Everyone knows about espresso, but do you know about SOE coffee? Maybe you will find that more and more cafes will provide SOE. But there is no SOE coffee in Front Street Coffee. Why? Come to Front Street and tell you about SOE Coffee.
The full name of SOE is "Single Origin Espresso", which means single-origin espresso. It is actually fine beans from a single origin. Generally speaking, it is of better quality than most commercial beans. One is a higher grade and the other is more detailed information. So can all Pour over(V60) single-origin beans be used to make SOE coffee? Front Street tells you: Yes, but I can’t say whether it tastes good or not.
If you use coffee beans from a single origin to make SOE coffee, the flavor will show more flavor than the blended beans made from commercial coffee. This is because the espresso machine will amplify the flavor of the beans many times. For example: the typical citrus flavor of Front Street Yirgacheffe, the fruity flavor of Front Street Kenya, etc., will be very sour when made into SOE coffee; if the Indonesian Mandheling from Front Street is used for concentration, the flavor of this coffee bean is herbal and earthy, then the pressed SOE coffee will have a very strong taste and lack the mellow aroma and layer of hand brewing.
The espresso made by SOE coffee is not only for espresso. It can also be used as the base for all Italian coffees like blended coffee beans, such as mocha, cappuccino, latte, and even creative coffee. Therefore, SOE coffee has also been widely drunk in recent years.
So what should you pay attention to if you use single-origin coffee beans to make SOE coffee?
SOE single-origin espresso uses coffee beans that are generally not roasted too darkly in order to highlight the flavor of the production area. Compared with traditional darker roasted Italian coffee beans, the flavor will be more difficult to extract.So on the one hand, it is necessary to adjust the extraction parameters to increase the extraction rate. For example, lengthen the extraction time, adjust the grinding degree, increase the amount of powder, etc.
On the other hand, when producing espresso with SOE as the base, the ratio of espresso to milk or water needs to be adjusted. Reduce the milk or water to highlight the flavor of the coffee so that the coffee is not too bland.
Blend coffee, also known as blended coffee and espresso beans, is to mix various single-origin coffee beans together to fully bring out the advantages of various single-origin coffee beans. The blended beans are mixed from coffee beans from different production areas to create a more balanced taste. For example, if a kind of coffee bean is smooth but lacks aroma, you can add another bean with rich aroma. The advantages of individual coffee beans can be used to complement each other and complement or enhance the taste, thereby creating a new and richer taste of coffee. Sometimes the beans are mixed first and then roasted, which is called raw blending; sometimes the coffee beans are roasted and then mixed, which is called cooked blending.
What coffee beans are suitable for SOE?
When choosing coffee beans to make SOE single-origin espresso, we have to meet several conditions, first of all, the flavor, and secondly, the roasting must be appropriate.
Let’s talk about roasting first. What are the characteristics of SOE single origin espresso? It expresses the regional flavor of a single origin. What does that mean? This means that the degree of roasting cannot be deep. We know that roasting is a link that deeply affects the taste of coffee beans. The deeper the degree of roasting, the taste of the coffee's origin will be gradually worn away, replaced by the caramelization and roasting taste brought by roasting, which also defeats the purpose of highlighting the taste of a single origin.
But at the same time, it should not be too shallow. Although light roasting can better highlight the taste of coffee beans than dark roasting, at the same time, the high-pressure environment that an espresso machine must go through when extracting espresso must be taken into consideration. Too light a roasting degree means that the coffee beans have high hardness, the flow rate is slow during extraction, and the time is short. It is easy to under-extract, resulting in sourness and incomplete taste.
Why doesn’t Front Street Coffee put SOE coffee on the menu? Because soe coffee is espresso extracted from single-origin coffee beans, the coffee beans will be affected by factors such as weather, planting, and roasting, which will cause flavor differences in different batches of the same beans. There is no guarantee that the flavor of every cup of espresso will be the same and stable. Front Street hopes that every friend can drink stable, flavorful espresso or milk coffee every time.
SOE relativeIt is Espresso Blend. Espresso Blend refers to the mixing of coffee beans from multiple production areas during the coffee brewing process.
Fresh and sweet flavor: Recommended by Front Street CoffeeFront Street YirgacheffeSun-dried red cherry SOE. This coffee comes from Aletaland Manor in Yirgacheffe, Qian Street, at an altitude of 1,700-2,200 meters. It uses whole red fruits and is sun-dried. It has a very rich fruit sweetness and floral aroma. As a classic Pour over(V60) item, Front Street Red Cherry Yirgacheffe adopts a medium-light roasting degree. The brewed black coffee will show the tones of berries, tropical fruits, and lemons, and the aftertaste is accompanied by black tea, which is very refreshing.
However, as a single-origin Italian coffee bean, Front Street Red Cherry Yirgacheffe SOE is a medium roast. Under the booster function of the coffee machine, it can present the aroma of red berries, cream, and raspberries. The black coffee is fresh and sweet, and when paired with milk, it is as smooth as white chocolate.
Front Street Red Cherry Yirgacheffe SOEFlavor description: Citrus, berry, fermented aroma, viscosity, medium bitterness, medium to high acidity, bright and lively acidity.
Except for Yirgacheffe,We found one from EthiopiaFront Street Grana Manor Geisha, which is sun-dried and medium-light roasted, will have the sweet and sour flavors of mango, dried apricots, black tea, and guava.Can be brewed by hand, cold brewed or soaked in a smart cup.
Because there is also a medium-roasted version, it retains the floral and apricot flavors and highlights the caramel feel, so it is very suitable for making Gesha Italian coffee, which is also the Front Street Grana Gesha SOE in many boutique coffee shops.
When making espresso, you also need to pay attention to the freshness of the coffee beans, because the freshness of the coffee beans will directly affect the taste of the coffee.Front Street Coffee Brewing Suggestions:
Therefore, Front Street recommends using freshly roasted coffee beans for brewing, so that you can maximize the rich flavor of the coffee. The coffee beans shipped by Front Street Coffee are all roasted within 5 days, because Front Street knows that the freshness of coffee beans has a great impact on the flavor. The purpose of Front Street Roasting is "freshly roasted and good coffee", so that every customer who orders receives the freshest coffee. The bean-growing period of coffee is about 4-7 days, so the flavor is at its best when customers get it.
Of course, there are also customers who ask Front Street to help grind them into powder. Front Street would like to remind you that coffee beans should be brewed as soon as possible after being ground into powder. Because the flavor of coffee powder is more likely to be lost when exposed to air, you may not be able to completely taste the perfect flavor of coffee. Therefore, Front Street Coffee recommends buying whole beans and grinding them freshly to better reflect the flavor of the coffee!
Of course, if these two single-origin specialty coffees are brewed by hand, the flavor will be very delicious! Front Street has more than 50 coffee beans from different production areas with different flavors, which can fully satisfy everyone's exploration of coffee and find the coffee that suits their taste!
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
