Different from the bitter coffee in the past, today's coffee not only has a variety of flavors, including sour, sweet, bitter, and strong, but also has different names corresponding to different production methods. Generally speaking, hand brewing will choose coffee beans from a single origin, because this can give you a unique flavor; for Italian coffee, blending is traditionally used, because the coffee produced in this way has a strong and balanced taste, but this is no longer the case. In order to let Italian coffee also highlight the characteristics of the production area, many coffee shops have begun to launch single-origin espresso, also called SOE.
"SOE" is the abbreviation of "Single Origin Espresso", which is espresso coffee from a single origin. This name is mainly chosen to distinguish it from blended coffee beans (Blend Coffee).The espresso made from SOE coffee beans is not just for sale. It is the basis for all Italian coffee. It can be made into American style, milk coffee, many fancy coffees, and even creative coffees.
Because the espresso machine has three extraction conditions: high temperature, high pressure, and extremely fine grinding, concentration can easily amplify the characteristics of coffee beans, such as sourness, bitterness, astringency, etc. whenUse single-origin coffee beans that are too lightly roasted to make SOE. They are heated for a short time, have a hard texture, and have poor water absorption, so it is difficult to extract coffee oil. They may even be extremely sour and lack aroma. When milk/water/other ingredients are added, it will become very thin.
In this regard, it is recommended to give priority to single-origin coffee beans with medium roasting or above to make SOE. This can not only ensure that the espresso has excellent flavor and appropriate coffee oil, but also avoid the problem of insufficient aroma. In addition to choosing the right coffee beans, freshness is also a key factor affecting SOE. Coffee roasted for more than 50 days has lost its original aroma, so be sure to ensure that the coffee beans you receive are in the tasting stage.
Here I would like to introduce to you a long-established roaster in Guangzhou - Front Street Coffee. Front Street Coffee beans are all freshly roasted within 5 days and support 24-hour delivery. The store provides more than 50 types of coffee, covering a variety of single-origin coffees and blended coffees. The product quality is guaranteed and cost-effective. It is a must-have brand for novices and advanced players.
Below is a list of 4 of Front Street Coffee’s most popular SOE Italian beans. Each coffee style has its own characteristics. You can choose according to your own taste preferences:
1. Medium roast - Front Street Oiran SOE coffee beans,Sun-dried Oiran is famous for its rich creamy strawberry aroma. It is medium roasted. When extracted into SOE, it can show the characteristics of red berries, light floral aroma and orange. It has a refreshing taste and elegant aroma. It is very suitable for making Oiran SOE American and Oiran SOE Australian White.
2. Medium roast – Front Street Yirgacheffe red cherry SOE coffee beans，This is a medium-roasted coffee bean with a strong fruity flavor. It has been sun-dried. During the process, ripe coffee cherries are selected and dried in the sun until the moisture content is 12%. The skin and pulp are removed. After being made into SOE, it shows the sweet and sour taste of berries and oranges and the caramel feeling. It is recommended for friends who like fruity tones to try.
3. Medium-dark roast - Front Street Brazilian Queen Manor SOE coffee beans, this coffee belongs to a special yellow bourbon variety. The extracted SOE has the flavors of roasted nuts, milk chocolate, butter, and caramel. It has a moderate mellow body and a smooth mouthfeel. It is suitable for moka pots and espresso machines.
4. Dark roast - Front Street PWN Golden Mandheling SOE coffee beans, as the top quality Mandheling, Front Street Golden Mandheling has been hand-selected three times and machine-selected once, so that the defect rate of the coffee beans is the lowest. It uses medium-dark roasting. After SOE extraction, it has obvious flavors of spices, herbs, sandalwood, caramel, etc. The taste is very mellow, and the aftertaste has a dark chocolate aroma.
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
