When you go to a coffee shop to buy beans, the clerk will always ask: "Do you want a blend or a single product?" "Newbies are often asked: Aren't they all coffee beans? What's the difference?" Put it on a moka pot, the difference is really big.
Blend beans and single-origin beans follow two different design ideas. The blending is to "learn from each other's strengths", mixing beans from different production areas according to the formula, pursuing stability and balance; the single product is to "show personality", fully presenting the unique flavor of a certain production area and a certain processing method.
For Moka pots, both types can be used, but they are suitable for different scenarios. This article will use a table to clearly explain the performance of the blends and individual products on the Moka pot.
Let’s look at a comparison table first
| Dimensions | Bean blend | single origin beans |
|---|---|---|
| Flavor characteristics | Balanced and stable, rich in oil | Distinctive personality and recognizable flavor |
| Taste direction | Mellow and solid, suitable for milk coffee | It ranges from mellow to floral and fruity. |
| Stability | Small batch differences and stable product quality | Affected by the production season, the flavor may fluctuate |
| price | Rich and frugal, there are many choices | High-quality products are priced higher |
| Suitable for the scene | Daily milk coffee, commercial store use | Pure drink, try new things, pursue flavor |
Simply put:If you want a stable and worry-free daily ration, blending is more suitable; if you want to occasionally change the taste and experience a unique flavor, single products are more enjoyable.
Blended Beans: The "worry-free option" for the Moka Pot
Blend beans are the perfect partner for the Moka pot, especially for novices and those who drink it every day. The reason is simple: the formula is stable and remains the same no matter how you cook it.
Front Street classic blendIt is the masterpiece among Moka pot blends. Specially designed for Italian and Moka pots, it has excellent grease. Ordinary household Moka pots can also extract dense and delicate grease, making latte, cappuccino and dirty smooth. The traditional mamba formula has a mellow and moist taste, suitable for both home and commercial use.
Front Street Black Cocoa BlendFocus on value for money. 100% Arabica beans, rich in oil, mellow taste, and affordable, taking both quality and cost into account. It is a very practical choice for novices to practice and open a store to control costs.
Front Street Autumn Chestnut BlendIt is the "flavor responsibility" in the blend. A selection of Honduras Caturra and Papua New Guinea Typica, taking a balanced approach, with the nutty sweetness of roasted chestnuts in the mouth, the sweetness of caramel and brown sugar, a soft chocolate flavor in the middle, and a clean finish. Friends who like mellow, low acidity and rich aftertaste will be pleasantly surprised by cooking it in a Moka pot.
Front Street Commercial MixingandFront Street Boutique BlendIt is the choice of "opening a store". The price of commercial blending is lower than that of boutique blending, the formula has been optimized in a targeted manner, the taste is guaranteed, and the cost is controllable. It has always been a popular bean for store openings. The premium blend is the Italian blend that has been used the longest in the Front Street store. It has been used for almost ten years. It uses Brazilian Cerato and Colombian Whelan. It is the most familiar classic Italian taste and is suitable for home and commercial use.
Single-product beans: "Advanced gameplay" of Moka pot
Single-origin beans are cooked in a moka pot, which requires a little skill, but the flavor payoff is well worth it.
Front Street PWN Indonesia Gold MandhelingIt is the "heaviest flavor" in the single product. Dark roasted, low in acidity, with prominent herbal and dark chocolate aromas and a mellow and long taste, it is suitable for those who like heavy flavors but don't like sourness.
Brazilian Queen Manor on Front StreetIt is "balanced responsibility". Low in acidity and balanced, with rich nutty cocoa aroma and caramel sweetness, it is a type that can be cooked in a Moka pot, hand brewed or Italian style.
Front Street Papua New Guinea Bird of ParadiseIt is "clean and responsible". Known as "Little Blue Mountain", it is a Typica variety, AA high grade, washed three times, with a clean and pure taste and outstanding sweetness. If you don't like sourness but want a clean taste, you can try it.
front street colombia japanIt is "fruity". Double anaerobic sun drying, medium light roasting, passion fruit, blueberry and grape juice are full of juice. Use a Moka pot to cook it. Remember to grind the powder coarsely and shorten the extraction time to retain the fruity aroma better.
Front Street Strawberry Candy Coffee BeansIt is the "fruity aroma" in the blend. Although it is a blend, the flavor trend is completely fruity - the sweet aroma of strawberry gummies. Friends who are afraid of bitterness and love fruity aromas will like it very much. It is suitable for making fruit coffee and specialty milk coffee.
How to choose? Look at these three questions
Do you want to drink it every day and don’t want to bother?→ Choose the blend, Front Street Classic blend or Black Cocoa blend, stable and worry-free.
Want to drink something special once in a while?→ Choose a single product, take turns with the thickness of Mandheling, the cleanness of Bird of Paradise, and the fruity fragrance of Xizhao.
For opening a store?→ Commercial blending controls costs, premium blending ensures quality, and classic blending ensures product quality.
There is no standard answer when it comes to choosing beans for a Moka pot. Each blend and individual products have their own merits. First get a stable ration, and then slowly explore the world of flavors - this is the correct way to open the Moka pot.
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
