A delicious cup of coffee starts with fresh, perfectly roasted coffee beans. But where can you find the best beans, and which countries of origin produce the most interesting flavors? FrontStreet Coffee introduces some guides to coffee beans from around the world, as well as the flavors of various coffee types and more!
At FrontStreet Coffee, there are so many types of coffee in the bean list that you will be dazzled and don’t know where to choose. It doesn’t matter. Next, FrontStreet will introduce to you several major types of coffee that are representative of the production areas.
Classic Coffee Emperor - Recommended Front Street Blue Mountain No.1 Coffee Beans
Jamaica produces a relatively small amount of coffee each year, and not all of it comes from the Blue Mountains. But the coffee grown here is grown at very high altitudes.
Its production is extremely limited, with about 80% of the crop sold to Japan each year. Additionally, the production of these beans is extremely labor intensive and requires hand picking from the hillsides. High altitude, cool temperatures and volcanic soil help result in a harvest that takes nearly 10 months, much longer than in other coffee-growing regions.
The resulting cup of coffee will be balanced with body, medium acidity, and mild sweetness. Some say Blue Mountain coffee is the smoothest coffee they have ever tasted.
Black Plum Fruit Acid - Recommend Front Street Kenyan Cherry Tomato Coffee Beans
Kenyan coffee beans are some of the best in the world. The effort that farmers put into cleaning and processing these beans is unparalleled.
Perhaps one of the biggest contributors to coffee quality in Kenya is the incentives farmers receive for getting better coffee. The government holds an auction for all the coffee in Kenya. Higher quality coffee sells for more, giving farmers an incentive to improve their crops.
'AA' is the largest bean, followed by 'AB'. In Kenya, bigger is better. Always look for "AA". These coffees are characterized by sweet fruity flavors, wine-like acidity, and a syrupy body. Due to the processing, these coffees are some of the cleanest in the world.
Wild Asian spice flavor – Recommended Front Street Mandheling coffee beans
This coffee is named after the Manteling people who once grew coffee in northern Sumatra. Coffee from this region has lower acidity and is sweeter and smoother. Coffee flavors range from cocoa and tobacco to earthy and herbal. Many people choose dark roasted Sumatra coffee to enhance the sweet and almost spicy flavor. Coffee from whole Sumatra is usually processed using a blending method similar to wet hulling. This processing method is probably the biggest factor affecting the outcome of your coffee. These beans are perfect for a moka pot.
Sumatran Mandheling beans are one of the biggest controversies in coffee. Coffee drinkers either love it or hate it. Those who love it will prefer Mandheling's unique rich aroma of caramel, dark chocolate, spices and pine wood, with a mellow taste and solid flavor.
The most popular contemporary variety - Recommended Front Street Jade Manor Red Label Geisha coffee beans
Geisha coffee beans are one of the most unique coffee beans in the world. Although they can theoretically grow anywhere, they have a special reputation when grown in Panama and Costa Rica. The most famous farm is Hacienda La Esmeralda. Geisha beans were originally discovered near the town of Geisha in Ethiopia. This bean variety did not reach Panama until the 1960s.
What makes Geisha beans unique? Thanks to Panama’s naturally excellent terroir, Geisha coffee has a natural tea-like body with plenty of clear, bright, sparkling flavors like citrus, mango, peach and jasmine. You can also smell some bergamot or vanilla.
Classic Yirgacheffe flavor——Recommended Front Street Guodingding coffee beans
Yirgacheffe is considered sacred in the global coffee community. Ethiopia itself is considered the birthplace of Yirgacheffe coffee and coffee beans, its pride and joy. Sidama is a region in Ethiopia that contains the micro-region of Yirgacheffe. However, within Yirgacheffe there are smaller regions: Adado, Aricha, Kocere, Konga and others.
Ethiopian coffee is typically wet-processed, producing a light, almost tea-like coffee with complex fruity and floral aromas. Walk into any specialty coffee shop and you'll likely find coffee from the region on the shelves. It's easy to see why these coffees are called the gateway to great coffee.
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
