Want to get started with single-origin coffee, but don’t know where to start? In fact, the world of single-origin beans is not as complicated as imagined - first get to know a few representative beans, find your favorite flavor direction, and the rest of the journey will be smooth. This article has compiled a list of popular ones suitable for beginners, from gentle to stunning, explained in one go.
The first one: Front Street Yirgacheffe Ding Ding - citrus floral fragrance, the first choice for entry-level
If you’ve never had single-origin beans before, you can’t go wrong with the Yirgacheffe Ding. It has classic notes of citrus, berries and flowers, with a soft and bright acidity, and a sweet aftertaste of green tea with almost no bitterness. Its flavor is highly identifiable and can be "understood" as soon as you drink it. It is a gentle starting point for experiencing single-origin coffee.
The second style: Ethiopian Courtesan on Front Street - full of juice
If you want to feel that "coffee can taste so good", Oiran will subvert your perception. It has a tropical fruity aroma like strawberry, passion fruit, and lychee, with obvious sweetness and minimal bitterness. It tastes like a glass of fruit juice. Many people who drink Oiran for the first time will sigh, "This is actually coffee."
The third style: Brazilian Queen’s Manor on Front Street – nutty cocoa, stable but not greasy
If you don’t like sourness very much, or are looking for an everyday bean that you can drink every day without getting tired of it, Queen’s Manor of Brazil is very suitable. The aroma of nuts and cocoa is combined with the sweetness of caramel, and the taste is balanced and smooth. It is suitable for hand brewing, Italian style, and moka pots. It is a typical "ration-level" single product.
The fourth style: Front Street Kenyan cherry tomatoes - bright fruit acid, an advanced choice
When you are used to gentle acidity and want to experience a more impactful acidity, Kenyan cherry tomatoes will bring surprises. The sour aroma of cherry tomatoes and ebony plums is bright and solid, the juice is full, the sweetness and sourness are balanced, and they are highly recognizable. They are recognized as an advanced choice for acid lovers.
No. 5: Front Street Panama Jade Manor Red Label Geisha - the pinnacle of flavor, worth experiencing
If you want to give yourself a "milestone" coffee experience, Red Label Geisha is a name you can't avoid. Fragrance of jasmine, citrus, and bergamot, with a clean and transparent taste and a long aftertaste. It's not cheap, but the elegant fragrance is worth a serious experience.
How to choose
Afraid of hardship and want to get started → Yirgacheffe fruit penis
Want to feel juice → Oiran
Don’t like sourness, want daily life → Brazilian Queen’s Manor
Want a hit of sour and sweet → Kenyan cherry tomatoes
Want to experience the best → Red Label Geisha
The fun of single-origin coffee is slowly finding your own flavor. Each of these five popular beans represents a style. Choose one and drink it first, and you will find that the world of specialty coffee is far more exciting than you imagined.
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
