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一平方米即可开店？库迪推COTTI Express店中店模式引发联营商担忧
在大众认知里，连锁咖啡门店通常需要一定的空间来摆放桌椅和储存货物，规模不会太小。然而库迪近期宣布推出便捷店型“COTTI Express”，以店中店模式将最小开店面积压缩至一平方米，投资和盈亏平衡点都大幅降低。实际上，Manner与链家、Tims与中石化易捷等品牌早已尝试类似合作。这种模式虽能低成本快速扩张，却也引发联营商对内部竞争、便利店自有咖啡品牌挤压以及品控食安等问题的担忧。店中店究竟能否帮助品牌抢占更大市场，仍需时间检验。 [more…]
Advantages of espresso blend beans | What should coffee beginners pay attention to when making Espresso? What are the steps for espresso extraction?
For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow our WeChat official account: Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee). To extract a delicious espresso, you need suitable coffee beans, the right dose, ratio, time, grind size, water temperature, and pressure. Although it is currently very popular to use [more…]
Hand Drip Coffee | What is the difference between hand drip coffee and Americano? Is hand drip coffee tastier than the black coffee made by an espresso machine?
Recently, a fan left a comment asking about the flavor differences when using the same coffee beans to make pour-over coffee versus Americano. In this article, Front Street Coffee will answer this question~ Before we begin, we first need to distinguish the differences between pour-over coffee and Americano. Pour-over coffee in English is pour ov [more…]
What does "layering" mean in pour-over coffee? How can you improve the layering of coffee?
When tasting coffee, we focus on flavor, mouthfeel, and aftertaste, but when it comes to complexity, few people understand what it means. In this article, Front Street Coffee will help you understand complexity in coffee!! When a coffee is rich in complexity, it means that in one sip, you can clearly perceive multiple flavors, that is, [more…]
The Espresso Face of Typica and Bourbon: An Italian Expression of Heirloom Varieties
On the bean lists of specialty coffee, variety names like "Typica" and "Bourbon" are appearing more and more frequently. They are two of the older major variety families in the Arabica world, and pour-over enthusiasts can recite their flavors with great familiarity, but their performance in espresso is still not much discussed. This article covers the "espresso [more…]
Types of Iced Coffee | Is There a Big Difference Between Ice-Drip Coffee and Cold Brew? What Is the Extraction Principle of Cold Brew and Ice-Drip Coffee? An Introduction to the Flavor, Taste Characteristics, and Methods of Cold Brew and Ice-Drip Coffee
For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow our WeChat official account: FrontStreet Coffee. Many customers who come to Front Street to drink coffee discuss whether there is a difference in taste between ice drip coffee and cold brew coffee. These are both common methods of making cold coffee, but these two kinds of coffee [more…]
Dark Moon Estate: Hunter Tedman and the Expression of Traditional Varieties
In June 2025, the 29th Best of Panama (BOP) awards were held in Boquete. In the Traditional Varieties category, Hacienda La Esmeralda took first place with a Laurina lot from its El Velo division, followed closely by a new face—Dark Moon Estate (Bl [more…]
Light roast floral beans: roast level determines floral and fruity expression
The charm of light-roasted floral coffee beans often begins the moment you open the bag: aromas of petals, citrus, berries, or tropical fruit reach your nose first, while the sip brings bright acidity and sweetness. When choosing by roast level, don't just fixate on the words "light roast"—also note whether it sits at the early stage of light roasting, a standard light roast, or has already edged toward [more…]
Indonesian Sumatra Mandheling Coffee Beans | Brewing Flavors of Mandheling and PWN Golden Mandheling Coffee Beans
Among rich and full-bodied coffees, many people are deeply impressed by Indonesian Mandheling coffee. Indeed, the name Mandheling coffee is quite renowned, a typical representative of Asian coffee, and loved by many. Along with its fame, however, many people taste it because of its reputation but stop at its flavor. Why is that? [more…]
SOE Specialty Coffee Beans Recommendation | What's the Difference Between SOE Coffee Beans and Espresso Blend Coffee Beans? Can Ethiopian Natural Red Cherry SOE Single-Origin Beans Be Used for Pour-Over Coffee?
