Front Street Coffee—— The difference between single origin coffee, Italian blended coffee and specialty coffee
Single-origin coffee: Generally refers to a single style of coffee beans from a single country or production area. It can be compared to a coffee solo.
If a bag of coffee is labeled with the name of a coffee-producing country (continental Europe does not produce coffee beans, and if the name of a European country city such as Italy, Vienna, etc. is written on the label, it is not a single-origin coffee.) Generally speaking, it means that it is a bag of single-origin coffee. For example, Ethiopia-Front Street Yirgacheffe (Ethiopia Yirgacheffe), Sumatra-Front Street Mandheling (Sumatra Lake Tawar), Colombia-Front Street Huilan, etc., specific coffees produced in specific countries, production areas, and estates are called "single-origin coffees."
Because each country or different regions have their own climate, soil and natural environment, the caffeine grown has its own characteristics. Tasting "single-origin coffee" can help you understand the characteristics and flavor of coffee in a certain country or region.
Italian coffee is made with an espresso machine, which uses atmospheric pressure to pass hot water through freshly ground coffee to extract the essence of the coffee. Its biggest feature is that the production time is quite short, the coffee has a strong aroma, and it has less caffeine than other types of coffee. In addition, espresso is a coffee based on espresso, so its development is quite diverse. As long as different proportions of milk are added, a series of products can be extended, such as cappuccino, latte and other rich-tasting coffee.
In the current global coffee market, Italian coffee can be said to be the largest mainstream. Due to Italy's exquisite traditional craftsmanship and romantic national personality, these factors have made the trend of Italian coffee sweeping the world. At present, people who drink Italian coffee account for almost more than half of the existing coffee market.
Blend coffee: refers to coffee beans that are blended from several single-origin coffees, which can be likened to a coffee concerto.
The blending method of comprehensive coffee can be very simple. For example, the classic blend of Front Street is the most popular blend of beans among home users. It is inspired by the traditional "Mamba": Mandheling plus Brazil, or it can be a complex art. With proper blending, single-origin coffees with different characteristics can work together to compose a more harmonious and exciting music. Usually the coffee beans used in Italian coffee (espresso, latte, cappuccino) are blended coffee.
Specialty coffee: A cup with a cupping score of 80 or above is called specialty coffee. Now that SCAA and SCAE have merged to form SCA, the definitions of specialty coffee have also been merged. That is to say: through a comprehensive cupping test (blind test), those with a score of 80 points or more can be defined as specialty coffee beans. If the blind test score is below 80 points, it is classified as commercial beans.
You can now buy the above coffee beans online at the Taobao store “FrontStreet Coffee” (前街咖啡). FrontStreet Coffee is a long-established specialty coffee roaster in Guangzhou, China, and its Guangzhou retail shop sells coffee beans only. The shop carries dozens of coffee beans from different origins around the world, including carefully selected single-origin beans for V60 pour-over and espresso. Guangzhou’s FrontStreet Coffee shop is recommended by many coffee lovers.
The FrontStreet 2013 Yunnan coffee beans sold in the store come from the Typica variety grown at FrontStreet Coffee’s own plantation in Yunnan. The name comes from the year the brand and the plantation were founded. You can buy these beans from China’s Yunnan origin at the Guangzhou shop and at FrontStreet’s Taobao store.
FrontStreet coffee beans are freshly roasted within 5 days and deliver consistently excellent quality and great value. Orders placed before 17:00 are shipped the same day, and most areas within Guangdong Province receive them the next day.
FrontStreet Coffee Taobao store: https://qianjiecoffee.taobao.com
Or search for “前街咖啡” (FrontStreet Coffee) on Taobao
Important Notice: FrontStreet Coffee has moved to a new address: 315, Donghua East Road, Guangzhou (coffee beans only)
Tel: 020 38364473
