How do 2025 imported coffee bean prices compare across origins?

Front Street Coffee has released its 2025 new-crop bean list, covering imported roasted single-origin beans from Ethiopia, Kenya, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Jamaica, Hawaii, Panama, Costa Rica, and Colombia. Roughly 300 samples are cupped each year, and only about 50 make the list. Prices are listed per 100g, with origin, processing method, and flavor notes given for each bean, including Kona coffee and award-winning auction lots.

Ethiopian entries show the range well. The COE#22 lot from Sidamo's Arsi area, a sun-dried Typica, brings strawberry, lychee, fermented wine aroma, and honey at 108 yuan per 100g. The 2020 TOH washed champion from Guji's Uraga sub-region uses local heirloom varieties. Buyers can compare the Panama Hacienda La Esmeralda Gesha coffee bean with the coral island origins by region and processing method.

The 2025 Front Street Coffee new crop bean list has been officially released. Every year, the sourcing team tests over 300 sample beans, and ultimately only about 50 make it onto the shelves, which shows just how strict the selection criteria are. This article compiles the latest prices of all imported roasted coffee beans currently sold by Front Street for this season, covering classic representative beans from major producing regions such as Ethiopia, Kenya, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Jamaica, Hawaii, Panama, Costa Rica, and Colombia. From COE auction award-winning beans to everyday washed Yirgacheffe, from Blue Mountain No. 1 to Hacienda La Esmeralda Geisha, each bean is labeled with its origin, processing method, and flavor description, making it easy for coffee lovers to choose according to their needs.

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At the start of the new year, Front Street Coffee's bean sourcing and roasting work has set off again. The 2025 Front Street new bean list is now online! Every year, the Front Street team evaluates more than 300 sample beans and participates in cupping for new beans, yet in the end only about 50 make it onto the bean list. This is enough to show that every single-origin bean launched by Front Street Coffee has undergone strict screening and has its own distinctive characteristics.

Ethiopia

Ethiopia has the richest coffee variety resources in the world and is also the birthplace of coffee. The country has nine major specialty-producing regions, and each region presents completely different coffee flavors due to differences in terroir. Among them, the Yirgacheffe region, the Sidamo region, and their subordinate independent producing areas are the most well known.

COE#22: This bean is the 22nd-place winning lot from Ethiopia's first Cup of Excellence (COE), and Front Street Coffee participated in the auction for this lot. The beans come from the Arsi area of Sidamo, the variety is Typica, and they are sun-dried. The flavor profile shows strawberry, lychee, fermented wine aroma, and honey. Priced at 108 yuan/100g.

TOH Washed Champion Bean: This lot was the champion of the washed category in the 2020 Taste of Harvest (TOH) competition. It comes from the Uraga sub-region under the Guji region and belongs to local heirloom varieties. The flavor presents citrus, jasmine, honey, and pomelo tea. Priced at 98 yuan/100g.

Yirgacheffe Sun-Dried Red Cherry: This is the classic sun-dried Yirgacheffe that Front Street has long sold. The Red Cherry Project was initiated by Dutch green bean merchant Trabocca, requiring all fully ripe red cherries to be selected in order to improve the overall quality of the coffee. The lot selected by Front Street comes from the Aricha processing station in Yirgacheffe, is sun-dried, and uses local heirloom varieties. The flavor is berry, strawberry, lemon, and fermented wine aroma. Price 88 yuan/227g.

Yirgacheffe Gute Gute: The Gute Gute Cooperative is located in the Worka producing area southeast of Yirgacheffe town. It was originally affiliated with the Worka Cooperative and was later discovered separately by bean hunters because of its outstanding coffee flavor. This lot is a washed heirloom variety. The flavor includes citrus, berries, oolong tea, and honey. Priced at 88 yuan/227g.

Arsi: Arsi is a quite representative coffee from the Sidamo region, produced in West Arsi, Sidamo. This one is a sun-dried heirloom variety. The flavor profile shows berries, honey, nectarine, and mango. Priced at 80 yuan/227g.

