新冠疫情之后，消费者对咖啡的环境友好程度愈加关注——从生豆种植到杯中咖啡，碳排放被纳入考量。咖啡生产国与消费国大多隔海相望，成千上万吨咖啡豆依赖飞机或货轮运输，化石燃料成为绕不开的动力来源。英国实验企业NEW DAWN TRADERS试图改变这一现状，他们租用风帆船，弃用燃油发动机，从哥伦比亚等地将咖啡生豆运回英国。航程长达五个多月、约7000海里，虽然耗时大增，却大幅削减了碳排放。与此同时，加拿大Café William与Sailcargo也在建造零排放风帆货船，计划2023年投运。本文将回顾风帆货船的辉煌历史，并探讨这种古老运输方式在现代咖啡产业中的可能性。 [more…]

Recently, the Robusta coffee futures price has continued to rise, even reaching a record high of $4,339 per ton. At present, the latest pre-sale price of London Robusta futures in July is $4,239 per ton, and the pre-sale price at the end of September [more…]

India is the earliest country in Asia to grow coffee, and its output ranks sixth in the world. Recently, the price of coffee has continued to rise. The reason for the rise in price is that Vietnam has suffered from heat waves and droughts, affecting [more…]

Traders of the special processing method coffee should reduce the export of coffee with traditional processing methods. From February 6th to 10th, the 20th African Fine Coffee Conference and Exhibition was held in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia [more…]

What is a microlot coffee bean? Will the quality of microlot coffee beans be better than that of regular batches? Now, when drinking single-origin coffee, it is very easy for us to trace back to which country, which producing area, and even to the ha [more…]

In coffee history, the specialty coffee wave and its three waves form the basic understanding people have of coffee. People often compare and contrast specialty coffee beans with commercial coffee beans, as if the two were opposites. So what are the differences and connections between them? To understand the differences between the two, we must first understand specialty coffee's [more…]

Friends who frequently buy coffee beans will surely notice that most coffee bean names are followed by English suffixes such as AA and AB. This is especially true for Kenyan coffee beans—Kenya AA, Kenya AB, Kenya PB, Kenya AA+, Top, and so on. "So what do these suffixes mean? [more…]

As the world's largest Robusta coffee producer, Vietnam's recent decline in coffee production has led to a more than 50% increase in the London Robusta coffee futures price in the past year. At the same time, the coffee purchase price in Vietnam is a [more…]

星巴克近日在美国加州面临一场集体诉讼，三名乳糖不耐受消费者指控其将饮品中的牛奶替换为植物奶时收取额外费用，涉嫌歧视并违反民权法案，索赔500万美元。原告指出，植物奶对乳糖不耐人群并非可选项而是必需品，星巴克却借此获取巨额利润。星巴克回应称，顾客可免费添加少量植物奶，额外添加则按客制化收费。此前Dunkin' Donuts等品牌也因类似问题被诉。本文将梳理事件经过、双方立场及行业背景，并附前街咖啡相关推荐。 [more…]

In Italy, the moka pot isn't called a gadget; it's called "the coffee machine at home." It is estimated that over ninety percent of Italian households own at least one moka pot. Every morning, millions of little aluminum pots gurgle one after another on the stove—that is the shared background sound of the nation's morning. Understand this material culture, and you can see why [more…]

If you come to Front Street and want to drink a cup of rich, bitter coffee, Front Street will serve you Front Street Mandheling coffee. Like Front Street Blue Mountain coffee, the name Mandheling has long been renowned in the coffee world. Behind these three characters lies an interesting story. So what is the relationship between these two matters? [more…]

Due to the conflict in Ethiopia, there are problems with coffee transportation, and the government considers using railway transportation for diversion. Recently, according to the report of the Ethiopian Reporter Network, the current Ethiopian govern [more…]

When it comes to Mandheling coffee beans, everyone surely knows that Indonesia's most famous coffee beans are the Golden Mandheling coffee beans produced by PWN. However, this coffee bean was not originally a PWN product, but a product produced by the Japanese. So why is it that when people mention Front Street Golden Mandheling, their first reaction is Indonesia's P [more…]

Jamaican Blue Mountain No. 1 coffee beans are widely recognized as the pinnacle of the coffee world, and together with Hawaiian Kona, they are known as "the King and the Queen." Although in recent years, affected by production fluctuations and climatic factors, the overall quality and reputation of Blue Mountain coffee have fluctuated somewhat, Blue Mountain No. 1 still firmly holds the throne, and its price has become more rational. Specialty coffee emphasizes estate traceability, and Jamaican Blue Mountain mainly comes from three major estates: Clydesdale, Mavis Bank, and Moy Hall. This article focuses on Blue Mountain No. 1 from Clydesdale Estate, sorting out its historical context and brand evolution, and introduces Front Street Coffee's recommendation and interpretation of this bean, helping you understand the true grade and flavor characteristics of this legendary coffee. [more…]

New to coffee and not sure how to choose? The wide variety of coffee beans can make it quite a struggle for beginners to pick their first beans. Front Street Coffee alone offers more than 50 types of beans, and the question most people ask when they visit a Front Street store is about beginner-friendly coffee. [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow our WeChat official account: FrontStreet Coffee. People who frequent coffee shops should be no stranger to the name Yirgacheffe—some say it's a province, some say it's a producing region, and others think it's a type of coffee bean. [more…]

As the exclusive brand of PWN Green Beans Company, the unique Mandheling coffee with the addition of the word "Golden" has become a famous representative of Indonesian specialty coffee. In this article, Front Street Coffee will explain the unique features of PWN Golden Mandheling coffee. Authentic Golden Mandheling coffee—Front Street Coffee's daily bean list includes two Indonesian [more…]

Mandheling is not the name of a producing region, a place, a port, or a coffee variety. Its name actually comes from a mispronunciation of the Mandailing ethnic group in Indonesia. Mandheling coffee: during World War II, when Japan occupied Indonesia, a Japanese soldier drank a rich and mellow [more…]

Mandheling is not the name of a region, place, port, or coffee variety. Its name actually comes from a mispronunciation of the Indonesian Mandailing ethnic group. During World War II, when Japan occupied Indonesia, a Japanese soldier drank a rich and mellow [more…]

According to data from Xinhua News Agency and the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority (ECTA), China has surpassed the United States to become the world's third-largest importer of Ethiopian coffee. It is reported that the Ethiopian Trade and Trade Administration (ECTA) exported 47,8 [more…]