee quality is almost universally recognized as excellent in the industry. Since Hacienda La Esmeralda's Geisha won the BOP championship in 2004, Panama and Geisha have been closely linked and mutually reinforcing. More than a decade later, Panamanian coffee has almost become synonymous with the highest-quality coffee, and whenever the world's best coffee is mentioned, Panama is always among the candidates.

Hacienda La Esmeralda Geisha: Hacienda La Esmeralda's Geisha coffee is the most representative, divided into three grades: Red Label, Green Label, and Blue Label.

[Red Label] Has bright rose and citrus aromas, with brown rice, berry, apricot, complex fruit, and honey; juicy and full-bodied, with rich flavor layers and prominent sweetness. Priced at 350 yuan/100g.

[Green Label] On the palate, jasmine fragrance is rich, sweetness is high, with citrus, berry, juicy quality, cream, green tea, orange peel, and cantaloupe; the overall layering is rich, and the finish of floral and citrus notes is lasting. Priced at 168 yuan/100g.

[Blue Label] On the palate there is a soft acidity of lemon and grapefruit; after the temperature drops slightly, oolong tea, honey, and sucrose sweetness emerge in the aftertaste, with a clean and bright mouthfeel. Priced at 98 yuan/100g.

Hartmann Estate: This Front Street Hartmann uses red wine processing, drawing on red wine-making techniques to process the coffee beans. The flavor is floral, fermented wine notes, citrus, kiwi, and liqueur chocolate. Priced at 85 yuan/227g.

Butterfly: Washed processed, containing 70% Geisha and 30% Caturra and Catuai. The flavor is citrus, floral, and tea aroma. Priced at 85 yuan/227g.

Costa Rica

The right timing, right conditions, and right people have created Costa Rica's image of high-yield, high-quality coffee. Although its land area is not large, it is one of the countries with the richest biodiversity in the world, abundant in natural resources, just as its name means "rich coast." Costa Rica's coastal terrain is mainly plains, while the central part is separated by rugged mountains.

Musician Series: The Musician Series currently sold by Front Street includes Bach (raisin honey processing), Mozart (anaerobic raisin), and Beethoven (washed). Their flavors are as follows:

Bach flavor: It smells of fermented aroma like rice wine; on the palate there is the sweet-and-sour sensation of ripe tropical fruit and berries, with nut and cream flavors, a caramel aftertaste, and a faint floral finish.

Mozart flavor: It smells of rich black grape aroma; on the palate there are raisins and sweet orange, and as the temperature changes, fermented wine notes and osmanthus aroma become more obvious.

Beethoven flavor: Green grape, vanilla, strawberry, melon, and citrus aromas, with a red pomegranate juice-like acidity, good cleanliness, a smooth mouthfeel, and a touch of green kiwi acidity.

The Musician Series is all priced at 90 yuan/227g.

Mirasu Geisha Blend: A proud creation of Mirasu Estate, containing 50% Geisha, ET47, SL28, and MAICO varieties. It uses raisin honey processing. The flavor is floral, berry, grape, and strawberry. Priced at 88 yuan/227g.

Colombia

Colombia is currently the world's third-largest coffee-producing country, mainly producing Arabica coffee. The country is located in the northwest of the South American continent and borders Panama in Central America.

Huayueye: Produced at the Acevedo Gatineau Estate in Huila Province, of the Caturra variety, using anaerobic natural processing. The flavor is strawberry jam, fermented wine notes, and liqueur chocolate. Priced at 62 yuan/100g.

Rose Valley: Produced at the Big Tree Estate in the Santander region, of the Caturra variety, using double enzyme washed processing. The flavor is honey, juicy quality, and strawberry. Priced at 62 yuan/100g.

Sakura: Produced at Paradise Estate in Cauca Province, of the Castillo variety, using double anaerobic washed processing. The flavor is mugwort, berry, fermented notes, spices, and strawberry jam. Priced at 88 yuan/100g.

San Jose: Produced in the Caldas region, of the Castillo variety, using refined washed rum barrel fermentation. The flavor is rum, liqueur chocolate, and tropical fruit. Priced at 98 yuan/100g.

Brazil Queen Farm: Hailed as a balanced coffee bean, with excellent quality, it is a naturally processed yellow bourbon. The flavor is peanut, almond, balanced, and sucrose. Priced at 85 yuan/227g.

Honduras Sherry: Produced at Mocha Estate, using sherry wine barrel fermentation. The flavor is vanilla, cream, whiskey, berry, and maple syrup. Priced at 80 yuan/227g.

Lychee Orchid: Also from Mocha Estate, using brandy barrel fermentation. The flavor is lychee, brandy, cream, and dark chocolate. Priced at 58 yuan/100g.

Front Street 2013 Typica: Front Street's Yunnan Typica variety, washed processed. The flavor is dried sweet potato, nuts, tea-like quality, and chocolate. Priced at 63 yuan/227g.

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