For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow our WeChat official account: Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee). The AeroPress is not just a passing fad; its appearance is quite unlike typical brewing equipment, and the company that invented this brewing device doesn't even have coffee equipment as its flagship product. [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…]

With the growth of specialty coffee, the community of coffee drinkers has continued to expand, so a large number of coffee beans from different origins have begun flooding the coffee market. As a result, coffee enthusiasts are often at a loss when choosing coffee beans. New coffee enthusiasts who come to Front Street Coffee to taste coffee often ask how to choose high-quality specialty coffee. [more…]

The AeroPress brewing method is versatile, with no absolute rules—use your imagination to make a great cup of coffee. Use it however you like. It is precisely because of the AeroPress's varied techniques, its operability, and the controllability of coffee extraction factors that the World AeroPress Championship exists today. [more…]

Many friends have私信'd Front Street, asking us to introduce some representative good coffee beans. Front Street thought about it, and the most representative coffees are the more distinctive coffee beans from major producing regions. To that end, Front Street has recommended 10 coffee beans from different producing countries for everyone. 1. Front Street Jamaica Blue Mountain No. 1 Coffee Beans [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow: Front Street Coffee (Frontsteet Coffee) Nowadays, discerning coffee enthusiasts who want to brew a standard pour-over coffee at home need to prepare a variety of tools: a gooseneck kettle, a server, a dripper, filter paper, a thermometer... Using them is quite a production, and when not in use [more…]

Geisha, due to its pronunciation resembling the Japanese word for "geisha," has acquired the nickname "geisha coffee." Geisha coffee beans are considered the brightest, richest, and most intensely aromatic coffee variety. Because they keep breaking world coffee price records, Geisha has become a specialty cof [more…]

WBC World Barista Championship competitor Suzuki Shiki once said that the advantage of a French press is its very simple brewing principle—anyone can use it, and differences in brewing technique won't cause variations in coffee flavor. A French press can very directly express the coffee's own flavors, and at the same time is not affected by filter paper altering the coffee's flavor. [more…]

Geisha coffee beans are famous for their rich floral aroma and refined fruit acidity, but this variety went from Ethiopia's wild forests to the world stage through nearly seventy years of obscurity and turning points. This article sorts out Geisha's varietal origins, spread, and growing condition requirements, focusing on the terroir advantages of Panama's Boquete producing region, as well as Hacienda La Esmeralda's Red Label and Green Label grading system. It also presents Front Street Coffee's roasting approach for Geisha and V60 brewing parameter recommendations, and includes flavor descriptions of beans from well-known Panama estates such as Butterfly and Elida, providing coffee lovers with a complete Geisha tasting reference. [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow: Front Street Coffee (Frontsteet Coffee). WBC World Barista Championship competitor Suzuki Itsuki once said that the advantage of the French press is that its brewing principle is very simple, anyone can master it, and the coffee flavor will not vary due to different brewing techniques. [more…]

Coffee is an imported product, and everyone drinks coffee for different reasons. Some people are enjoying a petty bourgeois lifestyle, some are dependent on caffeine, and others simply like the taste of coffee. Front Street is here to take stock of which coffee those who know coffee must drink. Pour-over coffee is undoubtedly the most popular coffee-making method in the world today. [more…]

Many people think that coffee must be bitter, and that a good black coffee needs milk and sugar added, but coffee actually has many different flavors that make it not only not bitter but also full of various aromas and tastes. Today Front Street Coffee has brought a few coffee beans with balanced acidity and sweetness and outstanding flavors for everyone to choose from.1 [more…]

Many friends have messaged Front Street privately, asking Front Street to introduce some representative good coffee beans. Front Street thought about it, and the most representative coffees are the more distinctive coffee beans from each major producing region. For this reason, Front Street has recommended 10 coffee beans from different producing countries. 1. Front Street Coffee (FrontSt [more…]

Many friends, after tasting a certain pour-over single-origin coffee bean with rich floral and fruity aromas, like it so much that they ask Front Street: Is it suitable for making espresso? At this point, Front Street begins to analyze the characteristics of SOE ~ What is SOE? Traditionally, coffee shops choose medium-dark roasted blend coffee beans to use [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…]

Nowadays, to create their own brand identity, many coffee shops offer personalized SOE coffee beans for customers to choose from. When we confirm that we want to switch the coffee from a blend to an SOE, we are always charged a few extra yuan. Why is that? SOE stands for "Single Origi [more…]

Since the fifteenth century, coffee has served as a common beverage and a pick-me-up tonic. It was not until the rise of the third wave of specialty coffee that roasters began to favor lighter roast profiles, and the distinctive acidity and aroma in coffee won over one group of coffee drinkers after another. Many who have just come to appreciate [more…]

Compared to other single-origin coffees, pour-over coffee has a great many brewing methods. For example: one-pour, three-stage, volcano pour, variable-temperature brewing, stirring, and so on. Today let's get to know some of the brewing methods that commonly appear in pour-over coffee~ 1. One-pour The one-pour method and the single-pour method are still [more…]

While Jamaican Blue Mountain and Hawaiian Kona have long occupied the coffee throne, a dark horse from Ethiopia's native forests—Geisha—is rewriting the landscape of specialty coffee with hurricane force. This article takes you through Geisha's legendary journey from its discovery in 1931 to its dazzling rise at Hacienda La Esmeralda in Panama, recounting its glorious record of eleven championships and sky-high auction bids, and further, through hands-on testing with both pour-over and siphon extraction methods, deeply analyzing this bean's signature lemon-citrus aroma, honey-cream sweetness, and layer upon layer of oolong tea notes. Front Street Coffee will also share roasting and brewing insights to help you fully understand this green diamond capable of moving even the most seasoned connoisseur. [more…]

Many friends who have drunk coffee may not necessarily understand or even have heard of SOE coffee, but seasoned coffee connoisseurs certainly know about SOE coffee. Doesn't it seem that when SOE coffee is mentioned, friends who are new to coffee or even new to espresso coffee don't quite understand it, yet SOE sounds like it's pretty high-end? [more…]