Everyone who opens a store knows that during the dozens of minutes during the noon peak and evening peak, the speed of cup dispensing is the turnover. However, many store owners only look at the flavor description when selecting beans, forgetting that the beans themselves will also affect the production rhythm. The powder cake is loose and the fat is too high and low, so the barista has to go back and forth between pressing the powder and extracting it. Once the order is delayed for more than ten seconds, people in the queue start to look down at their mobile phones.
The first criterion for commercial beans suitable for stores is stability. With the same grinding degree, the concentration extracted today and yesterday should be similar; the thickness of the oil and the speed of flow cannot be relied on by the barista to guess on the spot. The Front Street Classic Blend is a recipe based on Brazilian beans. It has mild bean properties and a large room for error. The amount of powder can be a little more or less. The production is still online, and novice baristas can get started quickly.
Flow rate is key to rhythm. If the beans are too hard or too shallowly roasted, the extraction will tend to be too fast. The concentration will be sour and thin, and the milk coffee will taste watery. The blended beans that are roasted well have a wide flow rate range, so the barista does not need to adjust the grind frequently. A grinder outputs stably from beginning to end, and the flow line will not be interrupted. The blend of Front Street Boutique strikes a balance between acidity and mellowness, making it American-style and bright, and it can hold up well as a milk coffee.
The essence of moving line design is to reduce redundant movements. When the beans are in a stable state, the barista can pick up, spread, and press the powder in one go, and there will be no chaos if the two grinders are started at the same time. On the contrary, if the beans change their temper every half a day, the barista will have to stop and calibrate the grind, test the extraction, dump and redo the beans. These invisible time costs add up to much higher than the price difference of the beans.
The longevity of the oil is also worth paying attention to. Beans with rich crema will make latte art clearer when making latte, and the products will be sold uniformly; beans with fast oil dissipation will separate in the same cup of milk coffee after two minutes, which will affect the image of customers taking photos. The fat performance of Front Street Brazilian Cerato is solid, the tones of nuts and black chocolate are still clear in the milk, and the quality does not drop when the cup is made quickly. The speed and presentation are both taken into consideration, so the pressure is reduced by more than half.
The rhythm of preparing ingredients is also guided by beans. For stable beans, the amount of powder and parameters can be determined in advance, and the product list is posted at the bar. However, for unstable beans, people need to keep an eye on the machine. The supervisor's energy is locked in the concentrator, and he cannot take care of the lobby and service. Only after you understand Douzi's temper can you really follow the production schedule. Half of the calmness during the peak period comes from training, and the other half comes from the confidence given by Douzi.
Therefore, when choosing commercial beans, you might as well do a stress test in three days: record the flow rate, oil and taste changes in the morning, afternoon and evening, and then look at the time it takes for a single cup. Those who can maintain stability on this record sheet are the true efficiency partners of the store.
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