For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow the WeChat official account: Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee). In recent years, as the wave of specialty coffee has swept in, SOE coffee has also begun to gather momentum, so recently quite a few coffee enthusiasts visiting Front Street have asked why Front Street's shop doesn't offer SOE coffee. [more…]
Tims中国上市后首份季报：净收入3.06亿，门店扩张与即饮布局双线推进
Tims中国在纳斯达克上市后交出了第一份季度成绩单，第三季度总净收入达到3.06亿元，同比增长近七成，创下单季营收新高。门店方面，截至9月底已覆盖全国27个城市，净门店数486家，并已在10月迎来第500家门店。与此同时，Tims中国继续推进与易捷咖啡、盒马等伙伴的合作，加码即饮咖啡赛道。本文梳理了财报核心数据、拓店节奏、店型结构以及管理层对未来的展望，带您快速了解这家咖啡连锁品牌在中国市场的最新动向。 [more…]
Roasting temperature differences for fruity coffee beans: how to choose by flavor
Fruity coffee beans don't express themselves in just one way. Even with the same fruit associations, a light roast may taste like freshly squeezed juice, with bright acidity and lifted aromatics; a medium roast tames the fruit acidity into a softer sweetness; and a medium-dark roast tucks the fruitiness into notes of caramel, cocoa, and ripe fruit. Choosing by roast level is more [more…]
Italian Coffee Staple Beans | Why Is Americano Bitter? Recommended Espresso Blend Coffee Beans for a Smooth, Balanced Americano with No Sourness or Bitterness
Americano may have already become the mainstream choice in coffee shops, especially in summer—nothing beats the refreshing feeling of an iced Americano. Coffee has become a daily habit for many people; sometimes it's about savoring the slow moments of life, and other times it's to add a boost of mental energy to a weary life of day-night reversal. No [more…]
Cold Brew Iced Coffee Recipe | Which Single-Origin Coffee Beans Make the Best Cold Brew? What's the Difference Between Starbucks Cold Brew and Americano Black Coffee?
Cicadas sing and birds call, the sun shines brightly, and the southern region gradually enters summer. The weather is hot, and icy refreshing drinks are always irresistible. Cold brew coffee is simple to make, with no complicated procedures—just brew a pot before going to sleep at night, and you can drink it the next morning when you wake up. For coffee lovers, cold brew coffee is a summer heat-relieving [more…]
A Brief History of Arabica Varieties: The Variety Lineage Behind an Espresso Blend
Holding an espresso bean list in your hand, names like Mandheling, Typica, and SL28 often dazzle the eyes. In fact, they all belong to the same bean species—Arabica—just with different variety lineages. Following the lineage down, the story of each bean becomes clear. The lineage starts with two wild ancestors: E [more…]
Variety and Floral-Fruity Aromas: The Aromatic Genes of Geisha, SL Lines, and Heirloom Varieties
Same estate, same processing method—so why do some varieties fill the cup with floral aromatics while others taste utterly ordinary? Half of the underlying code for floral and fruity aromas is written into the coffee variety's genes. This article sorts through several star variety families to see how genes determine the aromatic destiny in the cup. Geisha: the pinnacle example of floral aroma. This one, from Eth... [more…]
Espresso Coffee Tasting | What's the Etiquette for Drinking Espresso? What Techniques Are There for Tasting Espresso?
On various social platforms, we often come across scenes like this: a coffee enthusiast tilts their head back and downs a cup of espresso in one gulp, then after a brief frown, reveals an expression of intoxication as if they have tasted the most exquisite delicacy in the world. Many friends are infected by the enthusiast's emotions in the video, so after going to a café they will [more…]
Pour-over black coffee drinking method | What is the best temperature for tasting coffee? Is there a big difference in coffee flavor at different temperatures? Can pour-over coffee be reheated after it cools down?
The saying "coffee should be drunk while it's hot" is something people often keep on their lips, and not without reason! Front Street Coffee remembers a coffee friend describing coffee after it had gone cold like this: "After one sip my head hurt so much, that bitter/sour + woody taste lingered in my mouth and wouldn't go away, and it made me withdraw for a long time~" Hot coffee left to cool [more…]
Pour-over Coffee Tutorial and Equipment Recommendations | How Can Coffee Beginners Learn the Three-Pour Technique for Pour-over Coffee? What Is the Coffee-to-Water Ratio and Water Temperature for Pour-over Coffee?
Nowadays, more and more people are beginning to enjoy the pleasure of pour-over coffee, but are some steps unfamiliar, or are some key points still difficult to master? In this article, Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) will share some tips about pour-over coffee~ Pour-over coffee is a type that requires the use of [more…]
Light Roast Pour-Over Bean Recommendations: Cup Differences Across Three Roast Levels
Light-roasted coffee beans are not limited to just one flavor. Slight variations in roasting time and heat will steer the acidity, sweetness, aroma, and body in the cup in different directions. Lighter beans tend to express floral and citrus notes, mid-range light roasts enhance juiciness, and beans approaching a light-medium roast are softer and rounder, suitable for slowly transitioning from fresh flavors. [more…]