SOE is the abbreviation of "Single Origin Espresso," which in Chinese means: espresso from a single origin. Simply put, it replaces the "blended coffee beans" typically used for espresso with "single-origin (single-origin—coffee beans," but still uses an espresso machine to extract a cup under high pressure.Espresso.

We all know that the espresso-based coffee drinks we have daily (such as lattes/americanos, etc.) are made using espresso as the base, so the quality of the espresso's flavor and mouthfeel directly affects whether the entire cup of coffee tastes good or not. To allow espresso to show a balanced, rich coffee flavor under high-temperature and pressurized conditions, most coffee shops choose blended coffee beans for production; however, in recent years it has been found that espresso made with single-origin beans has gradually become a popular trend, which is the SOE mentioned at the beginning.

Blended coffee beanspursue stability, while single-origin coffee is meant to highlight origin flavor.

Coffee is an agricultural product, and a single origin will be affected by factors such as weather and cultivation, causing beans from the same origin to differ in flavor. To solve the problem that single-origin coffee beans cannot have long-term stable quality and flavor, blended coffee was created by using the flavor characteristics of coffee beans from different origins, using two or more coffee beans from different origins, in different proportions, to complement each other's strengths and make a coffee bean maintain stable flavor over a long period. At the same time, the price is also much cheaper than directly using single-origin coffee beans.

Espresso blend coffee bean recommendations

The biggest characteristic of espresso is its rich, mellow aroma. After adding milk/water, etc., the coffee flavor is still obvious. In addition, because the coffee machine uses pressurized extraction and the time is short, it is preferable to use freshly medium-dark roasted blended coffee beans, which not only provide sufficient crema, but also bring rich roasted aromas to the espresso, thereby making our extraction process twice as effective with half the effort.

The coffee beans provided by Front Street Coffee are all freshly roasted within 5 days, with stable and excellent quality, extremely cost-effective prices, and shipped within 24 hours. Whether you are a beginner, an advanced enthusiast, or a user opening a coffee shop, you can find a suitable coffee variety. To buy delicious yet inexpensive espresso blends, we recommend the freshly roasted Front Street Black Cocoa Blend, Front Street Classic Blend, and Front Street Commercial Blend.

Selected SOE coffee bean recommendations

Using single-origin coffee beans to extract espresso, on the other hand, pursues espresso that can also express a unique origin flavor, satisfying everyone's pursuit of drinking the unique flavor of the beans in specialty coffee, but the premise is to ensure the quality of the coffee beans and ideal extraction. Making espresso with single-origin coffee beans is nothing more than letting people who like espresso and milk coffee taste the flavor of the single-origin beans themselves, so you must choose single-origin coffee with high recognizability and stable extraction.

1. Front Street Yirgacheffe Natural Red Cherry SOE coffee beans, from Ethiopia. As pour-over, it has obvious floral and fruity aromas, bright, uplifting acidity, and a clean, clear finish. When made into SOE, it has the flavor of orange and red berries, with obvious sweet aftertaste, suitable for making americano.

2. Front Street Mozart SOE coffee beans, produced in Costa Rica, using raisin honey processing. As pour-over, it has obvious aromas of roses and candied fruit, plump, soft sweet and sour, and a clean, rich mouthfeel. When made into SOE, it has a strong raisin flavor, osmanthus-like sweetness, medium body, and smoothness, suitable for making americano and latte.

3."Front Street-PWN Golden Mandheling SOE coffee beans." As a premium choice among Mandheling coffees, Front Street Golden Mandheling has undergone three rounds of hand sorting + one round of machine sorting, minimizing the defective rate of the coffee beans. It uses medium-dark roasting. After extraction as SOE, it has obvious flavors of spices, herbs, sandalwood, caramel, etc. The mouthfeel is very full-bodied, and the finish has the aroma of dark chocolate.

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