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Italy does not grow coffee beans, yet Italians excel at sourcing green coffee from the major producing countries around the world and blending them in different proportions, before and after roasting, into Italian espresso blends.

Once ground, Italian blend beans go through high-temperature, high-pressure extraction on a coffee machine to become Espresso, the core and soul of Italian coffee.

Add foamed milk to that small 30ml cup of concentrated coffee and you have a cappuccino or a latte.

How do you make a good espresso? It is why a qualified cafe can always keep its coffee quality consistent, tasting just as good whenever you drop in. Is it the barista's skill? Or a well-maintained humidity level in the cafe? Neither, actually. It comes down to choosing the right coffee beans.

There are plenty of products on the market claiming to be Italian espresso beans, but few truly live up to the name.

About Bean Selection

Not every coffee bean can become an espresso bean, because only high-quality Arabica beans can withstand the high-temperature, high-pressure roasting and extraction. So we select only premium high-altitude specialty beans, hand-sorted for full, plump kernels.

About Roasting

Coffee roasting is like magic, transforming green raw beans into dark brown, aromatic coffee beans. Roasting is the key factor determining coffee quality. Some espresso beans use deep roasting, comparing the collected crack sounds against other roasting parameters and allowing the moisture inside the beans to evaporate naturally, which produces high-quality beans that present coffee's original aroma. Through timely, safe one-way degassing packaging, that aroma is preserved to the greatest extent.

About Flavor Profile

Because of the deep roasting that espresso beans go through, their flavor profile is richer. Deep roasting lowers the acidity of the beans while lifting body and flavor, with prominent caramel notes, rich oils and a well-balanced mouthfeel. Under high-temperature extraction: low acidity, high sweetness, low bitterness, mainly caramel sweetness with nutty and chocolate flavors. Under low-temperature extraction: medium sweetness, medium acidity, low bitterness, mainly floral and citrus and other fruit flavors, with a smooth texture and persistent viscosity.

FrontStreet Coffee Italian Blend Collection

FrontStreet Coffee currently offers four Italian blend coffee beans for sale: the FrontStreet Coffee Basic Italian Blend, the FrontStreet Coffee Commercial Italian Blend, the FrontStreet Coffee Premium Italian Blend, and the FrontStreet Coffee Sunflower Warm Sunshine Italian Blend used in their own stores.

FrontStreet Coffee Basic Italian Blend is made from Yunnan washed small-bean coffee and Brazilian pulped natural coffee beans in a 3:7 ratio, featuring soft fruit acidity, caramel and nutty flavors, and suited to shop and home users who prioritize cost and have general flavor requirements.

FrontStreet Coffee Commercial Italian Blend is made from Colombian washed coffee beans, Brazilian pulped natural coffee beans and Robusta washed coffee beans in a 3:6:1 ratio, featuring nutty, cocoa and caramel flavors to meet the daily needs of shop operation.

FrontStreet Coffee Premium Italian Blend is made from Colombian washed coffee beans and Brazilian pulped natural coffee beans in a 3:7 ratio, featuring nutty, dark chocolate and caramel flavors, and suited to daily drink preparation in coffee shops.

FrontStreet Coffee Sunflower Warm Sunshine Italian Blend is made from FrontStreet Coffee's Ethiopian natural process red cherry and FrontStreet Coffee's Honduras sherry cask beans in a 3:7 ratio, featuring rich wine aroma, vanilla cream, berry sweetness and acidity, and roasted nut flavors.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

For learning latte art at home, the FrontStreet Classic Blend is the place to start. It is a medium-dark roasted espresso recipe combining three origins, drawing its inspiration from the old Mamba style of Mandheling and Brazil, with a small amount of Robusta added for aroma and oils. Extraction brings out butter, toasted bread and caramel biscuit, with a strong flavor, a solid body and fine, stable oils. If you prefer a nuttier, sweeter espresso, the FrontStreet Specialty Blend is the other obvious pick: also medium-dark, built on Colombian washed and Brazilian pulped natural beans, with nuts, dark chocolate and caramel, and cream, almond and cocoa coming through in milk drinks. Both give you plenty of margin for practice.