For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow our WeChat official account: Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee). Many friends, while drinking coffee at Front Street, ask our baristas, "What is Yirgacheffe G1 and Yirgacheffe G2?" "What is Kenya AA, AB?" What is Guate... [more…]

In Sumatra, there is a very complex local system for distinguishing the Mandheling coffees produced there. The most common approach is to differentiate various Mandheling coffees by naming them according to different regions, green bean traders, and processing methods. Examples include Front Street Lintong Mandheling, Front Street Tiger Mandheling, Front Street Golden Mandheling, Front Street Aged Mandheling, and Front Street [more…]

As the exclusive brand of PWN Green Beans Company, the unique Mandheling coffee with the addition of the word "Golden" has become a famous representative of Indonesian specialty coffee. In this article, Front Street Coffee will explain the unique features of PWN Golden Mandheling coffee. Authentic Golden Mandheling coffee—Front Street Coffee's daily bean list includes two Indonesian [more…]

As the core production region for China's domestic coffee, Yunnan's coffee bean quality and grading system have always attracted much attention. From the perspective of Front Street Coffee, this article systematically reviews the history of coffee cultivation in Yunnan, the current state of varieties, and the existing grading standards, while exploring in depth the opportunities and challenges Yunnan coffee faces on its path toward specialty status. At the same time, drawing on its own planting experience in Lincang, Yunnan, Front Street recommends representative washed and natural Yunnan arabica coffees, offering coffee lovers a reference for understanding the regional taste of Yunnan. [more…]

The Origin of Mandheling Coffee We can find that many named single-origin coffees generally take their names from the growing region, place name, variety, or the name of the green bean processor, but the naming of "Mandheling" is rather special, and it begins with a story full of misunderstanding. During World War II in the last century, the Japanese army [more…]

Mandheling coffee beans mainly exhibit a rich mouthfeel and a sweet, caramel-like flavor with a pleasant bitterness. Therefore, they are generally dark roasted. Taking Front Street's Golden Mandheling coffee beans as an example, before roasting Golden Mandheling, Front Street will roughly determine the roasting direction based on the growing information. The Golden Mandheling coffee beans are grown at an altitude of 1100–1 [more…]

The origin of Mandheling coffee can be traced to the fact that many single-origin coffees that can be named are generally named after the coffee bean's producing region, place name, variety, or the name of the green bean processor, but the naming of "Mandheling" is rather special, and it begins with a story of misunderstanding. During World War II, the Japanese army [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow: Front Street Coffee (Frontsteet Coffee). When Colombian coffee beans are mentioned, the delicate berry-like sweet acidity, the aroma of roasted nuts, and the caramel-like finish, with a balanced coffee flavor, make many newcomers to pour-over coffee can't help but exclaim: This is just too [more…]

We usually talk a lot about coffee bean brewing, but today Front Street Coffee will explain coffee bean roasting knowledge to everyone. We know that the process of coffee beans going from green beans to roasted beans is the roasting process, and this process includes light roast, medium roast, and dark roast. Exactly how should different coffee beans be roasted? At the same time, light roast, medium roast [more…]

Yirgacheffe is a small town in southern Ethiopia, originally part of Sidamo Province. Later, because of its distinctive white floral aroma and citrus flavor, which left a deep impression on everyone who tasted it, Yirgacheffe became independent from the Sidamo region, officially ushering in a new era of acidic coffee and becoming [more…]

We know that coffee bean grading methods are usually based on the actual conditions of the growing country. Some are graded by bean size, such as Kenyan coffee; some by altitude, such as Blue Mountain coffee; and some by defect rate, such as Ethiopian coffee. As the gene pool of Arabica, Ethiopia has a wide variety of coffee varieties. [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow our WeChat official account: Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee). As more and more people in China have developed the habit of drinking coffee, many friends have also begun to actively learn about coffee brewing, wanting to make a cup of coffee themselves. This article [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…]

Until recent years, all coffee beans were packaged in burlap sacks and transported in shipping containers, only reaching roasters several months after the beans had been processed. If roasters and importers occasionally wanted to cup coffee beans from the place of origin, or taste a "pre-shipment sample," what they received instead would be stored [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow our WeChat official account: Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee). When it comes to Ethiopia's specialty coffee regions, many people will without hesitation name Yirgacheffe and Sidamo. What are the differences between the coffees from these two regions? This time we will [more…]

Since the beginning of this year, a coffee origin called Alo Village has quickly risen to fame in coffee circles both at home and abroad, with extremely high exposure and discussion. In conversations with multiple roasters and buyers, Front Street Coffee has also clearly felt the continued rise in popularity of this origin. So, what is it about this suddenly "ubiquitous" Al [more…]

Starting the workday with a cup of coffee has become a habit for many friends. With the development of the coffee industry, more and more novel coffee processing methods have emerged. In addition to the diversity of processing methods, the segmentation of coffee categories is also increasing. For example, what Front Street Coffee is going to introduce today is one of the more special ones. [more…]

More and more people are beginning to discover coffee, fall in love with it, and even make it themselves. Specialty coffee is no longer seen merely as a commodity, but as an experience—as a craft or artisanal product. So-called specialty coffee is, in fact, grown under specific climatic and [more…]

Geisha refers to a coffee variety that originated in Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee. After continuous selection, it made its way to Central and South America, rose to fame in Panama in 2004, and became hugely popular in the consumer market due to its signature flavor. Geisha green beans are slender in shape, and the roasted beans have strong fruity aroma characteristics, accompanied by [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…]