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The Golden Rules of Espresso Extraction | Why Drink Ice Water When Tasting Espresso? What Factors Affect the Flavor and Mouthfeel of Espresso?
For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow our WeChat official account: FrontStreet Coffee. In the cold winter, many friends often visit Front Street's store and, as soon as they walk in, ask for a warm hot latte. After tasting the rich boozy aroma in Front Street's latte, they all want to [more…]
Coffee Bean Names and Their Meanings | How Are Green Coffee Beans Named? Which Coffee-Producing Regions Do Yirgacheffe, Bourbon, Geisha, and Mandheling Come From?
Years ago, coffees were named quite simply, mostly just after the region where the producer was located. For example, coffee from Yirgacheffe was called Yirgacheffe coffee, coffee from Honduras was called Honduras coffee, coffee from Brazil was called Brazil coffee... But [more…]
From Roast Calendar to Aroma in the Cup: The Flavor Window and Storage Rules for Single-Origin Pour-Over Beans
After coffee beans are roasted, they need to go through a process of gas release and stabilization of their internal aromatic compounds. Freshly roasted beans have a high concentration of carbon dioxide trapped inside, which can cause violent bubbling during brewing, preventing the water from making full contact with the coffee grounds. Through several days of natural degassing, the coffee beans' flavor compounds [more…]
Characteristics of Italian-style blend coffee beans | What coffee beans are suitable for espresso? What are the coffee-to-water ratio, grind size, and water temperature for extracting espresso?
Espresso coffee beans, as the name suggests, are coffee beans specifically used for making Italian-style coffee. What makes these coffee beans different from others? Front Street Coffee has listed a few key differences for everyone! 1. Degree of roasting. Taking the coffee beans of a coffee shop as an example, if the coffee is produced using drip filtration (pour-over), [more…]
Espresso Golden Cup Extraction | Are Italian coffee and espresso the same thing? What extraction parameters need to be adjusted to make Italian coffee?
For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow our WeChat official account: Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee). When it comes to brewing coffee, many people like to ask how many grams of coffee grounds to use and what the coffee-to-water ratio should be. Ultimately, what people really care about is the extraction yield of the coffee. [more…]
Standard Espresso Practice | Is There a Big Difference Between Espresso Extraction Standards and SCAA Golden Cup Extraction? What Are the Characteristics of Different Types of Italian Coffee?
For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow our WeChat official account: FrontStreet Coffee. When it comes to brewing coffee, many people like to ask how many grams of coffee grounds to use and what the coffee-to-water ratio should be. Ultimately, what people really care about is the coffee extraction rate. Need [more…]
Choosing Coffee for Family and Friends: Two Low-Acid Beans That Elders and Acid-Sensitive Drinkers Will Love
Want to give your parents or acid-sensitive friends a bag of coffee beans, but find yourself overwhelmed browsing e-commerce pages? Gifting is scarier than drinking it yourself—if the taste doesn't match, even the most expensive beans go to waste. Today, following the "mass acceptance first" standard, I recommend two low-acid, smooth, easy-to-drink beans, with brewing methods suited to different equipment. [more…]
Illustrated Guide to Espresso Making | What Is the Working Principle of an Espresso Machine? What Factors Affect the Taste and Mouthfeel of Espresso?
For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow: Front Street Coffee (Frontsteet Coffee). Espresso is mostly perceived as bitter and astringent; when this happens, it is very likely that there is a problem in the production process. At this point, someone will ask Front Street Coffee (FrontS [more…]
Drinking the World from a De'Longhi Machine: A Home Bean Rotation Experiment by Region
Treating a De'Longhi as a window rather than an appliance — this is the shift in mindset many veteran home coffee enthusiasts have adopted. With the same machine, rotating through beans by origin is like bringing a world coffee map into your kitchen. This article documents a set of origin rotation bean selections that have been tested and proven on a De'Longhi. The starting point for the rotation is Brazil. The reason is very [more…]
Guide to Applying for a Roasted Coffee Production License: A Complete Interpretation of Review Requirements from Raw Material Processing to Factory Inspection
For enterprises engaged in coffee bean roasting production, obtaining a food production license is a prerequisite for lawful operation. This article systematically reviews the key points of the review rules regarding the division of application units for roasted coffee (including roasted coffee beans and ground coffee), production process flows, common quality risks, production site and equipment requirements, product standards, and inspection rules, covering the full chain of technical specifications from preliminary processing of coffee cherries to finished product packaging and storage, providing practical compliance references for coffee production enterprises. Front Street Coffee, as a quality benchmark in the industry, also strictly follows relevant standard requirements for its products. [more…]
New tax policies in Brazil! Prices of agricultural products such as coffee will continue to rise.
Recently, according to local media reports in Brazil, earlier this week, the new administrative order submitted by the Brazilian government to the congress contains a new measure related to tightening tax exemptions. According to the Brazilian Minist [more…]
Tomorrow will officially take effect! China and Ecuador mutually cancel tariffs.