Huakui 4.0: Huakui entered the public eye in 2017, and by 2020 it had already iterated to its fourth version. The 4.0 version has smaller bean size than previous versions, and Front Street believes that the small bean size is precisely the source of Huakui's strawberry flavor. The flavor is citrus, strawberry, and lemon tea. Priced at 78 yuan/227g.

Zhumang: Produced by the 90+ green bean merchant, from the Sidamo region, sun-dried. The flavor is nectarine, tropical fruit, and cream. Priced at 90 yuan/227g.

Gesha Village: Gesha Village is the only estate in Ethiopia that produces Geisha on a large scale, with stable and reliable quality. The Gesha Village series launched by Front Street includes two grades: Gold Label and Red Label. In terms of flavor, [Gold Label] is citrus, cream, fermentation notes, tea-like quality, and plum; [Red Label] is citrus, cream, and fruit candy. The prices are [Gold Label] 158 yuan/100g and [Red Label] 108 yuan/100g respectively.

Kenya

Kenya is Africa's second-largest coffee-producing country, with output second only to Ethiopia. Although it borders Ethiopia, Kenya's coffee flavor direction is completely different. Kenya has two harvest periods each year, around November and July. Coffee is mainly grown in volcanic soil areas at an altitude of about 2,000 meters, and the fertile soil provides superior conditions for the growth of specialty coffee.

Asalia: This bean was carefully selected by Front Street and presents the traditional Kenyan flavor. It comes from the Asali processing station in the Thika region, with varieties SL28 and SL34, using Kenya's 72-hour refined washing process. The flavor is cherry tomato, smoked plum, and yellow sugar, with a bright and clean mouthfeel. Priced at 98 yuan/227g.

Papua New Guinea

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

Bird of Paradise: Front Street selected a lot 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

Indonesia has a long history of coffee cultivation and can be regarded as the most classic representative of Asian coffee-producing regions. Indonesian coffee has high flavor recognizability and is known for its mellow and full-bodied mouthfeel.

Golden Mandheling: Front Street Golden Mandheling is the latest crop lot from PWN company in October 2020, produced in the Gayo Mountain area of Aceh, North Sumatra, with the Ateng variety, wet-hulled processing, and subjected to 1 mechanical sorting and 3 hand sortings. The quality is outstanding, and the beans are plump and uniform. The flavor is nuts, caramel, herbs, and chocolate, clean and mellow. Priced at 89 yuan/227g.

Tiger Mandheling: Produced in the Aceh region of North Sumatra, with varieties Typica and Caturra, wet-hulled processing. The biggest difference from Golden Mandheling is that Tiger Mandheling carries a unique agarwood-like charm, and its screening standards are also less strict than those of Golden Mandheling. The flavor is traditional Chinese herbal medicine, pine resin, nuts, cream, and caramel. Priced at 79 yuan/227g.

Aged Mandheling: The core feature of Aged Mandheling lies in the aging process during processing. After the conventional wet-hulled processing is completed, aging is still required. Aging must be carried out in the place of origin, stored in warehouses with controlled temperature and humidity or good ventilation. During aging, the beans need to be turned and inspected regularly. The purposes are, first, to let the coffee beans come into even contact with air and remain uniformly dry, and second, to check for moldy beans and insect-damaged beans to avoid large-scale contamination. At present, the aging period for Aged Mandheling is usually 2 to 3 years, during which acidity gradually decreases and converts into sugar, and the bean color darkens to yellow-brown or dark brown, making it highly recognizable. The flavor is pine resin, malt, caramel, ripe pu-erh, herbs, and chocolate. Priced at 89 yuan/227g.

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

Jamaica

In Jamaica, only the Blue Mountain region produces coffee. Because of its excellent quality and limited output, the price has remained high for a long time, and in the last century it was once praised as the best coffee.

