If you want to drink coffee with a clear berry flavor, roast level is a very useful screening clue. Light roasts more easily preserve the bright aromas of fresh strawberries, raspberries, and red currants; medium roasts push the fruitiness toward jam, smoked plum, or ripe berries; and darker roasts often present a combination of dried berries, cocoa, and caramel. First determine what you want. [more…]

If you want to drink coffee with a clear berry flavor, the roast level is a very useful screening clue. Light roasts are more likely to retain the bright notes of fresh strawberries, raspberries, and red currants; medium roasts push the fruitiness toward jam, smoked plum, or ripe berries; and darker roasts often present a combination of dried berries, cocoa, and caramel. First, decide what you want. [more…]

If you want coffee beans with a pronounced berry flavor, start by looking at the roast level, then compare origin and processing method. Light roasts are more likely to retain bright aromas like strawberry, blueberry, and red berry, with a sweetness reminiscent of fresh fruit flesh; medium roasts rein in the acidity and develop notes of fruit jam, smoked plum, or brown sugar; medium-dark roasts let the berry notes blend with cocoa and cara- [more…]

Berry-flavored coffee beans have a flavor profile best described as "intertwined sweet and sour": the aromas of strawberry, blueberry, and raspberry need an acidic foundation to come across as three-dimensional. Front Street Coffee's Granja Estate Geisha has a strawberry jam aroma paired with sun-dried sweetness, making it a richer expression of berry notes; Colombia's Sidra, by contrast, has a brighter blueberry flavor, and in iced pour-over its berry character [more…]

Coffee beans with a noticeably berry-like flavor aren't something you can nail down just by memorizing a few names. When buying beans day to day, you need to consider how quickly you'll drink them, how much to buy at once, and whether your household mainly makes black coffee or milk coffee. What's genuinely useful for reference is the sweet-to-sour ratio on the palate, the body's thickness or thinness, and the aftertaste once the coffee cools—then, combined with your brewing habits, choose [more…]

Berry-forward coffee beans often burst with aroma right after roasting, yet on the palate they can seem sharp, scattered, and may even carry a hint of roast character. Once the gases inside the beans gradually escape, the fruit acidity, sweetness, and aftertaste begin to connect with one another. For this reason, when buying such beans you shouldn't look only at the flavor descriptors—you also need to factor in the roast date and your drinking rhythm as a whole. [more…]

Many people, upon trying pour-over coffee for the first time, are amazed by a flavor: it turns out coffee isn't just bitter; it can be acidic, sweet, and aromatic, like fruit tea or flowers. This is the beloved floral and fruity profile in pour-over coffee. Its charm lies in amplifying the original regional flavors of the coffee beans: Ethiopian [more…]

The requirements for beans differ between black coffee and milk coffee. Black coffee needs aroma and sweetness that can stand on their own, while milk coffee requires the espresso to have enough concentration and body to retain a clear flavor after milk is added. First determine whether milk will be added to the cup, then decide on the style of beans—this makes it easier to choose a suitable one. [more…]

When it comes to acidic coffee, many people may only think of Ethiopia's Yirgacheffe, Huakui, or Panama's Geisha, but they don't know that Kenyan coffee also has a rich sweet-and-sour aroma and a juice-like mouthfeel. Kenyan coffee is usually processed using the double washed method, with varieties being SL28 and SL34. [more…]

The term "berry" does not refer to a single specific fruit, but rather broadly denotes a category—all small, juicy fruits. However, unlike tropical fruits, berries have their own separate category in the new coffee flavor wheel released by the SCA in 2016. The berry category in the flavor wheel includes strawberry (Strawberry [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…]

Fruity coffee fruit flavors often present a natural sweet-and-sour aroma, making them one of the most prized qualities in specialty coffee. They are generally divided into stone fruits (peach, apricot, apple), citrus (orange, lemon, pomelo, sweet orange), and berries (raspberry, strawberry, blackberry, blackcurrant, cherry). Generally speaking, [more…]

Front Street Panama Butterfly Coffee Beans Origin: Boquete, Panama Altitude: 1600m Variety: Geisha, Catuai, Caturra Processing Method: Washed Flavor: White floral, citrus, berry, tea-like Recommended Reason: Tastes like floral and fruity tea, refreshing flavor, suitable for pour-over, cold brew, and iced coffee Front Street Indonesia PWN [more…]

Ice cubes will quickly lower the coffee's temperature and, once melted, dilute its strength. For this reason, the roast level of the beans directly affects the brightness, sweetness, and body on the palate. If you want a crisp iced pour-over, look toward a light roast; if you prefer a smooth, easy-drinking iced Americano, a medium roast makes it easier to find balance; if you plan to add milk, the color [more…]

When buying coffee beans, aside from paying attention to origin and flavor, we also choose coffee beans that have undergone different processing methods. This is because different processing methods bring out different flavor characteristics in coffee; even coffee from the same origin, when processed by washed and natural methods respectively, will display different mouthfeels. For example, on the Front Street Coffee menu, [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…]

Blended coffee and pour-over single-origin coffee are the two most common industry terms, referring to different types of coffee beans. Blended coffee is a recipe that combines coffee beans from two or more origins, usually used for espresso machines, so in order to highlight the crema and body, medium or dark roasting is generally used, allowing [more…]

What is specialty coffee? In the past, people's impression of coffee was nothing more than bitterness, a flavor characteristic caused by dark roasting. As times changed, coffee culture also evolved into the third wave trend of medium and light roasting, among which a new term emerged—specialty coffee. A simple definition of specialty coffee is [more…]

When it comes to brewing coffee, whether you're just starting out, advancing, or have already become a seasoned enthusiast, choosing coffee beans is still something you can't afford to be careless about. Today, we're going to dig out our most treasured good beans for experienced brewers, so you can brew delicious coffee at home too. 1. Front Street Coffee. Rwanda Red Bourbon: [more…]

Many people probably know that the charm of light-roasted coffee lies in its low bitterness, often accompanied by fresh floral and fruity notes. It is mostly brewed using the pour-over method, allowing even those who originally didn't accept coffee to fall in love with this "dark" beverage. To keep everyone from blindly stepping on landmines, today we bring a carefully compiled "2026 [more…]