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Single-origin beans vs. blended beans | Why is blended beans more recommended for making espresso at home? What are the recommended blends of coffee beans for the same espresso in coffee shops?

2026.10.20 FrontStreet Coffee 107


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Another meaning of specialty coffee is single-origin coffee, that is, coffee beans from the same production area have obvious regional characteristics. For example, Ethiopian coffee has a floral and fruity aroma, Colombian coffee has a chocolate aroma, and Indonesian coffee has an herbal aroma... This is the influence of terroir. Therefore, when drinking ​Pour over​(V60) coffee, you will tend to choose coffee from a single production area.


But Italian coffee is different. In addition to the flavor, the more important thing is the stability of extraction. The essence of coffee beans is an agricultural product. The so-called agricultural products will have differences in flavor due to different regions and years, and may even form a bad taste. In order to prevent coffee from being affected by these changes, there is the concept of blending, which combines coffee beans from different production areas and learns from each other's strengths to create a mellow and balanced formula.


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Therefore, if you want to achieve coffee freedom easily at home, it is recommended to give priority to Italian blended coffee.


Single-origin coffee goes in the opposite direction, using only coffee beans from a single origin in order to highlight the flavor and tone of that origin. Because with each country’s customs andVarieties grownDifferences, the taste expression brought by coffee also form their own characteristics. In the past, these single-origin coffees were mostly extracted in the form of hand brewing, but now more and more people are beginning to use these single-origin varieties in espresso machines, trying to create a more unique concentrated base.


If you want to make Italian coffee with regional characteristics, you can choose a single-origin coffee with obvious aroma: if you like the pink floral aroma and fruit candy flavor, you can buy Front Street Mozart SOE coffee; if you like rich berry and black tea flavor, we recommend Front Street Oiran SOE coffee; if you like the fermented aroma of tropical fruits, choose Front Street Colombian Hija SOE coffee.


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However, for family users with a large demand for coffee, affordable and delicious Italian blends are more suitable for us than pursuing single-origin coffee with local flavor.


It should be noted that when purchasing coffee beans, you must choose an authentic roaster with quality assurance. We recommend Front Street Coffee, a time-honored brand in Guangzhou.The coffee beans provided by Front Street Coffee are all freshly roasted within 5 days. The quality is stable and excellent, the price is very cost-effective, and they are shipped within 24 hours. Whether you are a novice, an advanced enthusiast or a user who opens a coffee shop, you can find suitable coffee varieties.


1. Fruity Americano coffee beans: Front Street strawberry candy blend

   

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Front Street Strawberry Candy Italian Coffee Beans are made from three production areas: Costa Rica, Colombia, and Ethiopia. They combine sun-dried, washed, and honey-processed coffee to create a flavor with rose, grape, orange, cream, and almond. It has a soft taste, sweet and sour taste, and is very suitable for summer drinking.


2. Full-bodied American coffee beans: Front Street Commercial Blend


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Using Front Street Coffee’s Front Street commercial blended coffee beans, Colombian coffee beans, Brazilian coffee beans and Robusta coffee beans are selected. The coffee produced has the sweetness of caramel, the flavor of nuts, cocoa, and dark chocolate, with a balance of sweet and sour, a little sweet and bitter, and a long-lasting aftertaste.


Neutralized and Balanced Americano Beans: Front Street Blend 100% Arabica
   

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We use Front Street Boutique to blend 100% Arabica coffee beans, using Colombian coffee beans and Brazilian coffee beans. The extracted coffee flavor has a soft, slightly sour, sweet, nutty aftertaste. The overall feeling is not too irritating, mild, and the oil is medium.


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

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