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Coffee Bean Roasting Brand Rankings | What Are the Famous Self-Roasting Coffee Brands? What Are the Characteristics of Each Coffee Bean Brand?
There are many world-famous coffee brands. Some mainly operate through chain stores, with unified raw materials and unified standards, so the quality of their coffee output is relatively consistent; others operate as independent coffee shops, and these stores offer different coffee products for customers to choose from. As the coffee culture becomes more and more [more…]
卓越杯COE赛事全解析：评分标准、赛制流程与竞拍批次含义
如果你经常购买精品咖啡豆，一定在包装标签上见过「COE」这个字样。它究竟代表什么？为什么带有COE标识的豆子价格往往更高？本文将带你全面了解COE——从它的起源与创办机构，到与SCA杯测评分体系的具体差异，再到埃塞俄比亚COE的三阶段赛制流程，逐一拆解。同时还会说明COE竞标批次与国家优胜批次的区别，以及市面上「同批次」豆子与真正竞标批次之间的差异，帮助你更准确地理解和选购咖啡豆。 [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…]
Coffee Auctions: How BOP and COE Select Sky-High-Priced Beans
Every year, some coffee beans sell for jaw-dropping prices, sometimes with a single cup being hard to come by. These high-priced beans mostly come from auctions, among which BOP and COE are the two most closely watched platforms. How auctions actually work, and why they can fetch such high prices, is a fascinating entry point for understanding the specialty coffee ecosystem. BOP: Baha [more…]
COE competition and coffee cup testing scoring criteria
Last month, Qianjie shared with everyone the scoring system of cup testing, among which we briefly mentioned COE. In daily life, the word COE also often appears on the labels of some beans. This immediately aroused everyone's curiosity: What is COE? [more…]
What are the negative flavors in coffee?
For the appreciation of coffee, it is also a very important thing to recognize its negative tastes. Although people's perception of positive flavors has come easily, when drinking a cup of uncomfortable coffee, they can only use the general terms suc [more…]
Low-Acid Dark Roast Moka Pot Espresso Beans: Balancing Budget and Drinking Frequency
Remembering a few names is not enough when it comes to low-acid, dark-roast moka pot espresso beans. When buying beans for daily use, you need to consider how quickly you'll drink them, how much to buy at once, and whether you mainly make black coffee or milk coffee at home. What's truly worth referencing is the sweet-to-sour ratio on the palate, the body thickness, and the aftertaste once cooled—then combine that with your brewing habits to choose [more…]
French Press Usage and Origin History | What Is the Extraction Principle of French Press Coffee? How Fine Should French Press Coffee Beans Be Ground? How to Use a French Press to Brew Sun-Dried Geisha Coffee Beans?
The history of the French press can be traced back many years, but there is much controversy over who exactly invented it. The first patent in history for a coffee brewing device similar to the modern French press was granted to an Italian from Milan named Attilio Callimani. Since [more…]
Coffee Bean 74 Series | What Are Ethiopian Coffee Varieties 74110 and 74158? Introduction to Sidamo Santa Vini Coffee Flavor, Mouthfeel, and Pour-Over Brewing Parameters
(Top left) Among the thousands of different coffee varieties, it's inevitable that some beans have rather unusual names! Unlike most beans such as Bourbon and Typica, which have conventional names, these are like secret agents, each with their own code number. For example, varieties named with letters plus numbers. [more…]
SOE Coffee Making | How Are SOE Beans Different from Espresso Blend Beans? Which Tastes Better, SOE Coffee or Blend Coffee? Which Coffee Beans Can You Choose for Making SOE at Home?
As the habit of drinking coffee gradually integrates into the daily lives of Chinese people, the demand for coffee keeps growing and becoming more refined. In order to create their own distinctive features, major chain brands have successively launched personalized SOE coffee, forming a new trend. What is the difference between SOE and blends? In specialty coffee [more…]
Indonesian Coffee Bean Recommendations | What varieties of Sumatra Mandheling coffee beans are there? What are the flavor characteristics of PWN Golden Mandheling?
For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow our WeChat official account: Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee). Indonesian Mandheling coffee is rich, fragrant, and full-bodied, making it a representative of full-bodied coffees. However, Mandheling coffee's audience is rather polarized: those who like it love it dearly, while those who don't [more…]
Specialty Coffee | Why Are Light and Medium Roast Coffee Beans So Popular? Is Dark Roast Coffee Good? What's the Difference Between Dark Roast and Medium Roast Coffee?
Mainstream Third Wave Specialty Coffee Nowadays, cafes often emphasize that they serve "specialty coffee." What exactly is "specialty coffee"? Why is it that among the home-roasting businesses blooming like wildflowers, over ninety percent choose the so-called light-to-medium roast to interpret the flavors of green coffee beans? Just pay a little attention to coffee-related articles. [more…]
Introduction to the Flavor Characteristics of Brazilian Coffee Beans | What Are the Producing Regions and Coffee Bean Varieties of Brazilian Coffee Beans?
For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow: Front Street Coffee (Frontsteet Coffee). Brazilian Cerrado coffee is very popular as Front Street's everyday beans, and there is also a Brazilian single-origin bean, Brazilian Queen Coffee, whose taste is cleaner than Brazilian Cerrado and whose flavor is even better! Of course, Brazil [more…]
Single-Origin Pour-Over Beans for Beginners | What Are the Four Japanese Pour-Over Techniques? How Do Different Coffee Brewing Methods Affect Coffee Flavor?
Recently, many coffee-loving friends who come to Front Street Coffee to buy coffee beans have asked Front Street how to correctly brew pour-over coffee to bring out its best flavor. Front Street also often says that the process of pour-over coffee is a kind of enjoyment, and coffee brewed by one's own hands feels even more delicious on a spiritual level. So this Front Street article will introduce [more…]