The emergence of coffee machines has made people's lives more convenient. Through word of mouth and mutual recommendations, coffee machines can be found in homes, offices, and commercial settings. Their functions, styles, and brewing methods have continuously been improved and evolved. Since the birth of the world's first coffee machine in 1818, over two hundred years have passed, and countless famous, household-name star coffee machines have been introduced, becoming one of the indispensable companions in modern life!

Currently, home coffee machines can be divided into two categories: one is the espresso machine that extracts espresso, and the other is the drip-filter American coffee machine. Because the extraction principles are different, the coffee beans used also differ somewhat.

Espresso Machine
It has a built-in boiler design to produce hot water, which then passes through finely ground, evenly tamped coffee grounds at near-boiling high pressure to make about 30ml of beverage, with a rich flavor and a layer of dense crema.

Versatile coffee-making methods: Espresso can be turned into an Americano by adding water, or milk, syrup, cream, spices, etc. can be added to create different flavored coffee drinks such as Macchiato, Cappuccino, Latte, Mocha, and more.

Features
Available in semi-automatic and fully automatic models

Semi-automatic: Contains one or more group heads, with shorter brewing time, effectively serving commercial environments that require large quantities and fast brewing
Fully automatic: Equipped with a grinding mechanism, fully automatically controlled throughout, with longer brewing time than semi-automatic models

Because of the pressure function, espresso not only has a rich taste but also has a layer of dense coffee oil foam on the surface, which we call Crema. The color of the crema tends toward golden yellow and brown, and the aroma also exudes different flavor characteristics depending on the coffee beans used. For making espresso, it is recommended to use medium to dark roasted coffee beans, as this increases the success rate.

1. Fruity American Coffee Beans: Front Street Strawberry Candy

Front Street Strawberry Candy espresso beans are composed of three producing regions: Costa Rica, Colombia, and Ethiopia, combining sun-dried, washed, and honey-processed coffee into one, creating flavors of rose, grape, orange, cream, and almond. The taste is light, with pleasant sweetness and acidity, very suitable for summer drinking.

2. Rich and Full-bodied American Coffee Beans

Using Front Street Coffee Front Street commercial blend coffee beans, selected from Colombian coffee beans, Brazilian coffee beans, and Robusta coffee beans, the coffee produced has caramel sweetness, nutty and cocoa-like, dark chocolate flavors, balanced sweetness and acidity, with a slight bitterness, and a lasting aftertaste.

3. Balanced and Neutral American Coffee Beans
   

Using Front Street specialty blend coffee beans, selected from Colombian coffee beans and Brazilian coffee beans, the extracted coffee has a soft slight acidity, light sweetness, nutty aftertaste, and an overall feel that is not too stimulating, peaceful, with medium body.

Electric Drip Coffee

Machine-based drip method, with a structure divided into upper and lower layers. The upper layer is a funnel-shaped filter; the lower layer holds the coffee pot. Extraction time varies by model, and because extraction time is difficult to control, the caffeine content may also be relatively high.

Features
Easy to operate: Add coffee grounds and hot water to brew coffee
Widespread: There are many styles, from simple and compact to multi-functional models, so you can choose according to your needs
Wide capacity range: Can brew one to multiple cups of coffee according to need

Compared to espresso machines, American machines have no pressure function, so extraction is relatively simple, and there are not many requirements for coffee beans—as long as they suit our own taste. Here are a few coffee beans suitable for making drip American coffee:

1. Fresh fruity acidity: Front Street Colombia Sidra

This Front Street Sidra SOE comes from the famous Huila region of Colombia, produced by Finca El Diviso. Located near a volcanic area, this gives the coffee a rich aroma. The ripe coffee cherries undergo double anaerobic sun-drying and are medium roasted, allowing the floral and fruity aromas to fully develop. When made into espresso, it has obvious flavors of blueberry juice, passion fruit, ripe grapes, and the sweet-tartness of apricot;

Front Street Colombia Sidra Coffee Beans

Region: Colombia Huila

Farm: Finca El Diviso

Altitude: 1700m

Processing: Double Anaerobic Sun-Dried

Variety: Sidra

Flavor: Passion fruit, grape, berry, apricot, dried fruit

2. Fermented fruity wine flavor: Front Street Costa Rica Blackberry

To make the flavors extracted from SOE coffee more vivid, it is recommended to choose coffee beans with ripe fruit flavors, which make it easier to taste a sweet fermented sensation like fruit wine.

Front Street Costa Rica Blackberry Coffee Beans

Region: Costa Rica Tarrazu

Farm: Palon Processing Plant

Altitude: 1700m

Variety: Caturra

Processing Method: Black Honey Processing

Flavor: Grape juice, blueberry, floral, fermented

During the peeling stage of honey processing, coffee farmers can freely adjust the amount of mucilage retained according to the desired degree of fermentation. Because the mucilage is rich in sugar, the more mucilage retained, the darker the coffee beans become after drying. Black honey has the highest mucilage retention among the four, with almost no mucilage removed, and takes the longest to dry, generally requiring more than 14 days of sun-drying. Therefore, coffee processed with black honey has very rich flavors and abundant sweetness.

3. Rich, full-bodied, and bitter: Front Street Brazil Queen Farm

Some may feel that the SOE coffee made from the above two types at Front Street is not "coffee-flavored" enough, so rich and full-bodied coffee beans should suit you. Front Street Brazil Queen Farm coffee beans are very representative.

Front Street Brazil Queen Farm Coffee Beans

Region: Mogiana Region

Farm: Fazenda Rainha

Altitude: 1400–1950m

Variety: Yellow Bourbon

Processing Method: Sun-Dried

Flavor: Cream, peanut, cane sugar, nut, chocolate 

Unlike many commercial beans produced on a large scale in Brazil, Fazenda Rainha focuses on producing specialty-grade coffee beans, using the excellent Yellow Bourbon variety. Through sun-drying, Front Street Brazil Queen Farm coffee not only has rich creamy, peanut, and nuttyflavors, but also has an extremely high sweet cane sugar aftertaste. Made into SOE, it has a rich coffee aroma and a flavor profile with a prominent aftertaste.

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