Where can I buy coffee beans in a boutique coffee shop? Which brand of coffee beans is better and the price is lower?

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What brand of coffee beans do you choose in a boutique coffee shop?

It is recommended to use a stable baker.

Baking beans seems simple, but it is difficult to draw a baking conclusion without 2-3 years of practice.

For example, it is necessary to understand the number of raw beans, variety, altitude, water content, hardness density, water activity, sample drying, throttle coefficient, grasping baking degree, curve setting, baking degree of different beans are different.

It is also necessary to understand the baking principle, the influence of direct fire, semi-direct fire and hot air on beans, the stability of gas, atmospheric pressure, ambient humidity and ambient temperature changes. Will have an impact on baking.

Then purchase roaster, entry small output domestic 1KG level can be done within 30, 000, Taiwan-made 1KG to 40-60, 000, foreign famous brands 1KG are in the range of 10-200000.

If you really want to master baking quickly, you still have to take some baking seniors' lessons, all of which are priced at a price of 50-20, 000.

So it's okay to play by yourself, whether you really want to do commercial mass production or recommend products made by bakers.

It is recommended to purchase from a local coffee roaster. Of course, not all of them can be said to be good products by hanging their own baking. Remember to check out their baking equipment, baker qualification, raw bean quality, sanitary environment, cup test reference, etc.

The advantages of local bakers are:

1. Cost advantage. Local baking saves the agency fee in the price of commercial brand beans, the price difference between dealers, logistics freight and so on.

two。 The quality is controllable.

3. Convenient communication, take goods and deliver goods. A small number of times.

4. Fresh. Fresh. It's still fresh. The best time for ripe beans is about 1 to 3 weeks. For more than three weeks, the flavor of ripe coffee beans began to accelerate. The term is staling.

Commercial grade brand beans are not recommended. For example, ixxx, lavaxxxxx and so on. Customs declaration > customs clearance > headquarters storage > subordinate distribution > transportation > and so on. How much time, link, process and cost have been deducted along the way.

It is recommended to purchase from a local coffee roaster.

Italian beans and single peas. Some stores only sell espresso without thinking about individual beans. However, according to the trend of the industry, single bean is the trend of the future, so it is strongly recommended that everyone consider single bean (if you don't even have a concept of both, I suggest you study it and then consider opening a store).

Let's start with Italian beans:

Before thinking about what beans to buy, it is recommended to consider the positioning of your own store first. If you simply locate community stores and take-out stores, there is no need to consider good quality, but should consider stable supply. If the positioning is a high-end coffee shop, it is necessary to consider the quality, supply, because you can find multiple suppliers, so it does not have much impact.

I don't understand why someone upstairs said that Illy and Lavazza beans are not recommended. I suggest you find out what the two giants are. In addition, someone upstairs said that beans should be fresh, but do you know that the shelf life of Illy beans is two years (without opening the seal)? Because when leaving the factory, all the beans in Illy are preserved with nitrogen, and all the flavors can be preserved completely. I especially recommend Illy beans, even high-end coffee shops, directly using Illy coffee beans is also high-end atmosphere. The key point is that the formula of Illy is unique, and it is recognized as a representative of stability and good quality in the industry. And Illy Group, where you can get the goods, can guarantee the production for a long time. However, it should be noted that there are more Illy fakes, so it is best to find a trusted supplier to get the goods, otherwise you will not know if you are cheated.

To be honest, Italian beans are highly discouraged from small roasters. First, a small baker cannot guarantee output. Think about the experience of asking him for a dozen bags if you are suddenly out of stock. Second, small roasters cannot guarantee quality. Perhaps the first batch of goods you have tried is very good, but due to restrictions such as beans, the quality is often not guaranteed to be stable at the same level, which is also a troublesome thing for cafes. Do you have to find another batch of suppliers every once in a while?

Let's talk about single beans:

This thing is out of order, basically there is no stable supplier, it is recommended to try more. You can refer to the above, Taobao above feel free to buy. But it is best to choose a local baker, or at least go to the cup to test to ensure the quality. However, among so many items, there are several items that can guarantee stable quality: Mantenin, Yega Chefe, Kenya AA, Brazil. It is recommended to interview from these kinds first, if the baker can ensure that these beans have a stable production, then the others should also be good.