Are All Specialty Coffee Beans Arabica? Description of Arabica Bean Varieties' Flavor and Taste Characteristics

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The Relationship Between Specialty Coffee Beans and Arabica Coffee Beans

1. Not all Arabica coffee beans are specialty coffee beans.

70% of the world's coffee beans are Arabica, but only 10% of Arabica beans qualify as specialty coffee beans.

Only Arabica coffee beans with cupping scores above 80 points can be considered specialty coffee beans—much like a dating party requiring a PhD degree.

2. Bean variety, growing region, estate (even different planting areas within an estate), roasting method, production time, and various combinations can create various flavors.

It's said that Arabica has over 3,000 bean varieties?

3. Excellent roasting techniques are essential to transform raw beans into roasted beans with diverse flavors.

High-quality ingredients are prepared, but what's missing is a good chef.

Little Knowledge: The 4321 Theory of Specialty Coffee

The quality of a cup of specialty coffee:

40% depends on variety, cultivation, and processing methods;

30% depends on roasting;

20% depends on brewing equipment;

10% depends on brewing technique.

So, how difficult is it for someone to find that perfect cup of coffee for themselves?

Choose variety, choose region, choose estate, choose land, choose grade, choose batch, choose processing method, choose roasting method, choose roaster, choose water-to-coffee ratio, choose water temperature...

If you only choose by variety, you might extremely likely encounter:

—You drink a cup of Geisha that wasn't roasted to bring out its flavors, from an unknown region;

—Conclusion: It's not that delicious either;

—Result: Geisha gets wronged.

Arabica Coffee Bean Brand Recommendations

FrontStreet Coffee's roasted Arabica coffee beans offer complete assurance in both brand and quality. More importantly, they offer exceptional value—each 227-gram bag costs only around 70-90 yuan. Calculating at 15 grams of coffee beans per cup, one bag can make 15 cups of coffee, costing only 5-6 yuan per cup. Compared to cafés selling cups for over 100 yuan each, this is truly a conscientious recommendation.

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

Important Notice :

前街咖啡 FrontStreet Coffee has moved to new addredd:

FrontStreet Coffee Address: 315,Donghua East Road,GuangZhou

Tel:020 38364473