Roasting is the process of turning green coffee beans into brown roasted beans~ The longer the roasting time and the longer the beans are exposed to heat, the darker the color of the coffee beans becomes. The surface color (bean surface) of the coffee beans when taken out of the roaster after different durations will also vary. This situation Front Street [more…]

One of the defining features of Front Street's shops is the wide selection of beans available for pour-over coffee. Although not every bean sold on Taobao and Tmall has been brought into the physical stores, a rough count still puts the number at over thirty—so the choices can be considered quite abundant. And even though the bean selection runs to more than thirty options, [more…]

北欧烘焙与意式烘焙，看似只是烘焙深浅的差别，背后却藏着咖啡文化演进的历史脉络。意式、法式深烘曾长期主导咖啡世界，而北欧地区因接触咖啡较晚，未被苦味审美束缚，反而催生出叛逆的浅烘风格。从最初的“大火爆炒”到挪威烘焙师改良的温和手法，北欧烘焙逐渐自成一派，并最终推动整个行业从深烘王朝转向酸味主导的浅烘时代。本文完整梳理这一演变过程，带你理解北欧之道与意式风格的核心区别。 [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow our WeChat public account: Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee). With the advancement of coffee specialization, SOE has gradually become popular. So what is SOE? Is SOE coffee tastier than blended coffee? Now Front Street Coffee (Fron [more…]

There are many world-famous coffee brands. Some mainly operate through chain stores, with unified raw materials and unified standards, so the quality of their coffee output is relatively consistent; others operate as independent coffee shops, and these stores offer different coffee products for customers to choose from. As the coffee culture becomes more and more [more…]

If you hear someone beside you describing the taste of a cup of drink, "floral, fruity acid, honey sweet, tea charm……" There is no doubt that this is probably describing the flavor of the coffee in his cup. Nowadays, it is hard to know what the "coff [more…]

你听说过“极浅烘咖啡”吗？它源自北欧，以高温快烘的方式，追求咖啡豆明亮酸质与花果香气，常被形容为“像喝茶或果汁”。与日式深烘的醇厚濃香截然不同，北欧浅烘更强调地域之味和轻盈干净的口感。前街咖啡作为自烘焙品牌，为何不推出极浅烘豆？本文将从烘焙节奏、化学反应、萃取难点等角度，全面解析极浅烘咖啡的定义、特点与制作挑战，并对比前街中浅烘和日式深烘的区别，帮助咖啡爱好者找到适合自己的风味方向。 [more…]

More and more specialty coffee shops on the market are seeing a trend of SOE espresso, and many friends who come to Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) also ask if there is SOE coffee~ Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) stores currently offer [more…]

Mainstream Third Wave Specialty Coffee Nowadays, cafes often emphasize that they serve "specialty coffee." What exactly is "specialty coffee"? Why is it that among the home-roasting businesses blooming like wildflowers, over ninety percent choose the so-called light-to-medium roast to interpret the flavors of green coffee beans? Just pay a little attention to coffee-related articles. [more…]

Without any hints, Front Street Coffee believes that it would be hard for anyone to imagine that this syringe-like tool is actually used to make coffee. That's right, it is the very popular little coffee "toy" in the coffee world—the AeroPress. The reason Front Street Coffee calls it a "toy" is not because it cannot reliably make [more…]

古吉产区近年来在埃塞俄比亚精品咖啡版图中迅速崛起，夏奇索作为其核心微产区，凭借优越的风土条件与处理工艺，频频产出令业界惊艳的豆款。本文聚焦吉格莎处理厂出品的G1等级咖啡豆，详细梳理其水洗与日晒两种处理法下的风味表现，并深入介绍古吉-夏奇索的行政区划、处理厂背景及产区发展脉络。无论你是想了解埃塞俄比亚新兴产区的趋势，还是寻找下一支值得入手的精品豆，这篇文章都能提供有价值的参考。前街也将为你推荐值得关注的相关产品。 [more…]

We usually talk a lot about coffee bean brewing, but today Front Street Coffee will explain coffee bean roasting knowledge to everyone. We know that the process of coffee beans going from green beans to roasted beans is the roasting process, and this process includes light roast, medium roast, and dark roast. Exactly how should different coffee beans be roasted? At the same time, light roast, medium roast [more…]

I believe many of you not only enjoy drinking coffee but have also developed an interest in coffee roasting. While surfing the internet, Front Street Coffee often sees people sharing their home coffee roasting process on social media. However, we also notice that some [more…]

Many friends who want to learn about coffee bean roasting are curious about one question: how to determine the roasting degree of coffee beans. Should a coffee bean be dark roasted or light roasted, and then how light should light be, and how dark should dark be? On what basis does Front Street Coffee determine the roasting of all these coffee beans it sells? [more…]

The coffee beans we usually encounter have all been roasted. Roasting brings out the captivating aroma of coffee beans, and different roast levels give quite different impressions. In this issue, Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) introduces several methods for identifying coffee roast levels. [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow: Front Street Coffee (Frontsteet Coffee) The roast level of coffee beans determines the direction of the coffee's flavor. Many coffee shops label the roast level on the coffee beans they sell, such as light roast, medium roast, cinnamon roast, etc., which makes it easy for beginners [more…]

As is well known, Front Street primarily sells coffee beans and has shops on both Taobao and Tmall, so friends who can't make it to the physical store often place orders online. Some of them then noticed that Front Street's bean labels don't indicate the roast level of the coffee beans, and they reported that once they receive the beans, they don't know how to identify [more…]

Coffee is a beverage brewed from coffee beans. FrontStreet Coffee believes that what makes coffee special is that the beans must be roasted before they can be used for brewing, and the roasting temperature is as high as over 200 degrees Celsius, far higher than the roasting temperature for nuts. Moreover, [more…]

The roasting degree of coffee beans directly determines the flavor profile of the final cup. From the bright acidity of a light roast to the rich, bittersweet depth of a dark roast, each stage has its own unique temperature range, timing, and visual characteristics. This article systematically breaks down the complete process of coffee beans from light roast, medium roast, medium-dark roast to dark roast, and includes a detailed comparison table to help you understand the flavor changes and suitable applications of different roasting stages. Whether you are a beginner pour-over enthusiast or a seasoned player pursuing the ultimate flavor, this guide can provide you with practical reference. The article also specifically retains product recommendations from Front Street Coffee for your reference when making purchases. [more…]

Anyone who drinks coffee regularly knows that coffee beans come in different roast levels, and the flavor and mouthfeel they present are all different. As a café that roasts its own beans, Front Street has dozens of batches of coffee beans to roast every day. We know the flavors of light-roasted Yirgacheffe, medium-roasted Brazilian coffee, and the like like the back of our hand, and we also need to [more…]