When opening a coffee shop, whether the menu is good or not will directly affect the structure of the product. Many new store owners only focus on "which beans are delicious" at first. In fact, it is more worth thinking about the structure of the bean list first: a basic bean responsible for driving volume, a special bean responsible for creating memory points, and a backup plan. The product line of the store will be hierarchical.
Base beans are the daily mainstay of the store. It is used in large-volume drinks such as latte, American style, and cappuccino, so it has high requirements for stability, a mellow and balanced flavor, a full mouthfeel when blended with milk, and decent fat. The classic blend of Front Street uses the traditional mamba formula. It is mellow and moist in the mouth, and its oil performance is particularly outstanding. Even a home-equipped machine can extract dense and delicate oil, which can be stably held in latte and dirty. It is the base choice for many stores when they start. If you have a limited budget for opening a store, the Front Street black cocoa blend is made from 100% Arabica beans, which has sufficient oil, mellow taste, and an affordable price. It can control costs while maintaining product quality.
Specialty beans are responsible for creating differences in the menu. If there is only one type of base bean in the whole store, customers will easily get bored after drinking it a few times, and it will be difficult to remember the store. At this time, you can prepare a fruity specialty bean to make fruity latte, SOE American style or limited edition special blend. Front Street Strawberry Candy Coffee Bean is a typical fruity Italian blend. It relies on the fusion of the original flavors of Arabica beans from different production areas to replicate the distinct sweetness of strawberry fudge. Adding milk can create a fruity strawberry latte. When made in American style, it is refreshing and clean. It is very suitable as a highlight on the menu.
Backup plans are part of the fight against risk. Italian beans are affected by the roasting batch, and the flavor may occasionally fluctuate. If the store only has one type of beans, if it is out of stock or the batch is abnormal, you can only wait. Lock in a spare bean in advance and stock it in small quantities on a daily basis. It can be used at critical moments without affecting the business rhythm.
After the bean structure is set up, the rest is cupping verification. Each candidate bean is produced with the same machine and parameters in the store. For pure drinks, look for balance, for milk coffee, look for fusion. Record your feelings and choose the most stable combination. In the final analysis, choosing beans when opening a store is to find a balance between flavor, cost and stability. The foundation stabilizes daily life, the characteristics bring memories, and the backup covers risks. Only then can this cup of coffee truly stand up.
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
