This year is the 9th year since "Oran Coffee" became popular. If we follow the previous naming rules, then the Oiran coffee launched this year should have a "9.0" suffix.But more than half a year has passed, and many friends have discovered that "Oiran 9.0" is hardly seen on the menus of offline coffee shops! Not only that, even Front Street, who should have issued a comment early, has not shared 9.0 related tweets. This makes people curious, is there no "Oiran 9.0" this year?Yes and no. The new season's Oiran has actually been on the market for a long time, and the latest batch of Oiran is already on the shelves in Qian Street. If we follow the naming rules we have understood in the past, then it should indeed be called Oiran 9.0. But unfortunately, this set of rules is somewhat different from what we understand, so this year's Oiran is not called Oiran 9.0.And this does not prevent it from being an Oiran, so today Front Street will share with you why there is no Oiran 9.0 this year, and whether the Oiran in the new season has the same "Oiran flavor" as always.Why is this coffee called "Oiran"?Before "Oiran Coffee" became "Oiran", its name was "Hambella", which translates to "Hanbella". Like most coffees, it is named after the region where the coffee was produced.Hambera is a sub-region of the Guji production area in Ethiopia, which means that Oiran is produced from Guji Hambera. If you want to trace the origin in more detail, then it is produced in the Hambera production area.Dimtu TownA sun-dried G1 coffee produced at the Buku Abel processing plant here.February 2017,Ethiopia’s DW Coffee Company is participatingbyGreen Bean Competition TOH organized by the African Specialty Coffee Association（Ethiopia National Taste of Harvest competition）When I was there, I chose this one from HamberaSun-dried coffee beans from the Buku Abel Processing Plant compete in the competition. Then this coffee bean won the championship with its extremely rich berry aroma and creamy texture.Then the coffee beans that won the crown wereA green bean trader in Beijing bought it and based on its flavor and performance, the green bean merchant gave it the name "Oiran", which means"The leader of a hundred flowers, overwhelming all the flowers." So from here everyone can know that "Oiran" is neither a variety name nor a place of origin name, but a product name.After being introduced into the country, Oiran was used as a competition bean by a contestant in the Chinese coffee brewing competition. In the end, they also achieved second place with their excellent aroma and outstanding performance of the contestants. However, because most of the contestants below them chose Gesha as their competition beans, in addition to the second place that year, Oiran was also highlighted because she "outperformed all Geishas" and successfully became the "popular flower" in 2017.You know, the advantage of Oiran is not only the good taste, but also the price is very affordable. So when everyone really started to come into contact with oiran offline, they were immediately attracted by oiran's extremely high cost performance. With the emergence of human-to-human transmission, the oiran's reputation has grown higher and higher.The popularity of oiran has surged the market demand for it. It is reported that DW Company produced tens of millions of tons of oiran that year. Obviously, such a large output is not something that previous productivity can solve. Therefore, after Oiran became famous, DW Company gradually expanded its productivity as demand increased. In addition to Buku Abel we mentioned at the beginning,In addition, four small villages located around it, including Buku Saysay, Haro Soresa, Tirtiro Goye, and Seke Bokosa, have also joined the production of "Oran", which can meet the market demand for Oiran.Why does Oiran have a suffix?As Front Street has always emphasized, coffee beans are an agricultural product and their taste will be affected by many factors. Therefore, the taste of coffee cannot remain stable like industrial products. Even if it is from the same origin and the same processing plant, the taste of coffee will vary every year. And the same goes for the oiran!For example, the Oiran in the new production season in 2018 is already somewhat different from the Oiran that won the championship last year. Although the flavor has not changed much, its taste, aftertaste and other aspects are slightly inferior.In order to better sell this sun-dried coffee from Hambera in the future, the domestic green bean trading company made a very smart decision, which is to differentiate the subsequent sales of Oiran from the original version! The specific method is very simple, which is to add a "version number" to the oiran.Starting from 2018, the oiran produced will have a suffix. For example, the batch produced in 2018 is called "Oran 2.0", the batch produced in 2019 is called "Oran 3.0", the batch produced in 2020 is called "Oran 4.0"... and so on.In short, according toStarting from 2017, it is estimated that the number in the version number will gradually increase each year. In this way, we can use this suffix to understand which year the Oiran product we got is from and whether it is the latest batch.According to calculations, this year's batch of Oiran should be the "9.0" version. But, that's not the case. Front Street teased in a tweet about Oiran 8.0 last year that this naming method is somewhat similar to Apple’s iPhone(This is what everyone often laughs at). As a result, the domestic green bean trader who named Oiran this year announced that in order to pay tribute to Jobs, this year's "version number" is the same as the iPhone, skipping 9 and naming it with X. That is, the new batch of Oiran 9.0 is called "Oiran X".Unlike mobile phones, this change only appears in the suffix of the name. The Oiran itself is still the sun-dried G1 coffee beans produced in Hambera. Therefore, in order to allow people to focus on the beans themselves instead of the version name, some coffee shops simply remove the suffix and sell directly under the real name of "Oiran" ~(Including Qian Street)Okay, finally, the question that everyone is most concerned about: Does this year’s oiran still have the flavor of oiran?How does the new season of Oiran taste?Although from the name, the main flavor characteristic of Oiran coffee should be a strong floral aroma, this is not the case! Compared with the floral aroma, fruit flavors such as strawberry, mango, pineapple, blueberry, and citrus are the main characteristics of Oiran. Of course, there is also a creamy texture. What made the oiran win the competition back then was these charming aromas. This is what we often call the "oiran smell".It is worth mentioning that these are also the unique fruit flavors of Ethiopian Sidamo sun-dried beans. You can also taste similar flavor characteristics in the Front Street Sidamo Alo and Eto in the Front Street beans list. Okay, without further ado, let Front Street share what kind of performance the oiran in the new production season has~front street coffee：Ethiopia · OiranProduction area：Guji Hambera production areatreatment plant：Buku Abelaltitude:2250~2350 metersVariety: Local native species
Treatment method: Sun treatmentFlavor: Orange blossom, lemon, berry, blueberry, black tea
The dry aroma of Oiran in the new season can be felt very clearly, including strawberry, orange, lemon, and jasmine. After pouring in hot water, you can smell the sweet aroma of chocolate, cream, and berries.
Through sipping, Front Street tasted the clear fruit aroma of orange, yellow peach, mango, pineapple and other fruits in this new season's Oiran, with a round and full juice feeling! Tasting it carefully captures an aroma similar to orange blossom. After the temperature dropped slightly, the sweetness improved, and it began to taste like fruit gum. After swallowing, you can feel the texture of black tea! Very good, very rich in layers.
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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.
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