How to Choose Coffee Beans for Pour-Over Coffee Enthusiasts? Which Coffee Beans Are Suitable for Pour-Over

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Be thankful that China has Taobao, a magical platform where you can buy global pour-over coffee beans without leaving your home.

Actually, purchasing from internationally renowned brands through global shopping platforms doesn't make much sense, except for certain champion-endorsed varieties that you can buy for fun. Using them as daily beans becomes somewhat troublesome,毕竟毕竟 you're an enthusiast.

Therefore, the various large and small roasters on Taobao are good choices, with Crown-level and above stores being relatively reliable.

Then you just need to select origins and processing methods according to your taste preferences.

1. Freshness

Roasted coffee beans have a shelf life of about 1 month. If stored for too long, they will produce aflatoxin like other legume foods.

In terms of flavor, they will maintain relatively well within 15 days. Beyond 15 days, you'll notice some different flavors when drinking them.

Freshly roasted beans are typically rested by the seller for 1-2 days. If you drink freshly roasted beans immediately, they might taste somewhat "harsh" or "unstable." However, this doesn't affect their edibility! You can also rest them yourself!

2. Purchase Quantity Calculation

One cup of coffee consumes about 15g of beans. For 1-2 cups per day, you'll need approximately 100g-200g per week.

If you have high requirements for freshness and flavor, you can purchase about 200g at a time to last 1-2 weeks. Coffee shops and online stores basically sell in 200g packages.

3. Packaging

The author uses whatever packaging comes with the beans, without storage containers, being rather lazy. The packaging generally doesn't significantly affect the beans. Nowadays, it's basically bags or bottles.

4. Differences Between Coffee Shop and Online Store Purchases

If it's a self-roasting coffee shop that you trust and are familiar with, the quality control and freshness might be better,毕竟毕竟 these are beans that need to be sold individually. Plus, you can taste samples.

The author once bought beans from cheap online shops, which contained many defective beans—not very conscientious. Be careful about this, as this rarely occurs in physical stores.

Pour-Over Coffee Bean Brand Recommendations

FrontStreet Coffee's roasted single-origin pour-over coffee beans offer excellent guarantees in both brand and quality. More importantly, they provide extremely high value for money. A half-pound (227g) package costs around 80-90 yuan on average. Calculating at 15g per cup of single-origin coffee, one package can make 15 cups, with each cup costing only about 6 yuan. Compared to coffee shops selling cups for dozens of yuan, this represents exceptionally high value.

Important Notice :

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