As coffee has gradually become more widely recognized, specialty coffee promotion in cafés has emerged in response, and we too have begun tracing things back to their roots—we have come to treat coffee as culture. The rise of specialty pour-over coffee undoubtedly reflects the demands of the market and the needs that cafés have identified. Café counters have also begun to lower their "status," no longer featuring the early design of a bar raised a foot high. [more…]

拿铁、美式与浓缩咖啡同根同源，却因浓缩萃取比例不同而呈现出截然不同的风味表现。前街咖啡以同一款精品拼配豆、相同研磨度与粉量，测试了1:1、1:1.5、1:2三种粉水比对浓缩、拿铁、美式的具体影响。结果显示，粉水比1:1的浓缩偏酸但加奶后甜感突出，1:1.5层次最丰富且拿铁均衡，1:2则容易过萃出现木质与烟味。文章还解释了意式浓缩对拼配豆的依赖，并推荐了前街经典意式拼配。 [more…]

The charm of light-roasted floral coffee beans often begins the moment you open the bag: aromas of petals, citrus, berries, or tropical fruit reach your nose first, while the sip brings bright acidity and sweetness. When choosing by roast level, don't just fixate on the words "light roast"—also note whether it sits at the early stage of light roasting, a standard light roast, or has already edged toward [more…]

“How do you taste citrus in coffee?” Quite a few friends say they envy baristas for being able to casually name the specific flavors in coffee. Some friends also say, I can taste that the coffee is acidic, but that’s far from the citrus you’re talking about. Still others say flavors are all just nonsense. Front Street, in its daily online [more…]

When we say coffee is sweet, besides referring to the sweetness on the palate, we are actually also referring to the sweet aroma on the nose. So from a tasting perspective, only an acidic coffee with a sweet, fragrant base can be considered a high-scoring flavor experience, and to make coffee appropriately sweet and sour, roasting plays a key role. From the moment a coffee bean begins to be heated as green beans until [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow: Front Street Coffee (Frontsteet Coffee). Quite a few friends have reported that after buying espresso blend coffee beans and grinding them at home, they were unable to extract any crema during extraction, and the espresso that came out was overall tasteless, with a very watery feel. When this problem occurs, [more…]

对于咖啡师而言，感官就是赖以生存的工具，一旦感冒鼻塞，当天的出品质量便无从判断。台湾的研究团队将人工智能学习算法与电子鼻相结合，开发出一套能够辨别不同咖啡香气差异的系统，识别准确率可达81%至98%。这项技术不仅有望帮助咖啡从业者在感官失灵时进行品质把控，还可能应用于咖啡产业链的质量验证。与此同时，研究团队还在同步开发电子舌、电子眼和触觉系统，试图从多个维度覆盖咖啡品控的各个环节。 [more…]

The concept of specialty coffee has been in China for over thirty years, and has developed rapidly in the past decade. At the same time, people have also raised questions about the concept of specialty coffee. Pour-over is generally considered specialty coffee, so are Americano, espresso, and others also specialty coffee? In fact, in international coffee competitions, especially in Northern Europe, espresso [more…]

Many people buy coffee beans from Starbucks, but because the grinding and brewing methods are wrong, what they end up drinking is just a cup of weak, gritty hot water. Starting from this problem, this article explains clearly why coffee grounds need to be filtered, why coffee grounds cannot be consumed directly, and the bean selection and roasting logic behind how Starbucks coffee beans traveled from Seattle's Pike Place Market to the world. The article will also introduce the flavor characteristics of Pike Place Roast, the Feng Wu Xiang Yun blend involving China's Yunnan, and the complete tasting method of smelling the aroma, sipping, and taking a full mouthful, helping coffee lovers truly understand the time, temperature, and extraction details behind a cup of Starbucks coffee. [more…]

Guatemala Antigua is one of the world's most prestigious specialty coffee regions, and its unique terrain—embraced by volcanoes on three sides—gives rise to its signature floral and fruity notes along with a full body. This article takes you deep into this Central American coffee gem. [more…]

In the world of specialty coffee, Panama's BOP green bean competition carries a lot of weight. Every year when the rankings are announced, coffee lovers set their sights on the beans from the winning estates. These estate beans are prized for the terroir and craftsmanship behind them, and once you've bought them, there's actually a set of steps you can follow to taste and brew them in a way that does justice to what's in the cup. [more…]

近年咖啡圈里出现了一个颇具话题性的名字——Aji辣椒咖啡。它究竟是不是波旁？为何又被叫做辣椒瑰夏？豆子真的带有辣椒味吗？前街咖啡特意入手了少量来自哥伦比亚分界线庄园的水洗Aji辣椒豆，从品种起源、基因鉴定到实际杯测风味，逐层揭开这支神秘咖啡的面纱。文章还完整记录了前街的烘焙思路与品鉴感受，带您一次性搞懂Aji辣椒咖啡的身世与味道。 [more…]

Brazil is the world's largest coffee producer, with Cerrado and Sul de Minas being its two most core producing regions. This article takes you through the history of coffee cultivation in Brazil, its flavor characteristics, and its unique place in the world of specialty coffee. [more…]

Professional barista exchange, please follow Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee). Many friends have asked Front Street's baristas: "Can you really taste so many flavors in the beans? How do you taste them?" First, this is about personal sensory perception. As everyone grows up, [more…]

With the rise of third-wave specialty coffee culture in recent years, more and more people have fallen in love with "single-origin coffee." So-called "single-origin coffee" refers to coffee beans from a single growing region, and it usually also means higher-quality coffee; in roasting, adjustments are made to suit the characteristics of the origin and variety, so as to present the coffee in its purest form. [more…]

Coffee is one of the best-selling beverages in the world. Because different countries export coffee, the quality, taste, and mouthfeel of coffee can vary from country to country. So which country has the best coffee? 1. Front Street Ethiopia Sidamo Huakui coffee beans. Region: Sidamo Hambela Buku A [more…]

The flavor range of Yirgacheffe is very broad, and the roast level takes it in different directions: a light roast makes it easier to taste floral notes, citrus, and berries; a medium roast brings out more sweetness and smoothness; a dark roast moves toward cocoa, nuts, and a heavier mouthfeel. Beginners may want to check the roast label first, then decide which kind of cup they want to start getting to know this [more…]

Tropical fruit flavors are commonly associated with notes like mango, passion fruit, pineapple, guava, and ripe berries. They smell bright and lively, and on the palate they easily bring out a juicy, sweet-tart quality. However, even when a coffee is described as fruity, different roast levels can make what’s in the cup shift from crisp fresh fruit to soft fruit jam. If you want to taste a particular kind of fruitiness, you can start with [more…]

Fruity coffee beans don't express themselves in just one way. Even with the same fruit associations, a light roast may taste like freshly squeezed juice, with bright acidity and lifted aromatics; a medium roast tames the fruit acidity into a softer sweetness; and a medium-dark roast tucks the fruitiness into notes of caramel, cocoa, and ripe fruit. Choosing by roast level is more [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow: Front Street Coffee (Frontsteet Coffee). Friends who are interested in coffee may all do this when choosing coffee: they start from coffee brand rankings, believing that a high-ranking brand must be good coffee. Actually, that is not the case. [more…]