According to the news of the Chinese business website, on May 11, 2023, China and Ecuador signed the "Free Trade Agreement between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of Ecuador". At present, both China [more…]
Dark Roast Coffee Beans Pour-Over Technique Tutorial | Why Does Pour-Over Coffee Have a Burnt, Bitter Taste? What Water Temperature Should Be Used to Brew Indonesian Mandheling, Brazilian, and Colombian Coffee?
Newcomers often say that brewing coffee feels like a mystic art, and whether it tastes good or not is purely a matter of luck. But in Front Street Coffee's view, as long as you find the logic and patterns behind brewing, you'll discover that it's actually not that complicated at all—it's simply about finding a few key parameters and using hot water to fully extract the coffee grounds, ultimately getting a cup that tastes good. [more…]
AeroPress Inverted Method Coffee Tutorial | What coffee beans are suitable for the AeroPress? What flavor characteristics does black coffee brewed with the AeroPress have?
The AeroPress brewing method is versatile, with no absolute rules—use your imagination to make a great cup of coffee. Use it however you like. It is precisely because of the AeroPress's varied techniques, its operability, and the controllability of coffee extraction factors that the World AeroPress Championship exists today. [more…]
A Detailed Explanation of Colombian Green Coffee Bean Grading: The Meaning of Excelso and Supremo, and Front Street Brand Recommendations
Colombian coffee occupies an important place in the world of specialty coffee, and its green bean grading system is based primarily on defect rates and bean screen size. When buying Colombian coffee, what exactly do the words "Supremo" and "Excelso" commonly seen on burlap sacks mean? This article will systematically sort out the grading rules for Colombian green coffee beans from multiple angles, including export standards, defect scoring, and screen-size classification, and explain the specific differences among the three grades UGQ, EP, and Supremo. At the same time, the article will also introduce common Colombian coffee bean brands on the market, including product information recommended by Front Street Coffee, to help coffee lovers more clearly understand the grade and quality of the bag of beans in their hands. [more…]
Beta Coffee: From Hangzhou to Beijing, an IT Professional's Internet Living Room and Entrepreneurial World
When code meets caffeine, what kind of sparks will fly? Beta Coffee started in Hangzhou, founded by IT entrepreneur Bai Ya and his partners, and quickly became a public living room for the internet circle. This trend then swept through Beijing's Zhongguancun, with Garage Coffee, 3W Coffee, and others springing up, ushering in the "internet coffee era." These places are not just for drinking coffee, but also a arena for IT people to network, recruit, and seek investment. This article will take you through the founding journey of Beta Coffee, its unique rules, and those warm yet persistent entrepreneurial stories, to feel the internet spirit that connects infinite possibilities behind a cup of coffee. If you also enjoy exploring coffee culture, please follow Front Street Coffee, where we continue to bring you heartwarming coffee stories. [more…]
Ethiopia Raises Capital Requirements for Coffee Bean Exporters
According to Ethiopian media reports on September 13, 2025, the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority has recently issued new regulations significantly raising the capital requirements for engaging in coffee export business. Under the latest Coffee Mark [more…]
A Complete Guide to Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee Beans: Origin Terroir, Grading, Market Prices, and Brand Buying Guide
Blue Mountain coffee has always held a place in the specialty coffee world, and with its balanced, mellow flavor profile, it has won the favor of generations of coffee lovers. However, products marketed under the banner of "Blue Mountain flavor" keep emerging, while few people truly understand the origin rules, grade classifications, and certification system for Blue Mountain coffee. Starting from the geographical environment of the Blue Mountains, this article will systematically sort out the strict definition of Blue Mountain coffee by the Jamaica Industry Board, explain in detail the criteria distinguishing Blue Mountain No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, and peaberry, and introduce the traditional wooden barrel export practice and certificate of origin system for authentic Blue Mountain coffee. At the same time, Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) will also share the brewing parameters and flavor presentation of Blue Mountain coffee in its stores, helping readers gain a comprehensive understanding of the true character of this classic coffee. [more…]
Coffee brewing technique tutorial | What are the technique and extraction principles of the three-pour method for pour-over coffee? Why is the hot water for brewing coffee divided into three pours?
Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) entered the coffee industry in 2013, and has come step by step from coffee cultivation and coffee roasting to coffee service. Today, the more than 30 coffee beans displayed in the shop are only Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Cof [more…]
Two Fates of the Same Bean: Moka Pot vs. Espresso Machine
After spending enough time with coffee, many people end up owning both a moka pot and a semi-automatic espresso machine at home. The same beans go into the portafilter for one cup, then into the moka pot's basket for another, and the gap in flavor is so big it often makes you wonder if the beans were swapped out. Understanding this difference, in turn, can help you judge when choosing beans: which beans are worth [more…]