Blue Mountain No. 1 Coffee: Front Street Blue Mountain No. 1 comes from Clifton Mount Estate, which has a long history and holds a lofty position in the Blue Mountain region, with coffee quality that has always been an industry benchmark. In 2020, a sun-dried version was added on the basis of the traditional washed version. In terms of flavor, [Washed] is dark chocolate, nuts, and cream, with a balanced mouthfeel; [Sun-Dried] is berries, dark cocoa, nuts, and fermentation notes. Both are priced at 158 yuan/100g.

Hawaii

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

Kona: Front Street Kona coffee comes from Queen's Estate in Hawaii. The estate won second place in the Gevalia (Hawaii KONA cupping competition) Cup Grand Prix in both 2009 and 2011. Queen's Estate is famous for high-quality coffee, and about 70% of its harvest reaches the level of the world's top 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 field, and its coffee quality is widely recognized in the industry. Since Hacienda La Esmeralda Geisha won the BOP championship in 2004, Panama and Geisha have been closely associated and have each contributed to the other's success. More than ten years later, Panamanian coffee has almost become synonymous with the highest-quality coffee. When the world's best coffee is mentioned, Panama is always among the candidates.

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

[Red Label] has bright rose and citrus aromas, with flavors of genmai, berries, apricot, complex fruits, and honey. It has a thick juicy feel, rich layers, and outstanding sweetness. Priced at 350 yuan/100g.

[Green Label] has a rich jasmine floral aroma on the palate, high sweetness, accompanied by citrus, berries, juicy feel, cream, green tea, orange peel, and cantaloupe flavors. The overall layering is rich, and the finish of floral aroma and citrus is long-lasting. Priced at 168 yuan/100g.

[Blue Label] has a soft acidity of lemon and grapefruit on the palate. After the temperature drops slightly, oolong tea, honey, and sucrose sweetness emerge. The mouthfeel is clean and bright. Priced at 98 yuan/100g.

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

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

Costa Rica

The right timing, favorable conditions, and harmonious human effort together created Costa Rica's reputation for high yield and high quality coffee. Although its land area is not large, the country is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, with abundant natural resources, and its name means "rich coast." Costa Rica's coastal areas are plains, while the central part is divided 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 respective flavors are as follows:

Bach flavor: It smells of fermentation aroma similar to rice wine. On the palate, it presents the sweet-and-sour sensation of ripe tropical fruits and berries, accompanied by nutty and creamy flavors, with caramel sweetness in the aftertaste and a faint floral aroma in the finish.

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

Beethoven flavor: Green grape, vanilla, strawberry, melon, and citrus aromas, with a sweet-and-sour aroma like red pomegranate juice. It has good cleanliness, a smooth mouthfeel, and a slight acidity reminiscent of green kiwi.

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

Mirasu Geisha Blend: A signature work of Mirasu Estate, composed of 50% Geisha, ET47, SL28, and MAICO. Raisin honey processing. The flavor is floral aroma, berry aroma, 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 northwestern part of the South American continent and borders Panama in Central America.

Flower Moon Night: Produced at the Acevedo y Gutierrez Estate in Huila Province, with the Caturra variety, anaerobic sun-dried processing. The flavor is strawberry jam, fermented wine aroma, and liqueur chocolate. Priced at 62 yuan/100g.

Rose Valley: Produced at the El Arbol Estate in the Santander region, with the Caturra variety, double enzyme washed processing. The flavor is honey, juicy feel, and strawberry. Priced at 62 yuan/100g.

Cherry Blossom: Produced at Finca El Paraiso in Cauca Province, with the Castillo variety, double anaerobic washed processing. The flavor is mugwort, berries, fermentation notes, spices, and strawberry jam. Priced at 88 yuan/100g.

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

Brazil Queen's Estate: Known for its balance, with excellent quality, it is a sun-dried yellow bourbon. The flavor is peanut, almond, balance, and sucrose. Priced at 85 yuan/227g.

Honduras Sherry: Produced at Moka Estate, sherry barrel fermentation processing. The flavor is vanilla, cream, whisky, berries, and maple sugar. Priced at 80 yuan/227g.

Lychee Orchid: Also from Moka Estate, 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 processing. 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.