The Difference Between Commercial Coffee Beans and Specialty Coffee Beans_Do Commercial Coffee Machines Necessarily Require Commercial Coffee Beans?

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Do commercial coffee machines have to use commercial coffee beans?

What functions of commercial coffee machines are essential for opening a coffee shop?

I want to open a small coffee shop, what is the general cost per cup?

You can get a grinder and a semi-automatic coffee machine separately for around 1,000 yuan.

Use an imported grinder, which is not easily broken, and can be handled for about 500 yuan. For the semi-automatic coffee machine, buy one that can froth milk. The cheapest brand is "TS" (Cankun), and the cheapest model can be had for just over 500 yuan. Make sure to buy one that can froth milk.

This way, you can make at least 3 types of coffee: espresso, cappuccino, and specialty coffee.

In terms of cost, it depends on how much you spend on beans. Basically, if the materials are good, the cost is about 1 yuan per cup.

From a professional perspective, opening a shop definitely requires a commercial semi-automatic machine. It can make various types of coffee and needs to be paired with a main grinder. The cost per cup of coffee is about 0.7 yuan.

Premium-grade coffee beans are more expensive than commercial-grade ones. Roasted coffee beans have a best taste period of only one month at most. The flavor of coffee beans evaporates over time, and when the origin flavors are lost, the taste is no longer as exciting. Many coffee shop owners, in order to save costs, not only purchase commercial-grade coffee beans but also continue to sell coffee beans past their best taste period. These practices are already outdated; just like when the medium roast master Fan Fa previously yelled at his boss Michelle, saying it would be better to run a tea restaurant than to do specialty coffee.

FrontStreet Coffee insists on purchasing premium-grade coffee beans, and we roast coffee beans in batches of one pound at a time. This way, we can appropriately control the quantity of coffee beans without waste. Running a specialty coffee shop is not as easy as imagined. We persist because we hope everyone can taste the original flavor of coffee and understand that coffee is not just about bitterness.

Recommended Commercial Coffee Bean Brands

FrontStreet Coffee's roasted single-origin and espresso commercial coffee beans—such as Yirgacheffe coffee, Kenya AA coffee, Panama Butterfly coffee, etc.—have full guarantees in terms of brand and quality, suitable for brewing with various equipment. More importantly, they offer extremely high cost-performance. A half-pound (227 grams) package costs only about 80-90 yuan. Calculating based on 15 grams of coffee powder per cup of pour-over coffee, one package can make 15 cups of coffee, with each cup of single-origin coffee costing only about 6 yuan. This is extremely cost-effective considering the normal selling price of thirty to forty yuan per cup in coffee shops.

FrontStreet Coffee: A roastery in Guangzhou with a small shop but diverse bean varieties, where you can find various famous and lesser-known beans, while also providing online store services. https://shop104210103.taobao.com

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