It is known that COE is fully named "Cup of Excellen", which is translated as the Cup of Excellence. It is a coffee event first held in Brazil in 1999 by the non-profit organization the Alliance for Coffee Excellence (ACE), and it is also the first I [more…]

不少人挑选咖啡时会看到包装上标注“COE”字样，却未必清楚它到底意味着什么。Cup of Excellence（简称COE）是一套面向精品咖啡的评级制度，通过多轮严格杯测为咖啡打分排名，最终授予表现最出色的批次COE称号。这一体系最早于1999年在巴西由咖啡生产者团体推行，随后在哥伦比亚、危地马拉、巴拿马、哥斯达黎加、尼加拉瓜等产国逐步普及。对庄园而言，获得COE不仅意味着荣誉，更能在国际网络拍卖中拍出高价，同时带动产区知名度与交易量。本文将从起源、举办流程与作用三方面展开，帮助咖啡爱好者理解COE的含义与价值。 [more…]

COE (Cup of Excellence) is one of the most authoritative fine coffee competitions globally, and also the first internet auction platform for globally award-winning coffee, which was organized and founded by the Alliance for Coffee Excellence (ACE) in [more…]

Last month, Qianjie shared with everyone the scoring system of cup testing, among which we briefly mentioned COE. In daily life, the word COE also often appears on the labels of some beans. This immediately aroused everyone's curiosity: What is COE? [more…]

Rwanda is a latecomer to African specialty coffee, and Nyungwe is its core producing region. This article takes you through the rapid rise of Rwandan coffee, the characteristics of the Nyungwe region, and its flavors in the cup. [more…]

Nariño and Cauca are two neighboring emerging specialty coffee regions in southern Colombia. The coffee produced here has, for consecutive years, earned high scores in the Cup of Excellence thanks to its full-bodied tartaric acidity, pronounced fruity notes, and complex layers. [more…]

COE（Cup of Excellence）卓越杯是全球精品咖啡领域最具权威性的赛事，自1999年由ACE在巴西创办以来，始终代表着咖啡品质评鉴的最高标准。本文系统梳理了CoE的起源背景、赛制流程、评分体系及其对咖啡产业的深远影响，同时解读了从商业豆到竞赛级的分数分级标准。对于关注精品咖啡发展与拍卖动态的爱好者而言，这是一份不可错过的完整指南。前街咖啡也将持续为你带来赛事资讯与选豆参考。 [more…]

在精品咖啡的世界里，COE和SOE这两个英文缩写常常让爱好者感到困惑，它们看似相近实则指向完全不同的领域。COE全称为Cup of Excellence，即卓越杯，是全球最具权威性的精品咖啡生豆赛事，由卓越咖啡组织于1999年在巴西首度举办，至今已推广至哥伦比亚、危地马拉、巴拿马等多个产国。SOE则是Single Origin Espresso的缩写，指用单一产地咖啡豆制作的浓缩咖啡。本文将从赛事制度、评审流程、萃取特点等角度，系统梳理两者的本质差异，并探讨SOE是否一定优于拼配浓缩这一常见疑问。 [more…]

作为全球精品咖啡领域最具影响力的赛事之一，Cup of Excellence（CoE）每年都会吸引各产国顶尖庄园参与角逐。2024年墨西哥COE竞赛结果已于近日正式公布，本届赛事首次采用三大类别分组评选机制，涵盖传统水洗、传统日晒与蜜处理以及实验处理组。获奖名单中既有瑰夏、波旁等大众熟知的经典品种，也不乏欧巴塔、马尔塞莱萨、奥罗阿斯特卡等相对罕见的抗病高产品种。本文将带您深入了解这三个特色品种的培育背景、植物学特征与种植表现，同时一览本届赛事的评审与拍卖机制。 [more…]

2024年哥斯达黎加卓越杯（Cup of Excellence）比赛结果近日正式公布，赛事依旧按处理法分为传统水洗、传统蜜处理与日晒、实验处理三大组别。本届赛事中，瑰夏仍是参赛主力，但铁皮卡、卡杜艾等经典品种亦亮相赛场，而近年来在COE榜单上频繁出现的罕见品种——圣洛克San Roque，再次引发关注。这一品种自2018年首次在COE亮相以来，凭借其独特的身世与出色的杯中风味，逐渐在中部山谷产区扎根并屡获佳绩。本文将带您了解圣洛克San Roque的发现历程、品种特性及其在COE评审中的风味表现，同时附上前街咖啡对该品种的推荐与解读。 [more…]

