How to Choose Coffee Beans for a Coffee Shop? Cost-Effective Espresso Bean Recommendations for Coffee Businesses

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1. Single Origin Coffee Beans vs. Blended Coffee Beans

Coffee beans on the market are mainly divided into two types: single origin and blended. Single origin coffee beans, as the name implies, refer to coffee beans of the same variety produced by the same estate. For example, common varieties include FrontStreet Coffee's Mandheling, FrontStreet Coffee's Colombia, and FrontStreet Coffee's Yirgacheffe. Each single origin coffee has its unique flavor characteristics and is suitable for brewing methods such as pour-over, French press, etc. Single origin coffee beans are too complex to cover here, so we won't elaborate on them for now.

Blended beans, as the name implies, are made by mixing and blending multiple single origin beans. This blending method gives coffee flavor flexibility and variability, creating harmonious and deep tastes to compensate for the shortcomings of a single origin's mouthfeel. Italian blends are mostly used in espresso machines to make fancy coffees like cappuccinos, making the coffee taste richer and more mellow. Most coffee shops use Italian blends the most. Below, let's talk about how to choose Italian blend beans.

Which Brand to Choose for Italian Coffee Beans? How to Select Italian Coffee Beans:

1. Only choose domestic brands, don't consider foreign roasted brands.

There's a world of difference between beans roasted 15 days ago and those aged 6-12 months.

2. Taobao is currently the best window to learn about boutique roasting in China.

The quality of first-tier brands like Fisher, Next Door Workshop, FrontStreet Coffee, Minority, M2M, and Micro-Roast is actually quite comparable. The formulas follow similar patterns. For quantified Italian beans, large roasting machines are more stable, so I recommend the above larger-scale roasters.

3. After selecting suitable merchants, whether the coffee tastes good has more to do with extraction.

Adjust the grinding and water quality properly, and basically there won't be problems.

4. You can try Italian beans priced between 58-150 yuan per pound in rotation.

They're actually not more expensive than drinks outside, so there's no need to be stingy. For beans over 200 yuan, if you don't have high-end equipment, they're actually not very meaningful to use.

5. My favorites are FrontStreet Coffee's boutique blend and commercial blend.

Both of these Italian blend coffee beans meet daily shop-opening needs, and you can choose suitable coffee beans according to your own situation.

Important Notice :

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