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…]

A Beginner's Guide to Getting into Coffee — How to Choose the Flavor You Want to Drink Figuring out how to pick the coffee beans you actually want to taste is no small challenge. To help with this, Front Street Coffee has put together a summary of the flavors and characteristics of several common coffee beans. The beans introduced below progress from light and fresh to rich and bold, and from more acidic to more bitter. [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…]

Ethiopia is a genetic treasure trove of coffee, with a vast array of native varieties and unique flavors. From Yirgacheffe to Sidamo, from washed to natural, every bean is full of surprises. This article takes you deep into Ethiopia's coffee variety classifications, flavor characteristics, processing method differences, the Red Cherry Project, and its unique grading system, and shares Front Street Coffee's cupping and brewing experience to help you gain a comprehensive understanding of this major African coffee country. [more…]

Today FrontStreet Coffee would like to share with you the two major categories of coffee beans: single-origin beans and blend beans. Blended coffee, also known as composite coffee, is made by mixing various single-origin coffee beans together, so as to fully bring out the strengths of each single-origin bean. Blend beans [more…]

Espresso coffee beans, as the name suggests, are coffee beans specifically used for making Italian-style coffee. What makes these coffee beans different from others? Front Street Coffee has listed a few key differences for everyone! 1. Degree of roasting. Taking the coffee beans of a coffee shop as an example, if the coffee is produced using drip filtration (pour-over), [more…]

When it comes to which region produces the best honey-processed coffee beans, Costa Rica is undoubtedly the answer. As the birthplace of the honey processing method, Costa Rica has naturally perfected its honey processing techniques to a high degree of mastery. In this article, Front Street Coffee will explain the flavor characteristics of Costa Rican honey-processed coffee beans. [more…]

"Variety" is another consideration some friends use when selecting coffee beans, in addition to flavor and origin. Sidra, transliterated from "Sidra," also known as "Sydra" or "Bourbon Sidra." In Spanish, Sidra means "apple juice." [more…]

When Yirgacheffe is mentioned, many people will think of its distinctive characteristics such as floral aroma, not bitter, citric acidity, citrus, tea-like body, and so on. The reason Yirgacheffe coffee beans possess such a splendid flavor and present a refreshing, bright tonality is first of all thanks to the terroir and variety of the origin, and secondly to the control of roasting, because the coffee beans [more…]

Front Street Coffee Introduction: Coffee flavor characteristics of Africa, Central and South America, Asia, and islands. African bean flavors: Among them, Ethiopia's Front Street Huakui coffee and Front Street Yirgacheffe coffee have relatively pronounced orange and floral aromas, with a bright and transparent flavor; Kenya's Front Street Little Tomato coffee has a rich berry aroma, as well as dark plum juice and [more…]

Mandheling coffee is considered the fullest-bodied coffee in the world. Its acidity is relatively low, and it should be said to belong to the type of relatively mellow coffee. Its rich aroma is its characteristic. If you want to taste Mandheling coffee, Golden Mandheling is a wise choice. So what are the flavor characteristics of Mandheling and Golden Mandheling? Man [more…]

As coffee culture sweeps across the country, coffee shops have gradually spread to every street and alley, with espresso—characterized by its speed and convenience—being especially popular. A rich and aromatic shot of espresso gives rise to all kinds of popular espresso-based coffees. Front Street Coffee will now discuss the characteristics of espresso, the "soul" of the coffee shop. Espresso [more…]

As coffee culture sweeps across the country, coffee shops have gradually spread to every street and alley, with Italian-style coffee, known for its speed and convenience, being especially popular. A rich and aromatic espresso gives rise to all kinds of popular Italian-style coffees, and Front Street Coffee is here to talk about the characteristics of espresso, the "soul" of the coffee shop. Espresso [more…]

Many coffee enthusiasts have unknowingly accumulated a lot of coffee equipment at home, and those obsessed with espresso have even stocked up on espresso machines, ready to pull their own shots. But many people don't know how to choose coffee beans suitable for espresso extraction, agonizing over whether to buy dark roast or light roast, blended or single-origin, and how home use and commercial use [more…]

With the growing popularity of espresso, SOE espresso has also become all the rage, so customers visiting Front Street Coffee often ask questions like "Can I choose the beans for espresso?" or "Do you offer SOE coffee options?" What is SOE coffee? SOE stands for "Single [more…]

Geisha coffee beans: is light roast or dark roast better? Flavor description and mouthfeel characteristics introduction CUPPING 10-10-11 Equipment: Hario V60 pour-over drip, medium grind (slightly fine). Because it is roasted relatively light, I hope a finer grind can reduce the acidity. Water temperature: 91°C, wet aroma is good. [more…]

As people pursue health, many drinks marketed as sugar-free and low-fat have appeared in everyone's life. Coffee, as one of the world's three major beverages, is naturally no exception, and low-caffeine coffee has also been introduced, namely the decaf coffee commonly seen in coffee shops today. So what are the characteristics of decaf coffee? Then [more…]

Front Street Espresso is a coffee beverage with a strong taste. It is made by forcing hot water at around 92 degrees Celsius, under 9 bars of high pressure, through finely ground coffee powder to extract the coffee liquid. Many customers are at a loss when buying coffee beans and don't know how to choose. Front Street [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…]

“Boss, why are the beans in this bag so uneven in size? Every bean looks so distinctive...” This is the question customers ask our customer service most often after receiving Ethiopian coffee beans ordered from Front Street’s Taobao store. From the picture, we can see that, just as our friends reported, [more…]