If you like to drink coffee, you may have encountered several terms regarding the classification of coffee beans: "blended coffee beans", "single origin coffee beans" and "Pour over(V60) coffee beans". In this article, we will reveal the meaning behind these words and help newbies understand how to choose the right coffee beans for home use.
1. Blending coffee beans
Generally, a recipe that mixes two or more different types of coffee beans, or coffee beans of the same type but with different roasting degrees, is called a blended coffee bean, sometimes also called a comprehensive blend. It is generally used to make espresso. In order to extract more coffee oil, medium-dark roasting is mostly used. This kind of comprehensive coffee is by no means a simple addition, but through the blender's unique understanding of coffee flavor, different coffee beans can complement each other's strengths and weaknesses, and blend coffee beans with excellent flavor.
1. Front Street Classic Coffee Bean Blend: An Italian coffee bean that combines Mandheling flavor, rich oil and nutty aroma. Made from Indonesian Mandheling coffee beans + Brazilian semi-dried coffee beans + Vietnamese washed coffee beans, it has the flavor of nuts, dark chocolate and caramel.
2. Front Street Commercial Blended Coffee Beans: An espresso coffee bean with a main focus on body. Made from Robusta washed coffee beans + Colombian washed coffee beans + Brazilian semi-dried coffee, it has the flavor of nuts, cocoa, and caramel, and has a high mellowness.
3. Front Street black cocoa blend (100% Arabica) coffee beans: A slightly acidic and mellow Italian coffee bean. Made from Yunnan washed arabica coffee beans + Brazilian semi-dried coffee beans, it has a soft acidic, caramel, and nutty flavor.
2. Single-origin coffee beans
Compared with blended coffee beans, single-origin coffee means coffee from a single origin, emphasizing the unique taste of different places. It can be used in various extraction methods such as hand brewing, hanging ears, home coffee machines, moka pots, and siphon pots.
The flavor of a single-origin coffee bean is mainly affected by three major factors, namely coffee production area, variety and processing method. The production areas are Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Each production area has its own unique flavor. Most coffee varieties are Arabica, and the most common processing methods include washing, sun-drying, honey processing, etc. These are the key areas that affect the flavor of coffee.
It needs to be emphasized that when single-origin coffee is used to extract espresso, we will call it "SOE" is the abbreviation of "Single Origin Espresso", which is espresso coffee from a single origin. makeSOE is generally made from coffee beans that are roasted to medium or above. It is best to have a clear coffee aroma. We recommend Front Street Oiran SOE coffee, Front Street Mozart SOE coffee, Front Street Xizu SOE coffee... They can easily make Italian coffee with rich layers and sweet aroma.
3. Hand brewed coffee beans
In fact, Pour over(V60) coffee beans are not an independent concept, they belong toAn extraction method that can brew any kind of coffee,In other words, all varieties can be called "Pour over(V60) coffee beans" as long as they are used to make Pour over(V60) coffee. However, since hand brewing is a drip extraction method, it can better show the original flavor of the coffee beans than an espresso machine, so it is more suitable to choose high-quality single-origin coffee. If you want to show the essence of hand brewing and coffee beans, you have to work hard on purchasing.
No matter which type of coffee beans you choose, "freshness" is extremely important, because once the coffee beans are stored for more than two months, all the essence and aroma will most likely be gone. Then the Moka pot coffee will have almost no oil and will not taste as good. Therefore, what we have to do is to ensure that the coffee beans are freshly roasted, and the date is best within 10 days.
Front Street Coffee beans are all freshly roasted within 5 days. The quality of the coffee beans is stable and excellent, and the price is very cost-effective. They are shipped within 24 hours. The coffee beans that everyone gets are still in a very fresh state, so they have a longer appreciation period.
If you don’t know how to choose, here we combine the popular list of Front Street Coffee and summarize the taste and characteristics of several common coffee beans. The flavors of the coffee beans introduced below range from fresh to rich, from sour to bitter. According to this guide, you can easily choose the flavor you want to drink.
1. Front Street. Fruit Cooperative
Country: Ethiopia
Origin: Yirgacheffe
Altitude: 1900-2300m
Variety: Local native species
Treatment method: washing treatment
Flavor: white floral, lemon, honey, berry, green tea
2. Front Street.PWN Golden Mandheling
Country: Indonesia
Origin: Sumatra
Altitude: 1100-1600m
Variety: Typica, Caturra
Treatment method: wet planing
Flavor: Baked toast, nuts, caramel, pine, herbs
3. Front Street. Brazilian Queen’s Manor
Country: Brazil
Origin: Sao Paulo State (Queen’s Estate)
Altitude: 1400-1950m
Variety: Yellow Bourbon
Treatment method: Semi-sun/sun exposure
Flavor: Nuts, Cream, Peanuts, Fermented Fruit, Cane Sugar
4. Front Street. Costa Rica Mozart
Country: Costa Rica
Production area: Tarazhu
Altitude: 1800m
Variety: Kaduura, Kaduai
Treatment method: anaerobic honey treatment
Flavor: raisin acidity berry floral aroma, fermented wine aroma
5. Front Street. Kenyan tomatoes
Country: Kenya
Production area: Asali (honey processing plant)
Altitude: 1550-1750m
Variety: SL28, SL34
Treatment method: 72 hours water washing treatment
Flavor: Sydney, plum, brown sugar, cherry tomato, brin
6. Front Street. Colombia
Country: Colombia
Production area: Cymbidium
Altitude: 1700m
Breed: Cicada
Treatment method: double anaerobic sun exposure
Flavor: passion fruit, grape, honey, juice, apricot
7、Front Street. Red Cherry Konga Cooperative
Country: Ethiopia
Origin: Yirgacheffe
Altitude: 1900-2300m
Variety: Local native species
Treatment method: Sun treatment
Flavor: Tropical fruits, cream, honey, berries, citrus
8、Front Street. Poquette Geisha
Country: Panama
Origin: Poquet
Altitude: 1800m
Variety: Geisha
Treatment method: washing treatment
Flavor: Jasmine, honeydew melon, citrus, honey, Tieguanyin tea
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
