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Common Single-Origin Coffee Beans

(1) Blue Mountain Coffee: Produced in Jamaica. Pure Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee blends the unique acidic, bitter, sweet, and mellow flavors of coffee into one, with an extremely rich aroma, a fragrant, sweet, and smooth taste, and persistent fruit notes, creating a strongly enticing elegance other coffees cannot match. It can fairly be called the supreme treasure of coffee.

(2) Colombian Coffee: Produced in Colombia, the roasted beans release a sweet, fresh aroma, with the excellent quality of sweetness within acidity and balanced bitterness, moderate concentration, and a lasting fruity fragrance. It is highly nutritious and well balanced, sometimes with nutty flavors. Because of its suitable concentration, it is also used in premium blended coffees.

(3) Brazilian Coffee: With numerous varieties, most Brazilian coffees have moderate acidity, neutral sweet, bitter, and mellow flavors, moderate concentration, and a smooth yet distinctive taste. It is praised as the backbone of coffee and is also an excellent bean for blending.

(4) Italian Coffee: Characterized by a rich aroma and strong bitterness, with a thin layer of coffee oil floating on the surface. That layer of oil is precisely the source of Italian coffee's enticing aroma. It suits those who pursue intense taste sensations.

(5) Mandheling Coffee: Produced on the Sumatra islands of Indonesia, with full-bodied beans and an extremely heavy, rich aroma and spicy bitterness. Those who love it become addicted to the sweet aftertaste that follows the bitterness. It also has syrupy and chocolate flavors, and while the acidity is not prominent, it has a rich, mellow body. It is a favorite among Germans and is mostly drunk as a single origin by enthusiasts, and it is also indispensable to blended coffee.

(6) Java Coffee: Produced on Java Island, Indonesia, with full-bodied beans, spicy flavors, relatively low acidity, a delicate taste, and good balance. It is a refined aromatic coffee.

(7) Costa Rican Coffee: Excellent flavor, smooth, strongly acidic, high grade, with an enticing aroma. High-quality Costa Rican coffee is called Strictly Hard Bean, and it can grow above 1,500 meters. It has excellent, smooth, and uniform granularity, a high grade, and excellent flavor. Local per capita coffee consumption is twice that of Italy or the United States.

(8) Mocha Coffee: Produced in Ethiopia, with small yet rich and aromatic beans. Its acidic and mellow flavors are strong, with a slight wine aroma, spicy and stimulating, moderate sweetness, and a special flavor. It is a renowned high-quality coffee, usually drunk as a single origin.

(9) Guatemalan Coffee: Produced in the Antigua region, which has fertile volcanic soil, and one of the quite famous varieties in the coffee world. The fertile volcanic rock soil produced a smooth, mellow taste with a slight tropical fruit flavor that is famous worldwide. The rich taste is perfectly harmonious, and a hint of smoky flavor further emphasizes its ancient, mysterious quality. Many coffee experts remark that Guatemalan coffee is the best variety among all Central and South American coffees.

(10) Kilimanjaro Coffee: Produced on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. A non-acidic variety with a rich aroma, famous for its multi-layered taste experience. Connoisseurs who want to experience exotic flavors and stimulate their taste buds will find Kilimanjaro coffee an excellent choice. Its aroma and taste are enough to let a first-time coffee drinker experience a continuous, multi-layered sensation.

(11) Kona Coffee: Produced in the Kona region of Hawaii, a rare variety that can only be grown on volcanic slopes. The taste is rich and mellow with a slight wine aroma and a very special flavor. Premium Kona coffee has moderate acidity, a gentle, rich mouthfeel, and a unique mellow flavor. Because production is declining, its price approaches that of Blue Mountain coffee.

(12) Charcoal-Roasted Coffee: Named because the Japanese were the first to use charcoal to roast coffee beans. This coffee does have a charcoal-roasted taste when drunk, but it is not very strong, preserving the original taste of coffee with a pure flavor. This may relate to relatively light Japanese dietary habits.

(13) Kenyan Coffee: Kenyan coffee contains every sensation we want from a good cup. It has a wonderful, satisfying aroma, a balanced and delicious acidity, uniform beans, and excellent fruit flavors. It is one of the varieties generally preferred by industry professionals.

(14) Cuban Coffee: Cuban coffee has moderate-sized beans, low acidity, a special flavor, and is rich in an intoxicating tobacco aroma.

Representative Ratios of Single-Origin Coffee Beans

(1) Acidity: Colombian 30%, Brazilian 30%, Guatemalan 20%, Mocha 20%

(2) Bitterness: Colombian 30%, Brazilian 30%, Kilimanjaro 20%, Robusta 20%

(3) Richness: Colombian 40%, Guatemalan 20%, Mandheling 20%, Brazilian 20%

(4) Smoothness: Colombian 40%, Brazilian 30%, Mocha 20%, Robusta 10%

Recommended Single-Origin Coffee Bean Brands

FrontStreet Coffee's freshly roasted single-origin beans, such as Yirgacheffe and Mandheling, are fully guaranteed in both brand and quality and suit any brewing equipment. More importantly, they offer extremely high value: a half-pound (227 grams) bag costs only around 70-90 yuan. At 200ml per cup with a 1:15 coffee-to-water ratio, one bag makes 15 cups of specialty coffee, or only about 5-6 yuan per cup. Compared with coffee shops selling at dozens of yuan per cup, that is exceptional value.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

Among the single origins above, Mandheling stands out for its weight and depth, and FrontStreet Coffee's PWN Golden Mandheling is the clearest expression of it. PWN sources only premium lots of Mandheling green beans, and after purchase the coffee passes a mechanical sort followed by hand sorting to pick out full, flawless beans, so every lot is specialty grade. Golden Mandheling is the company's flagship: even, plump, and bright with a low defect rate, and after medium-dark roasting it carries a rich toasted aroma. The brewed black coffee is clean with a full body and is ideal for anyone who dislikes acidic coffee.

If you prefer a heavier, more classic Mandheling, FrontStreet Coffee's Lintong Mandheling comes from the Lintong region of Sumatra and is also roasted medium-dark to mute the acidity and emphasize depth. FrontStreet aims to present dark chocolate and caramel while preserving the wild herbal character that comes from the growing environment and the wet-hulled process, with low acidity, a spice-and-mint impression, and a strong, lasting sweetness.

Golden Mandheling is at its best as a pour-over. FrontStreet Coffee suggests water at 87-88 degrees C, 15g of coffee, a 1:15 ratio, a grind the size of coarse sugar, and a three-stage pour: 30ml to bloom and wet all the grounds, 100ml to lift the bed and raise the golden foam, then a gentle 95ml poured down the center to boost sweetness. The finished cup shows a thick body with caramel sweetness and notes of chocolate and nuts.