When you open a shop to make Italian coffee, the formula structure of the blended beans directly determines the flavor direction and cost control of the product. Behind a good cup of espresso is the careful combination of base beans and specialty beans. The base beans are responsible for supporting the richness and oil, while the specialty beans are responsible for the finishing touch of flavor. After clarifying this matching logic, there will be a clear direction for commercial bean selection.
The base beans are usually beans from producing areas with high body and good oil performance. The Brazilian Cerato and Colombian Whelan used in the Front Street Boutique blend are a very classic base combination. The Brazilian beans provide a rounded base of nutty cocoa, and the Colombian beans add sweetness and body. The two together have a solid and stable flavor, which can be used in both American and Italian lattes in the store. This bean has been used in the Front Street store for nearly ten years, and the consistency of the product has been verified for a long time. If the store budget needs to be further compressed, Front Street commercial blending is also a common commercial choice. The formula has also been targeted and optimized to strike a balance between taste and cost to adapt to various commercial scenarios.
The role of specialty beans is to inject identity into the blend. Front Street's classic blend uses the Mamba formula. The herbal and dark chocolate flavors of Mandheling make the entire cup more concentrated, and the oil performance is also excellent. Even a household-level coffee machine can extract dense crema, which is suitable for making latte, cappuccino, and dirty. If the store wants to take the route of fruity aroma differentiation, Front Street Strawberry Candy blending is another direction. The fruity aroma of Arabica beans from different production areas blends with each other. The extracted concentrate has a distinctive strawberry fudge aroma. When making milk coffee, the fruity aroma and milky aroma are intertwined, making the product very memorable.
The balance between cost and quality is also critical. The Front Street black cocoa blend uses 100% Arabica beans, which has sufficient oil and a mellow taste. The price is more affordable than the premium blend, taking into account both quality and cost-effectiveness. Friends who open a store can choose it to save worry and money. Adding a certain proportion of rodo beans to Italian blends is also a common commercial practice. rodo beans can contribute thick oil and low-acid taste, which is suitable for milk coffee-based product structures. However, attention must be paid to the proportion control to avoid excessive woodiness that affects cleanliness.
The core of commercial bean selection is to find the right balance between stable production and flavor characteristics. The base beans ensure the body and oil of each cup, and the specialty beans give the store its own flavor label. Coupled with the reasonable cost structure, the bean idea for the entire coffee line is clear.
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
