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Is There Such a Big Difference Between Single-Origin and Espresso Coffee Beans? Introduction to Types of Single-Origin Coffee

Published: 2026-01-28 Author: FrontStreet Coffee

Last Updated: 2026/01/28, Professional coffee knowledge exchange For more coffee bean information Please follow Cafe_Style (WeChat official account: cafe_style) FrontStreet Coffee - Introduction to the difference between single-origin and blended coffee Espresso Coffee Beans Espresso raw beans are generally made by blending several coffee beans during roasting into mature beans, also known as blended coffee, which involves mixing various single-origin coffee beans together to fully leverage the unique strengths of each single-origin coffee bean

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Espresso Coffee Beans

Espresso green beans are generally made by blending several types of coffee beans and roasting them into mature beans, also known as blended coffee. This involves mixing various single-origin coffee beans together to fully utilize the unique characteristics of each bean, complementing each other's strengths and weaknesses. In terms of flavor, they may complement or enhance each other, thereby creating a coffee with richer new tastes. Different coffee beans have different personalities due to different varieties and origins, with subtle differences in acidity, bitterness, sweetness, aroma, body, and other flavor characteristics. Many blended coffees contain three to seven different types of coffee beans.

On the other hand, single-origin coffee beans often focus more on expressing the unique characteristics of a particular type of coffee, such as Blue Mountain coffee.

They are mainly made by blending Arabica and Robusta coffee in certain proportions and then roasting them, typically with medium to dark roast. They are extracted using an Italian coffee machine through high temperature, high pressure, and short time extraction. Italian coffee is the base coffee for almost all traditional specialty coffees.

Single Origin Coffee

It refers to single-variety coffee produced from a single origin, such as Colombia, Kenya AA, Blue Mountain, etc. Generally, single-origin coffees are lightly to medium roasted and made into drip coffee, allowing you to taste the coffee's own flavor to the greatest extent.

It refers to coffee made from single coffee beans produced in their origin. It can be seen that whether a cup of coffee is single-origin depends on the ingredients. If it is made from single coffee beans produced in the origin, it can be called single-origin coffee regardless of the brewing method used. However, the most common brewing methods for single-origin coffee include pour-over, French press, siphon, etc. To extend this, these single coffee beans produced in the origin are single-origin beans. The names of single-origin beans are generally the names of their origins, or more specifically in the form of origin name + estate name.

Therefore, when we order single-origin coffee in a coffee shop, we only need to say the name of the single-origin bean, which naturally means "make me a cup of coffee with this single-origin bean." FrontStreet Coffee offers single-origin coffees including Guatemala Pacamara, Yirgacheffe, Mandheling, and more than 40 other types of single-origin coffees to choose from.

Knowledge Point: Single Origin Espresso

Espresso made from single-origin is also called SOE (Single Origin Espresso).

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