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Introduction to Pour-Over Coffee Bean Varieties_What Makes Coffee Varieties Special for Pour-Over Brewing?

Published: 2026-01-27 Author: FrontStreet Coffee

Last Updated: 2026/01/27, For professional coffee knowledge and more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style). Pour-over coffee, as the most popular and trendy coffee brewing method, has been deeply loved by coffee enthusiasts. However, if you want to brew coffee at home, which type of coffee beans should you choose? What makes coffee varieties suitable for pour-over

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Pour-over coffee, as the most popular and trendy coffee brewing method, has always been deeply loved by coffee enthusiasts. However, if you want to brew coffee at home, which type of coffee beans should you choose? Are there any special requirements for coffee varieties suitable for pour-over coffee? Let FrontStreet Coffee analyze this for everyone.

The Art of Pour-Over Coffee

There are many ways to brew coffee, but the most ceremonial belongs to pour-over coffee. The coffee extracted drop by drop through filter paper is like filtering the essence of life through an hourglass. What pour-over coffee conveys is a life aesthetic of "slow down and enjoy life." During the process of making pour-over coffee, you will become exceptionally calm and focused.

A cup of pour-over is like a simple extraction and settling of life, allowing us to calm down, discover the beauty of life, and find lifelong love.

That's right, we all love pour-over coffee. Pour-over coffee has endless charm, not only manifested in the ceremonial process but also in the happy enjoyment brought by the mellow coffee extracted through pour-over.

Just like the "pit" left on the filter paper after extraction, it makes us fall into this pit at first contact and never leave.

The Importance of Quality Coffee Beans

To brew a cup of coffee with mellow flavor and long-lasting aftertaste, high-quality coffee beans are of utmost importance. People who truly love pour-over coffee always have a fixation on good coffee beans.

Roast Levels

Coffee bean roasting is generally divided into three levels: Light roast (Light), Medium roast (High), and Dark roast (Italian). For pour-over coffee, we mostly choose medium roast, which not only preserves the flavor well but also has rich body, with balanced acidity and bitterness.

Bean Varieties

Currently, the most common coffee beans on the market are mostly premium Arabica beans and secondary Robusta beans. People who truly love pour-over coffee only use Arabica beans! From an industrial perspective, Arabica beans are mainly used for specialty and single-origin coffee and are high-end coffee beans with first-class flavor and aroma. In contrast, Robusta beans, due to their low price and strong taste, are mostly used for instant coffee.

Regarding which type of coffee to drink, you can also communicate with the barista, tell him whether you prefer beans that are more acidic or more mellow (single-origin coffee, when properly roasted, won't have bitterness; instead of "bitterness," the descriptive term is "body"), and let him recommend suitable beans from the shop.

If you're shy about asking the barista or friends around you for fear they'll think you don't understand coffee, then you can first simply understand several common beans: if you prefer more acidity, choose FrontStreet Coffee's Kenya or FrontStreet Coffee's washed Yirgacheffe; if you prefer more mellowness, choose FrontStreet Coffee's Colombia, FrontStreet Coffee's Indonesian Mandheling, or FrontStreet Coffee's Brazil Queen Estate. Some beans cannot be simply distinguished by acidity and mellowness, such as FrontStreet Coffee's natural processed Yirgacheffe, which has rich berry aroma and red wine aftertaste, or FrontStreet Coffee's Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee, which has very balanced flavors in acidity, body, etc., and is very smooth to drink!

The Perfect Choice

The most suitable coffee beans for pour-over coffee are definitely your own favorite coffee beans. As for coffee varieties, there are actually no special restrictions. Everything is for good taste. Even if you like the mellow and strong taste of Robusta beans, you can try pour-over Robusta beans too~