危地马拉是中美洲举足轻重的咖啡产国，全国划分八大产区，其中新东方产区虽发展较晚，却因火山地质与丰沛雨量孕育出酸度与香气俱佳的咖啡。本文聚焦卡迪拉斯庄园出产的粉红波旁品种，该豆种为波旁突变种，经蜜处理后呈现橘子、蜂蜜莱姆水、焦糖与烤杏仁可可尾韵，口感滑顺甜美。前街咖啡带来这款豆子的手冲萃取分析，从V60滤杯、水温、研磨度到分段注水节奏逐一说明，帮助咖啡爱好者在家复刻独特烟熏与巧克力风味。 [more…]

危地马拉是中美洲重要的精品咖啡产国，其境内分布着八个各具特色的咖啡产区。2010年4月，危地马拉咖啡公司的Eduardo Ambrocio先生曾在SCAA休斯顿展会上向观众详细介绍这些产区，并赠送了八区咖啡样品。本文基于这些样品资料，逐一梳理艾咔特喃果山谷、安提瓜、传统阿蒂特兰、雨林柯班、怀强斯高原、微微特南果高地、新东方及火山圣马可八大产区的海拔、土壤、气候与加工方式，并附上各产区咖啡的杯测风味特征。对于喜爱危地马拉咖啡的朋友，前街也会推荐几款值得关注的豆子，帮助大家更直观地感受不同产区的风味差异。 [more…]

危地马拉，这片孕育了玛雅文明的土地，同样以醇厚雅致的咖啡风味征服了无数咖啡爱好者。从19世纪的小型种植园起步，到20世纪长期稳居中美洲咖啡产量首位，危地马拉的咖啡产业走过了一条曲折而辉煌的道路。本文梳理危地马拉咖啡的历史脉络与产业变迁，介绍Anacafé如何以八大产区勾勒风味版图，并重点解析安提瓜、薇薇特南果与新东方三个代表性产区的风土特征与杯中表现。同时，我们也将了解水洗处理法在危地马拉的普遍应用，以及前街豆单上危地马拉花神、薇薇特南果与瑰夏等产品的风味取向。 [more…]

Pour-over enthusiasts who are used to drinking beans from popular regions like Ethiopia, Kenya, and Colombia sometimes want to change things up. In fact, there are some lesser-mentioned regions whose flavors are just as distinctive, and whose prices are relatively friendly—worth setting aside a spot for and trying slowly. Bolivia is a high-altitude origin that has gradually gained attention in recent years [more…]

This year marks the 9th year since "Huakui Coffee" rose to fame. If the previous naming conventions were followed, the Huakui released this year should logically carry a "9.0" suffix. But more than half the year has passed, and many friends have noticed that "Huakui 9.0" is almost nowhere to be seen on the menus of offline coffee shops! [more…]

In 2017, a naturally processed coffee from the Buku processing station in Ethiopia won the TOH competition and was named "Huakui" by a Chinese green bean trader, thus beginning the legendary journey of this coffee. Four years later, Huakui 4.0 was released with the entirely new Dega variety, with the production area expanded several times over, more scientific cultivation and management, and even better flavor performance. This article will take you through the origin background of Huakui 4.0, the characteristics of the Dega variety, the natural processing method, and Front Street Coffee's roasting and pour-over recommendations, offering a comprehensive analysis of this highly anticipated Ethiopian coffee. [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…]

G1 is the highest grade for Ethiopian green coffee beans. Front Street's washed Gedeb, Front Street's natural Red Cherry, Front Street's Kaffa Forest, and the most popular Front Street Huakui all belong to G1. However, due to different producing regions and processing methods, each coffee bean displays its own distinct flavor characteristics. For example, this year's new [more…]

理解牙买加蓝山咖啡，需要把风味描述转成能喝到的感受。日常买豆需要考虑喝得快不快、一次买多少，以及家里主要做黑咖啡还是奶咖。花香、果酸、坚果和可可并不是高低之分，而是不同方向，适合自己的那一类才有长期参 [more…]

For coffee lovers, among the coffees they've tried, there's always at least one African coffee bean. Among them, the Ethiopian Yirgacheffe coffee beans, originating from the birthplace of Arabica, are highly renowned for their excellent flavor and are much loved by many. In recent years, domestic specialty coffee has developed rapidly, and this coffee, which enjoys great fame in the international coffee circle, [more…]

