There is such a big difference in the recommended price of imported pure coffee beans, how to buy coffee beans of good quality?

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The appearance, density and storage conditions of coffee beans are closely related to the quality. From the pretreatment of coffee beans to the whole production technology process of roasting and ripening, whether the processing technology can maximize the flavor and nutrition of coffee beans and whether its production meets the industry production standards determine its production technical indicators. The higher the production technology is, the more constant the quality is, which ensures the safety of the products.

1. UCC you Poems / Japan

88 points

In the 1960s and 1970s, ucc provided a lot of assistance to bring the Jamaican coffee industry back to life. Since then, Japan has signed an agreement to obtain a 90% quota of Blue Mountain Coffee, so ucc's Blue Mountain Coffee is also an undisputed top quality product. Ucc is undoubtedly the best choice for friends who want to taste authentic blue mountain coffee. Ucc coffee beans cover a wide range of products from mass to high-end, which has dominated and influenced coffee consumption and coffee culture in Japan for a long time. As of March 2015, net sales of ucc had reached 138.5 billion yen. Ucc coffee beans have a mellow aroma and a full finish. In addition to Jamaica's "Blue Mountain Coffee", it also produces "KONA Coffee" in Hawaii and "Arabica Linton Manning Coffee" in Indonesia, achieving full quality control "from cup to seed". Ucc coffee beans are worth recommending. Pure charcoal roasted coffee beans sell well in China, with a price of 99 yuan for 500g.

2. LAVAZZA Rabasa / Italy

85 points

In 1895, Luigi Lavazza bought a small grocery store in the old business district of northern Italy, first involved in the coffee industry, and has grown into an outstanding company in the Italian coffee market after World War II. After the 1980s, it has set up branches in Europe and the United States, with an annual output of more than 100000 tons, making it the largest coffee manufacturer in the world. LAVAZZA is now the third largest coffee roaster in the world and the representative brand of Italian coffee, with a 47 per cent market share. LAVAZZA Coffee sells 17 billion cups of coffee a year, with a turnover of more than 1.3 billion euros. Its coffee beans are deeply roasted and have a strong taste, which makes it difficult for coffee veterans to give up. The price range is 140 yuan / 500g in 70 murmur. the most popular CREMA EAROMA Italian mellow coffee beans can be bought by 1kg for 148 yuan, and many coffee shops choose this one.

3. Cubita Lord of Amber / Cuba

83 points

Cubita, the number one brand in the Cuban coffee export market, is famous for its mellow taste and uses 100% Cuban Arabica water to wash green coffee beans. These coffee beans come from the Crystal Mountain of Cuba, which is geographically located adjacent to the Blue Mountains of Jamaica and has a climate similar to that of Jamaica, giving birth to coffee beans of large particles, high maturity and excellent quality, with a flavor comparable to Blue Mountain coffee. therefore, it is called "unique Caribbean coffee" and "special coffee beans among island coffee beans", which is drunk in the Cuban embassy. However, Cubita coffee beans in China is not easy to buy the original imports, conditional purchasing agents can choose.

4. Illy Italy / Italy

82 points

Illy Coffee Co., Ltd. uses 100% high-quality Arabica coffee beans to produce a unique mellow flavor, which is common in Italian hotels, restaurants and families. It has 7.5% of the local market share and 30.3% of the household market. It is the two major coffee bean roasters standing side by side with LAVAZZA, selling more than 6 million cups of illy coffee worldwide every day. Illy's excellent processing technology can limit caffeine content to less than 1.5% and decaf products to less than 0.05%, which most coffee bean manufacturers on the market cannot do. From raw bean picking to packaging, illy coffee beans have to undergo 114 kinds of testing to ensure perfect and reliable quality. Such excellent quality and technology, the price is not very cheap, the best sales of espresso beans, medium and deep roasting prices are about 90 yuan / 250g.

5. Wallenford / Jamaica

80 points

Wallenford Blue's coffee bean products are all roasted from raw beans of first-grade Blue Mountain Coffee, which is currently the best quality and best-selling Blue Mountain Coffee in Jamaica. It is said that only coffee grown in areas between 950m and 1700 m above sea level in the Blue Mountains is eligible for the official certification of "Blue Mountain Coffee" in Jamaica. Wallenford is known as the "Superior Quality" of Blue Mountain Coffee. During the 2010 World Expo, Wallenford Blue is a coffee brand designated and promoted by the Jamaica Pavilion. Its quality management, stability, popularity and flavor indicators are world-class, so the price is much higher than other coffee, prohibitive to many consumers. The price of the ordinary 500g is about 700g, while the price of the gift box can be as high as 2300 yuan or more.

6. Starbucks Starbucks / USA

74 points

Founded in 1971, the world's largest coffee chain, headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA, has nearly 21300 stores in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific. Starbucks started with coffee beans and became a giant coffee chain in 20 years without advertising. Starbucks ranks 82nd in the "Top 500th Brands of the World" compiled by the World Brand Lab (World Brand Lab). Its high popularity and influence is the best indication of the quality of its coffee beans. The best-selling Colombian coffee beans, Italian roasted coffee beans and French roasted coffee beans sell for more than 160g, which is cost-effective.

How to choose and buy good quality coffee beans?

First of all, buy the coffee beans from the nearest roaster, that is, if you are at home, there is no need to buy foreign brands.

If you can, for example, there is a great baker in your place, then you can just go directly to him and buy it.

Primary stage

How to choose coffee beans is very simple most of the time, directly communicate with the seller to tell the seller all the equipment used, favorite taste (or favorite producing area).

After you have had some knowledge of each producing area after drinking for a period of time, you can almost understand what the cup test score and flavor description are all about. then buy beans and you can choose according to the cup test score and description (although I think the cup test score and so on are a little wet).

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That's basically it.

Of course, it's not that I don't recommend foreign roasters at all, mainly coffee beans for a month at most, so it's half a month in your hands. What? it doesn't make any sense.

The flavor of these beans, which are produced in large quantities abroad, will never be very good, including a certain bottle, which has a higher yield than others, and the pursuit of flavor of these beans is second to that of stability.

So if you want a better cup of coffee, please choose a roaster with less roasting capacity. This is actually very contradictory. It is difficult to strike a perfect balance between good taste and mass production. These rookies of the third wave of boutique coffee chains have done a good job! )

So I repeat, it's not that I don't recommend it, it's just that it's not cost-effective.

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