On the 2025 BOP Traditional Variety Group podium, standing behind Hacienda La Esmeralda and Dark Moon Estate, was Cantera Farm—92.25 points, third place. This result belongs to the Garrido family, to the then-estate manager Gis [more…]

Having a De'Longhi machine in the office is a hard indicator of workplace happiness. But choosing beans for a shared coffee corner and for home follow two different logics: tastes vary and are hard to please, budgets are clearly divided between public and private, and no one takes the initiative to maintain it—the communal nature dictates a bean-selection strategy of "balance first." This article discusses bean selection and operation for an office De'Longhi coffee corner. The first principle [more…]

Recently, everyone has probably stocked up on beans during Double Eleven. The questions asked to Front Street are all things like "How long can the flavor of unopened coffee beans be preserved at most?" and "How can opened coffee beans be stored to slow down the rate of flavor loss?" Today, Front Street will talk about the issue of storing coffee beans. How long can the flavor of coffee beans be preserved? Can it be asked this [more…]

The most fascinating thing about cold brew is that it works like a slow-motion projector: the flavor release that hot extraction completes in a few dozen seconds is stretched out over more than ten hours, and the character of every flavor compound is amplified and put on display. Running a set of cold brew comparison experiments with beans processed in different ways lets you directly see how each processing method truly expresses itself at low temperatures. The experiment is set [more…]

When you bring a De'Longhi coffee machine home, many people run into the same bean-selection dilemma: everyday beans are about consistency, something you can drink daily without guilt; adventure beans are about variety, a change of pace for the weekend. Rather than going back and forth between these two demands, it's better to split the line outright, pairing each with its own beans so both weekdays and weekends can be enjoyed comfortably—this dual-track approach is worth [more…]

Kenyan coffee is renowned worldwide for its bright, uplifting fruit acidity and full, berry-juice-like mouthfeel. The formation of this unique flavor is inseparable from the local high-altitude volcanic soil, the two major varieties SL-28 and SL-34, and the signature K72 double washed processing method. This article will systematically sort out the core characteristics of Kenyan coffee, from terroir and variety origins to processing techniques, roasting, and extraction, and introduce the flavor performance of several representative Kenyan beans available at Front Street Coffee shops. In addition, it will share three iced drink methods suitable for showcasing Kenya's acidity—ice hand pour, ice drip, and cold brew—to help coffee lovers who enjoy fruity acidity brew a refreshing and pleasant cup of Kenyan coffee at home. [more…]

Household super-automatic coffee machines, with their simple and convenient operation, allow you to effortlessly grind coffee beans and brew a rich, aromatic cup of coffee with just one press of a button, making them highly popular in homes and offices. For those who have just gotten a household super-automatic coffee machine, you may be eager to try it out as soon as you receive it. [more…]

The standard espresso ratio is 1:2—a single shot uses 9g of grounds to yield 18g of liquid, and a double shot uses 18g of grounds to yield 36g of liquid. When actually pulling a shot, fine-tune based on this brew ratio and the taste. The grind size for espresso is also adjusted by referencing this extraction time: if it runs fast, grind finer; if it runs slow, grind coarser, until the extraction time matches. [more…]

Front Street Coffee: Kenya Asaliya Coffee Beans Region: Kenya, Thika Region, Asali Processing Plant Altitude: 1550-1750m Processing Method: Washed Variety: SL28 & SL34 Flavor: Snow Pear, Smoked Plum, Yellow Sugar [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow: Front Street Coffee (Frontsteet Coffee) In Front Street's view, household fully automatic coffee machines, with their simple and convenient operation, allow you to easily grind coffee beans and brew aromatic coffee with just one press of a button, and are deeply loved in homes and offices [more…]

A reader submitted a contribution, saying they recently bought a bunch of drip coffee bags during a sale, so they wanted to brew them using different methods. Then they found a somewhat tricky approach—brewing with milk. But since they had never tried it, they were worried it might go terribly wrong, so they asked Front Street whether it was feasible. For this kind of thing that benefits coffee lovers, Front Street has always been a No p [more…]

There are mainly two types of household coffee machines: one is the semi-automatic coffee machine, which requires more steps and parameters to operate, and the other is the fully automatic coffee machine, which with just one press of a button easily grinds coffee beans and brews a rich, aromatic cup of coffee, making it highly popular in homes and offices. It is precisely because of its simple functionality that making [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow: Front Street Coffee (Frontsteet Coffee). In Front Street's view, household fully automatic coffee machines, with their simple and convenient operation, allow you to easily grind coffee beans and brew aromatic coffee with just one press of a button, and are deeply loved in homes and offices. [more…]

The surface of a freshly made latte is incredibly fine and smooth. But if we leave it sitting without drinking it, we can see the smooth, delicate surface gradually become rough and uneven. This phenomenon is called "defoaming," a process in which the milk foam continuously dissipates. Milk foam is a frothy substance formed by injecting air into milk. [more…]

The distant cicadas are chirping nonstop, the dog days of summer have just begun, heat waves are rolling through the streets, and the tap water at home is running hot. A barista at Front Street Coffee had just opened the door when a friend walked in right after and asked if there was any cold brew coffee. To get through the hottest forty days of the year, without a cup of ice-cold coffee, it really [more…]

Front Street Coffee has found that many friends always run into this problem when they first start learning coffee brewing: they find that the coffee they brew doesn't taste good, but they can't quite say exactly what's wrong with it. To be honest, if we want to brew a good cup of coffee, besides learning the underlying logic of brewing and mastering the correct extraction parameters, [more…]

In the 2026 BOP Washed Geisha category, Elida Estate took the category championship with 96.25 points, which was also the highest score overall. Close on its heels was a small estate still unfamiliar to most—Finca El Pergamino, with 96.00. [more…]

In the 2025 Best of Panama Natural Geisha category, Finca Los Cenizos placed second with 96.25 points, behind only Hacienda La Esmeralda's 97-point lot. The estate's name, Cenizos, literally translates to "ashes," evoking [more…]

In the 2025 Best of Panama washed Geisha category, Finca Nuguo placed third with a score of 95.27, behind only Esmeralda and Sophia. In terms of fame, Nuguo is not as renowned as its two neighbors, but in terms of production conditions, it is equally astonishing—the entire estate only [more…]

Some people say Geisha coffee is so expensive, but what exactly does Geisha coffee taste like? Front Street believes that when you drink Geisha coffee, it feels less like a cup of coffee and more like a cup of fruit-and-flower tea. Because of different growing regions, the flavors that Geisha coffee presents also vary, but overall, Geisha coffee naturally carries a kind of [more…]