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FrontStreet Coffee New Bean Introduction and All About That "Geisha Coffee"

Published: 2026-01-27 Author: FrontStreet Coffee

Last Updated: 2026/01/27, The 3 newly arrived beans have been adjusted for roast degree and are now available. For the Adodo Natural Yirgacheffe and Ethiopia Natural Bench Maji, we've changed our previous approach of using light roast for African natural beans, finalizing the roast degree at medium. These two new medium-roast natural beans, plus the two existing light-roast natural Yirgacheffe beans (Woka Cooperative, Shepherd

The three newly returned coffee beans have been adjusted for roasting level and are now available.

For the Adodo Natural Yirgacheffe and Ethiopia Natural Banchi Maji, we have changed our usual approach of light roasting for African natural beans, settling on a medium roast level. These two new medium-roast natural beans, combined with the two light-roast natural Yirgacheffe (Woka Cooperative, Shepherd) already available in the store, we hope this will allow everyone to experience the different flavor profiles of natural beans from similar regions at various roast levels.

The Costa Rican Geisha Situation

The natural Geisha from Costa Rica's Brumas Estate was delayed in reaching the shelves because, based on the appearance of the green beans, this couldn't possibly be 100% Geisha. However, the information provided by the green bean supplier didn't indicate that this was a blend, which left us confused.

I believe those who understand green beans can see why I say this by looking at the pictures - Geisha's slender appearance is relatively easy to recognize among beans. In the picture above, the left side shows the original appearance of these beans, while the right side shows the Geisha varieties we selected from them. We conducted our first roast and cupping, and in the cupping, we could taste some Geisha flavors - citrus and its characteristic subtle aroma. Finally, we decided to hand-select the Geisha varieties contained within. Through hand selection, we calculated that this so-called Geisha bean should actually contain about 30% Geisha. Although the green bean information didn't indicate this was a blended variety, we can confirm after our own hand selection that it's not a single variety and is not 100% Geisha. Therefore, when we finally put it on the shelves, we updated the variety information to indicate 30% Geisha content. This process delayed the listing time, and we hope for your understanding.

We finally discussed pricing this bean at 158 RMB per half pound (227g), similar to the price of regular natural American beans in the store. We paid a Geisha price for a Geisha variety blend - this kind of silent loss we could only swallow ourselves, treating it as paying for a lesson. However, we hope that green bean suppliers in the future can clearly mark variety information and not mislead buyers. This also serves as a reminder to other buyers.