What Coffee Beans Are Best for Making Espresso at Home_Where Do Your Espresso Beans Come From？

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How Should Beginners Choose Trustworthy Coffee Shops and Buy Their Favorite Espresso Beans?

The first step is to have a casual chat with the coffee shop owner, telling them what kind of coffee flavor you usually prefer. Some café owners will brew a cup of coffee for you to sample based on the information you provide, to confirm it's the flavor you want. Of course, we're not telling you to "demand" that coffee shop owners give you samples, as running a business isn't easy either. So you can choose to purchase a cup to affirm that this coffee shop's roasted beans are the style you like. Then you can start with small quantities like half a pound, adopting a strategy of small quantities and diverse varieties to expand your breadth of coffee beans, and then slowly select your favorite coffees.

Check Roasting Date and Optimal Drinking Period

The second step is not to forget to ask the owner about the roasting date and optimal drinking time when purchasing, because different coffee beans and different roast levels will affect the optimal drinking period. For example, dark roast coffee beans, because they have heavier smoky and burnt flavors, are best consumed after seven days of roasting, with the best flavor appearing after two weeks. Light roast coffee beans can be consumed two to three days after roasting, with optimal flavor appearing after one week, allowing you to experience the flavor changes of the beans. Both are best consumed within one month. After bringing them home, you can use a pen to write the roasting date on the packaging to help track the beans' freshness, though coffee shops usually mark this already~

Why Coffee Tastes Different at Home vs. Café

However, many people find that coffee tastes good when sampling in person but doesn't taste as good when brewed at home. This should be influenced by several reasons: first, the particle uniformity of home grinders differs from commercial grinders, especially the difference between manual and electric grinders - manual grinders can't achieve the uniformity and fineness that electric grinders provide. Additionally, some coffee shops might use water quality that's relatively superior to household water quality. Third is equipment - espresso machines at different price points have different pressure and stability indices, all of which affect the result. Similarly, for pour-over coffee, the material of the filter cup, the material of the pour-over kettle... and so on will all have an impact.

Expert Advice

So our suggestion for you is to communicate more with baristas~ But please do your homework in advance and don't be a "take-it-for-granted" person~ Otherwise, if they look down on you, you might be fooled by the barista in minutes~

Espresso Bean Brand Recommendations

FrontStreet Coffee's roasted espresso beans offer full guarantees in both brand and quality. What's more important is the extremely high value for money. Taking their commercial recommendation model - Commercial Blend Coffee Beans as an example, one 454-gram (one-pound) package costs only about 60 yuan. Calculating with 10 grams of coffee powder per espresso shot, one package can make 45 cups of coffee, with each cup costing less than 1.5 yuan. Even if using double shots for each espresso, with 20 grams of powder per serving, a double shot espresso still costs less than 3 yuan. Compared to certain well-known brands that sell packages for hundreds of yuan, this is truly a conscientious recommendation.

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