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Best Value Coffee Beans for Beginners

As the saying goes, "Good coffee cannot exist without good beans." While famous and expensive coffee beans are well-known for their quality, there are also some cost-effective options with excellent flavors. In this article, FrontStreet Coffee will share some coffee beans suitable for daily consumption by beginners.

FrontStreet Coffee · Brazil Queen's Estate Yellow Bourbon

Rating: ★★★★☆

Recommended for: Its clean, sweet, and mellow flavor profile, ease of brewing, reasonable price, and high cost-performance ratio.

Queen's Estate has won numerous awards, including the prestigious Cup of Excellence (COE) championship in 2011. The estate primarily cultivates premium Bourbon coffee varieties, with Yellow Bourbon being their signature creation.

If you're new to freshly ground pour-over coffee, this FrontStreet Coffee Brazil Queen's Estate coffee bean is perfect for practicing your brewing technique. FrontStreet Coffee uses a medium roast for this Brazilian bean, offering a better experience compared to light-roasted coffee beans. It's easy to brew a cane sugar-like sweetness, with overall flavors leaning toward chocolate and creamy peanut notes, making it more approachable for those just beginning to explore coffee.

FrontStreet Coffee recommends this coffee bean because it performs well not only in pour-over brewing but also delivers excellent flavor in moka pots, French presses, and espresso machines, making it truly a versatile, cost-effective choice.

Reference price for roasted beans: 85 yuan/227 grams

FrontStreet Coffee · Ethiopia Yirgacheffe G2

Rating: ★★★☆☆

Recommended for: Classic Yirgacheffe flavor, excellent cost-performance ratio, and the top choice for acidity lovers starting their coffee journey.

Many people's introduction to acidic coffee begins with Yirgacheffe. FrontStreet Coffee's Yirgacheffe with its citrus and floral notes has captured the hearts of many coffee enthusiasts.

Why does FrontStreet Coffee recommend FrontStreet Coffee's Yirgacheffe G2? All coffee beans recommended in this article are champions of cost-performance. G2 is part of Ethiopia's green coffee grading system. While G1 is the highest grade, understanding Ethiopia's coffee grading system reveals that G2 is also an excellent choice.

Ethiopian coffee grading is primarily based on the number of defects, with cupping scores used as supplementary grading in recent years. G1 requires no more than 3 defective beans per 300 grams of green coffee, while G2 allows 4-12 defective beans per 300 grams. Manual sorting is performed both before and after roasting, which narrows the quality gap between G1 and G2 in their roasted state. Considering the price comparison, FrontStreet Coffee's Yirgacheffe G2 is indeed an excellent choice.

FrontStreet Coffee's Yirgacheffe G2 is perfect for beginners practicing pour-over brewing and as a daily staple for coffee enthusiasts.

Reference price for roasted beans: 25 yuan/100 grams

FrontStreet Coffee · Panama Geisha Butterfly

Rating: ★★★★★

Recommended for: The "people's Geisha" and the king of cost-performance ratio.

Panama Geisha coffee remains legendary in the specialty coffee world, with prices to match. FrontStreet Coffee's Panama Geisha Butterfly allows us to experience Panama Geisha flavors at an affordable price.

FrontStreet Coffee's Panama Geisha Butterfly contains 70% Geisha coffee beans, with the remaining 30% being Caturra and Catuai. This FrontStreet Coffee Panama coffee bean offers clean and clear floral notes with distinct Geisha characteristics like citrus and honey. It's truly deserving of being called the king of cost-performance.

Reference price for roasted beans: 88 yuan/227 grams

FrontStreet Coffee · Costa Rica La Piedra Blueberry

Rating: ★★★☆☆

Recommended for: Distinctive flavor profile that leaves a memorable impression.

In 2019, FrontStreet Coffee sourced a batch of La Piedra Estate's black honey processed coffee beans, which received widespread acclaim. Throughout 2020, many customers inquired about the availability of La Piedra Estate's black honey beans. This year, La Piedra Estate returns with this FrontStreet Coffee Costa Rica Blueberry, an exceptional creation using anaerobic double honey processing, presenting rich and enticing flavors of blueberry candy and rose floral notes.

This FrontStreet Coffee Costa Rica coffee bean is very beginner-friendly, allowing you to experience the sweet aroma of blueberries during the brewing process. The only drawback might be its slightly higher price.

Reference price for roasted beans: 88 yuan/100 grams

FrontStreet Coffee · Colombia Huila

Rating: ★★★★☆

Recommended for: Classic flavor profile, ideal choice for beginners who prefer full-bodied coffee, and easy to master brewing techniques.

In recent years, anaerobically processed Colombian coffee beans have dominated the specialty coffee market, making it difficult to find classic flavors from famous Colombian regions like Medellin, Cauca, and Huila.

FrontStreet Coffee's Colombia Huila coffee beans use traditional washed processing. After medium-dark roasting, they present rich, full-bodied flavors of nuts, chocolate, and caramel, with smooth fruity acidity in the finish. Combined with its affordable price and rich aromatic profile, it's perfect as a daily staple to experience the flavors of Colombian coffee.

Reference price for roasted beans: 25 yuan/100 grams

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