危地马拉地处中美洲地峡，独特的高山与火山地形为咖啡种植提供了优越的自然条件。自18世纪中叶首次引种咖啡以来，该国咖啡产业历经起伏，最终凭借卓越品质在国际舞台上屡获殊荣。如今，危地马拉每年产出约350万袋咖啡豆，位列全球第九大产国。全国划分为八大咖啡产区，各具风土特色。其中安提瓜产区的圣塔克拉拉庄园，坐拥三座火山环绕的山谷地形，火山灰带来的丰富矿物质与保水能力，弥补了当地降雨偏少的不足，造就了别具一格的咖啡风味。本文将带您深入了解危地马拉咖啡的历史脉络与产区特色。 [more…]

Because Blue Mountain coffee was overly famous in the last century, many related "borderline" products appeared on the market at that time. For example, Blue Mountain flavor coffee, Blue Mountain blend coffee, and so on—they almost all have nothing to do with Blue Mountain and are purely products that profit off the Blue Mountain name. And yesterday, a customer, while purchasing [more…]

For professional coffee knowledge exchange and more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). For more specialty coffee beans, please add our private WeChat: Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee), WeChat ID: qjcoffeexFlat wh [more…]

Tanzanian coffee is grown in the fertile soils of the East African Rift Valley, structured around bright acidity and medium body, interwoven with blackcurrant, sweet citrus, and floral notes, suitable for both hot and iced drinks. This article systematically reviews its washed processing characteristics, estate bean grading logic, and transportation aging risks, explains in detail the terroir of core producing regions such as Kilimanjaro, Moshi, and Arusha, and introduces representative brands such as Africafe and Tanica Cafe as well as the cultural origins of the "coffee gentleman." It also focuses on industry developments such as Tanzania's promotion of domestic sales and the addition of six new coffee-producing regions, providing coffee enthusiasts with a comprehensive and professional guide to the producing region. [more…]

For those who are just getting into specialty coffee, we usually recommend everyday drinking coffee that is tasty and affordable. If you're thinking about convenience for carrying to the office or brewing at work, we suggest buying everyday drip bags, such as the Front Street Yirgacheffe everyday drip bags that are highly favored by coffee lovers. What is Yirgacheffe? "Yirga [more…]

From bean to cup, a coffee still has to go through grinding and extraction. When it comes to home-use Americano coffee beans, your daily buying decisions need to take into account how fast you drink it, how much to buy at a time, and whether your household mainly makes black coffee or milk coffee. First confirm your usual equipment and preferred taste, then compare specific beans—your actual practice will have clearer direction. [more…]

Adding sugar and milk has become a coffee drinking habit formed over the past nearly hundred years, because Mandheling, Brazil, Colombia, and Blue Mountain have all traditionally used dark roasting. Yirgacheffe beans are small, and the fruity acidity of light-roasted coffee has opened a new coffee world. The African continent is vast, with an average elevation of 75 [more…]

Since Geisha coffee became famous, it has been cultivated in many regions around the world. Geisha coffee is the new king of specialty coffee, with the highest quality and most expensive beans produced in South American countries such as Panama, Guatemala, and Colombia, among which Panamanian Geisha is the most renowned. Although many origins now grow it, [more…]

A good-tasting Americano coffee bean isn't something you can pin down just by memorizing a few names. For everyday bean buying, you need to consider how fast you'll go through them, how much to buy at once, and whether your home setup is mainly for black coffee or milk drinks. What's genuinely useful for reference is the sweet-to-sour ratio when it hits your palate, the body's thickness or thinness, and the finish once it cools—then combine that with your brewing habits, and your options become [more…]

危地马拉是咖啡界公认的优质产国，其境内分布着Antigua、Coban、Atitlan、Huehuetenango、Fraijanes、Oriente与San Marcos七大主要产区，每个产区都凭借独特的风土条件赋予咖啡豆鲜明的个性。本文将逐一梳理这些产区的风味特点，并深入描述危地马拉咖啡豆在手冲萃取下的口感表现。同时，文章还会介绍危地马拉咖啡的品种构成与烘焙建议，帮助咖啡爱好者更全面地理解这个中美洲咖啡重镇的魅力所在。无论你是刚接触单品咖啡的新手，还是寻找日常口粮的资深玩家，前街咖啡都建议你耐心读完这篇关于危地马拉咖啡的完整指南。 [more…]