Every year, some coffee beans sell for jaw-dropping prices, sometimes with a single cup being hard to come by. These high-priced beans mostly come from auctions, among which BOP and COE are the two most closely watched platforms. How auctions actually work, and why they can fetch such high prices, is a fascinating entry point for understanding the specialty coffee ecosystem. BOP: Baha [more…]

The scoring criteria for coffee cupping. The cupping of coffee beans was initially to ensure whether the quality of the coffee beans that are about to enter the trade is qualified. With the passage of time, after the concept of specialty coffee was b [more…]

在精品咖啡的世界里，COE（Cup Of Excellence）卓越杯一直被视为最具公信力的赛事之一。它不仅决定了一支咖啡豆能否以竞标方式售出，更直接影响着庄园的知名度与咖农的收入。本文将带你了解COE的赛制流程、竞标咖啡豆的优势，以及为什么它能在众多赛事中保持权威地位。同时，我们也会聊聊前街豆单上那款来自2020年埃塞俄比亚首届COE大赛的竞标豆——COE22，看看它背后有着怎样的产地故事与风味表现，以及日常冲煮时该如何呈现它的最佳状态。 [more…]

巴西山度士咖啡凭借醇厚口感和浓烈可可果仁调性，长期占据意式拼配豆的核心地位。但山度士并非咖啡品种，而是巴西东南部重要出口港的名字。本文从产区历史、豆种演变、处理方式到杯测风味，全面解析山度士咖啡的真实面貌，并特别介绍前街巴西山度士日晒波旁的具体参数与品鉴要点，适合希望深入了解巴西精品咖啡的爱好者阅读。 [more…]

尼加拉瓜咖啡以低沉巧克力、焦糖甜香和杏仁气息著称，酸度明亮却柔和，与中美洲常见的高扬果酸风格迥异。本文聚焦天赐庄园这支COE优胜得奖豆，梳理其Dipilto产区得天独厚的火山土壤与遮荫种植条件，解析先水洗后日晒处理法带来的榛果巧克力浓甜、茶感、葡萄柚与奶油风味，并说明其SHG等级、手工采摘及适合中度烘焙的特点。文末附前街咖啡对这支豆子的推荐理由，适合不喜欢强酸、追求甜感持久与层次丰富的咖啡爱好者阅读。 [more…]

Huila is Colombia's most prestigious specialty coffee region, and the coffee produced here is famous for its balanced acidity and sweetness, pronounced caramel sweetness, and clean cup profile. This article guides you through Huila's geography, varieties, flavors, and brewing. [more…]

巴西作为全球咖啡产量的头号大国，以物美价廉著称，既能胜任意式拼配的基底，也能单独手冲展现均衡风味。本文将系统梳理巴西咖啡的豆种改良历程、主要产区分布、加工方式差异与出口分级制度，并介绍前街皇后庄园与前街黑可可拼配两款代表性产品，同时深入解析山度士、喜拉多等经典产地的风味特征，帮助咖啡爱好者全面认识这个南美咖啡巨人。 [more…]

(Top left) Among the thousands of different coffee varieties, it's inevitable that some beans have rather unusual names! Unlike most beans such as Bourbon and Typica, which have conventional names, these are like secret agents, each with their own code number. For example, varieties named with letters plus numbers. [more…]

Panama is a Central American country, bordered by Costa Rica to the west and Colombia to the east. Anyone familiar with single-origin coffee should know that Panamanian coffee is famous in the coffee world for Hacienda La Esmeralda's Geisha. Thanks to its unique terroir and the growers' meticulous [more…]

What are the characteristics of Brazilian coffee, given that Brazil is the world's largest coffee-producing country? As a South American coffee, Brazilian beans have a relatively balanced flavor, low acidity, and a smooth mouthfeel, making them very suitable for use in espresso blends. Therefore, Front Street Coffee's basic blend, specialty blend, and commercial blend all use Brazilian beans as their base beans. Brazilian coffee [more…]