Seeing a strawberry candy latte on a café menu, many people instinctively assume it contains syrup. In fact, a properly processed flavored bean can produce a strawberry-like sweet aroma without any syrup at all, and Front Street Coffee's Strawberry Candy Blend was designed with exactly this approach in mind. Its premise is that the bean's own fermented flavor is distinctive enough—so distinctive that [more…]

Coffee today is no longer just a "functional drink" used to wake you up; it is also a medium that holds a wealth of experiences. Thanks to the spread of the concept of specialty coffee, which has brought about a leap in coffee quality, we can now taste the terroir of different places through a single small cup of coffee. For example, [more…]

"This coffee is too bitter—I just can't drink it." If you've ever had this thought, it may not be that you dislike coffee—it's that you haven't found the right flavor. Traditional espresso beans mostly take a rich, intense route, with bitterness and roast character as the main notes. But Front Street Strawberry Candy coffee beans take a different path: fruity espresso. Its espresso smells [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…]

In the world of espresso, nothing matters more than a perfect shot. An ideal espresso has a creamy texture, intense coffee flavor, and a syrupy body, along with a lingering finish. Although it seems simple, in reality, to make a perfect espresso, when buying coffee beans we need to [more…]

Here's what happens: when a customer pushes open the door of the Front Street shop and steps inside, their attention is immediately drawn to the blackboard nearby. There's nothing particularly special on the blackboard—it simply lists new drink recommendations along with the words "Ice drip coffee must be ordered 2 days in advance." As a result, many customers who see it ask, "Ice [more…]

What coffee beans are suitable for an espresso machine? Espresso is just one of many coffee extraction methods. No matter what kind of coffee is used, as long as it is made with an espresso machine, it can be called espresso. As long as it tastes good, whether it is single-origin coffee or a blend, it [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow: Front Street Coffee (Frontsteet Coffee). Espresso has a thicker texture and richer crema than drip coffee, and making high-quality espresso is inseparable from good espresso beans. Generally speaking, espresso beans are all [more…]

In recent years, coffee culture has continued to deepen, and many "early-shift workers" need a cup of coffee every day to have the energy to "grind." However, not everyone can go to a coffee shop anytime to properly enjoy a delicious cup of pour-over coffee, so for convenience people invented drip bag coffee. What is drip bag coffee? Drip bag [more…]

Many people know that coffee generally falls into two taste categories: sour and bitter. However, some coffee enthusiasts seek a balanced flavor—neither sour nor astringent, sweet but not bitter. With this in mind, today Front Street Coffee brings a few selected coffee beans for everyone to choose from based on their preferences~ 1. Balanced flavor: Front Street Coffee Bird of Paradise [more…]

Compared to tropical fruits, the description "berry" is obviously much easier to understand, but the word "berry" does not refer to just one specific fruit; rather, it broadly refers to a category that includes many small, juicy fruits. However, unlike tropical fruits, berries have their own separate category in the new version of the SCA Coffee Flavor Wheel released in 2016. [more…]

Cold brew and ice drip have very clear requirements for beans: strong flavor, ample sweetness, and high cleanliness. The passion fruit and blueberry flavors of Front Street Coffee Colombia Sidra slowly emerge in ice drip, with a juicy quality as rich as fruit tea; the sweet aroma of strawberry candy makes a cold brew in which the strawberry gummy character stands out even more at low temperatures. Choose the right beans, and the flavor concentration of cold brew and ice drip [more…]

With its aura of being invincible and unstoppable, the Geisha variety (Gesha) from Hacienda La Esmeralda has become a dream rarity in the coffee world. Its floral aroma is like fireworks, continuously blooming in the mouth throughout the tasting process, with flavors reminiscent of lemon, citrus, and strawberry, making it taste more like juice than coffee. Before Geisha coffee beans were known to the world, [more…]

Many people think that the taste of espresso is only bitter, but in fact, as long as you choose the right coffee beans and control the extraction well, we can drink espresso with a sweet taste. Choosing a high-sweetness espresso bean: from the moment a coffee bean starts to be heated as a green bean until the end of roasting, sweetness is the first flavor to develop, and only afterward [more…]

The gentleness of cold brew lies in the low temperature: acidity is blunted, bitterness is weakened, and the bean's sweetness takes center stage. Cold-brewing Front Street Strawberry Candy, the sweet aroma of strawberry gummy candy soaks in the cold brew pitcher for over a dozen hours, yielding a pink fruit coffee with built-in sweetness; after cold brewing, the passion fruit notes of Sidra become much gentler in acidity, so even those who dislike acidity can enjoy it. [more…]

Front Street Coffee - Introduction to the Floral and Fruity Aromas of Coffee Beans. The main factors affecting coffee flavor are the following four, and below we will explain from the four aspects of variety, origin, processing method, and roast level how to choose the coffee beans that suit you. Why does coffee have fruity notes? The reason coffee smells (and tastes) "fruity" ultimately comes down [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…]

Professional barista exchange, please follow Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee). Many friends have asked Front Street's baristas: "Can you really taste so many flavors in the beans? How do you taste them?" First, this is about personal sensory perception. As everyone grows up, [more…]

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…]

Many people think that coffee must be bitter, and that a good black coffee needs milk and sugar added, but coffee actually has many different flavors that make it not only not bitter but also full of various aromas and tastes. Today Front Street Coffee has brought a few coffee beans with balanced acidity and sweetness and outstanding flavors for everyone to choose from.1 [more…]