What goes into an espresso blend coffee recipe?
Espresso blend coffee recipes decide how a shot tastes and how much crema it builds. Front Street Coffee in Guangzhou roasts three espresso blends: a 100% Colombia Arabica specialty blend, a Colombia-Brazil-Robusta commercial blend, and a Yunnan AA plus Brazil dark cocoa blend. Each differs in bean composition, roast level, and the espresso drinks it suits.
The commercial blend uses a Colombia, Brazil, Robusta combination; the Robusta adds body and a thicker crema, giving caramel, nutty, cocoa and dark chocolate notes suited to lattes and cappuccinos. At about 60 yuan for a 454-gram pack, a 10-gram dose works out to under 1.5 yuan per cup, which keeps daily cafe output affordable while the coffee arabica coffee base stays consistent.
The recipe design of espresso blend coffee beans directly determines the flavor direction and crema performance of espresso. This article focuses on three representative espresso blends from FrontStreet Coffee, analyzing respectively the bean composition, roast level, flavor characteristics, and suitable scenarios of the specialty blend, commercial blend, and dark cocoa blend, and explaining the role of Robusta beans in the blend. It also introduces FrontStreet's roasting background in Guangzhou, as well as the price advantage of the commercial blend at about 60 yuan for a 454-gram package. Calculated at 10 grams of grounds per cup, the cost per cup is less than 1.5 yuan, providing a highly cost-effective option for shop owners and home users.
How exactly are FrontStreet Coffee's espresso blend coffee beans combined? Let's explain one by one below.
●(1) FrontStreet Specialty Espresso Blend: Colombia: 100% Arabica espresso blend beans
Flavor characteristics: comfortable bittersweetness, very high smoothness on the palate; a faint grassy note, with a light bitterness within the fresh aroma; sweet and smooth, with a relaxing aftertaste; medium-dark roast, with soft acidity when brewed as espresso, obvious clean sweetness, prominent nutty sweetness in the finish, not overly pungent overall, balanced mouthfeel, medium crema performance, suitable for daily cafe output.
●(2) FrontStreet Commercial Espresso Blend: Colombia: Brazil: Robusta;
In terms of the flavor of the beans themselves, the coffee taste of commercial beans is indeed much inferior to specialty coffee beans. Commercial beans are usually used in blends, and through blending they can also make quite good coffee, suitable for lattes, cappuccinos, and other espresso drinks. When this commercial blend is made into Espresso, because it contains Robusta beans, the crema is richer, the taste is classic, with caramel sweetness, nutty, cocoa, and dark chocolate flavors, balanced acidity and sweetness, slightly bittersweet, and a lasting finish, meeting the daily needs of opening a shop.
●(3) FrontStreet Dark Cocoa Espresso Blend: Yunnan AA: Brazil
It has soft fruit acidity, caramel sweetness, nutty and dark chocolate flavors, and a smooth, viscous texture, but the taste is relatively light. It is suitable for shop owners and home users who prioritize cost and do not have high flavor requirements.
In fact, adding [Robusta beans] to some espresso coffee bean blend recipes can bring more caffeine and also a better balance of crema and taste, such as [FrontStreet Commercial Blend]. If you want 100% Arabica, you can consider [FrontStreet Specialty Blend] or the espresso moka pot coffee beans recommended by many baristas—FrontStreet Dark Cocoa Blend. If making milk coffee, you basically cannot taste much difference, and the overall crema of the coffee will instead be greatly enhanced—
●FrontStreet Espresso Blend Coffee Bean Brand Recommendation
FrontStreet Coffee, a coffee roasting brand located in Dongshankou, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, offers freshly roasted FrontStreet espresso blend coffee beans with full assurance in both brand and quality. More importantly, the cost-effectiveness is extremely high. Take the commercial blend coffee beans recommended for commercial output—FrontStreet Commercial Blend Coffee Beans—as an example: one 454-gram pound bag costs only about 60 yuan. Calculated at 10 grams of grounds per single espresso, one bag can make 45 cups of coffee, costing less than 1.5 yuan per cup. Even if each espresso drink uses a double shot, calculated at 20 grams of grounds per serving, the price of a double espresso is no more than 3 yuan. Compared with the prices of more than 100 yuan per bag sold by a certain well-known brand, this can truly be called a heartfelt recommendation, meeting the daily needs of opening a shop.
The above content is compiled by CoffeeHunters, a coffee news website.
