In today's society, everything must be high-end, whether it is food or drink, as long as the word "high-quality" is added, the price will immediately skyrocket. But whether it is worth it depends on personal choice. As one of the three major beverages in the world, coffee has its own unique history and culture, and it is also blooming all over the world. Coffee is now a duel between what are called specialty coffees, so what is specialty coffee? Front Street is here to share it with you.
Specialty Coffee as a proper term was first proposed by Erna Knustsen, known as the "Godmother of Specialty Coffee", in the Tea & Coffee Trade Journal in 1974, highlighting that "only in the most favorable microclimate and water and soil can specialty coffee with a unique flavor be cultivated", aiming to distinguish it from the bulk commercial coffee in the New York Futures Trading Market.
Specialty coffee is completed by [five related people who continue to pursue quality throughout their lives]. From beginning to end, these people maintain consistent standards of excellence to ensure quality and make it a priority work goal. All participants can work together and they are indispensable! They include coffee farmers, green bean buyers, roasters, baristas and consumers. In the overall cycle from production to consumption, only by working together to achieve the ultimate result of excellent quality can we achieve the true meaning of specialty coffee.
Carefully select the most suitable varieties and plant them in the altitude, climate and water and soil environment that are most conducive to the development of coffee flavor. Carefully washed and sun-dried, we select the flawless highest-grade green beans and deliver them to customers with zero defects during transportation. The roasters' superb skills bring out the richest regional flavor, and then brew delicious coffee using recognized extraction methods.
Specialty coffee means [consumers drink coffee with excellent flavor, are willing to give good reviews, and consumers are satisfied]; the definition of excellent flavor means that the coffee flavor can leave a clear impression on people, with bright acidity, crispness, and a special feeling, and the coffee has a sweet aftertaste; and the coffee itself must implement consistent and strict production procedures, unified processes, and strict quality management at all stages from green beans to becoming a cup of coffee. Coffee that meets the above conditions is considered specialty coffee.
Let’s take FrontStreet COE22 on the bean list of FrontStreet Coffee as an example:
The Front Street COE22 purchased by FrontStreet Coffee comes from Arsi in the Sidamo production area of Ethiopia. The coffee variety is Typica, one of the oldest varieties of Arabica, and uses the sun-drying method.
FrontStreet Coffee · Ethiopian Cup of Excellence 22nd Place (COE 22nd)
Production area: Sidamo Arsi, Ethiopia
Grower: Adem Banta Sute
Variety: Typica
Treatment method: Sun treatment
ethiopiaIt is the well-known origin of coffee, andarsiIn West Arsi, West Arsi is located between the famous Yirgacheffe coffee growing area and Hararge, at an altitude of 1900-2200m, in the west of the Sidamo region. The name of this area comes from a branch of the Oromo people who have lived here for a long time.
Growers of Front Street COE22 Coffee BeansAdem Banta SuteHe produced 4,500 kilograms of coffee on his 6 hectares of land. He described himself this way: I grew up on a coffee farm and have been farming all my life. Winning the ranking in this competition is a reward for my efforts.
Typica,The top leaves are bronze in color, and the bean body is oval or thin and pointed. It has an elegant flavor, but has a weak constitution, poor disease resistance, and low fruit production. FrontStreet Coffee has cupped Typica from different origins. No matter where it is grown, Typica has spread to coffee growing areas around the world with its unique quiet and clean flavor, balanced characteristics, and taste.
The processing method of this Front Street COE22 is as follows:Solar treatment. In Ethiopia, more than 70% of coffee berries are sun-dried. Sun-dried coffee is sweeter and richer than washed coffee.
The grower of this coffee bean, Adem Banta Sute, selects the available coffee berries after harvesting, and puts the coffee berries with the whole pulp and peel intact into the elevated shed for sun-drying. Before the moisture content drops to 25%, it needs to be manually turned evenly, and it needs to be turned every 30 to 60 minutes to avoid the unpleasant over-fermentation smell. It is this shed-drying method that involves high-intensity human labor that isolates the fruit from contact with the ground, prevents the odor of earth during the sun-drying process, and creates an exceptionally clean fruit flavor. After being sun-dried for more than two weeks, the dark brown coffee cherries are expertly stored, waiting for the entire flavor to mature. The coffee beans are removed from the coffee berries before shipment, so you can imagine the sweetness.
Friends who have been to FrontStreet Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) stores will have their own understanding of specialty coffee. Friends who come to FrontStreet Coffee stores to taste coffee can also see the way FrontStreet Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) baristas brew coffee.
FrontStreet Coffee brewing technique: three-stage extraction. Use 30 grams of water to steam for 30 seconds. When the water level drops and the powder bed is exposed, continue to pour water to 225 grams and stop pouring water. When the water level drops and the powder bed is exposed, remove the filter cup. (Steaming starts timing) The extraction time is 2'00'.
The brewing flavor of Front Street COE22 is the acidity of citrus, the juice of berries, the smoothness of cream, and the aftertaste of honey.
Master Han Huaizong mentioned in his book "Specialty Coffee Science" that specialty coffee is divided into seven parts of the variety and three parts of the environment. In order to have a deeper understanding of specialty coffee, FrontStreet Coffee has personally studied specialty coffee and established its own coffee estate in Lincang, Yunnan.
In the Yunnan FrontStreet Coffee manor, Typica is grown on Front Street with an elegant flavor. The soil of the manor is fertile, the location has abundant rainfall, and the temperature difference between day and night is large. This altitude is suitable for planting Arabica species. The weather in the manor is changeable. The sun is shining one second, and it may be cloudy and raining the next. It is precisely this micro-climate that makes this Front Street sun-dried typica full of flavor.
FrontStreet Coffee · FrontStreet 2013 Yunnan Sun-Dried Typica Coffee Beans
Production area: Lincang, Yunnan, China
Manor: FrontStreet Coffee Manor
Altitude: 1300m
Variety: Typica
Treatment method: Sun treatment
Its brewing flavor has soft berry acidity, nutty flavor, brown sugar-like aftertaste, and a distinct tea feel.
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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
