What does SOE coffee mean? what is the difference between the flavor characteristics of mixed coffee and mixed coffee? Recommendation of individual coffee beans suitable for soe

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In the field of coffee, SOE coffee is mentioned, which refers to single-origin espresso. To expand this abbreviation, it is Single Origin Espresso, and the direct opposite is Espresso Blend, which refers to Italian spelling beans.

Like bamboo shoots springing up after the rain, SOE, which has been rarely seen in China before, has suddenly become one of the indispensable options in many boutique cafes in the past two years. In the past, Italian coffee products were always full-bodied, mellow and fragrant. On the other hand, SOE allows friends who like espresso to feel the rich flavor of the coffee.

Is SOE so popular because it tastes good? Why is SOE more expensive than regular espresso? In front of this article, let's talk about what SOE is.

Who is SOE?

After SOE has been widely promoted, many coffee consumers often compare it with espresso made with coffee beans. For example, because only coffee beans from a single producing area are used, it must be better than blending coffee beans.

Coffee as a crop, its own flavor will be different from year to year, although single coffee beans can make coffee beans show more of their own coffee flavor, but the disadvantage is that it can not stabilize the quality of espresso for a long time. Therefore, some people think that through blending, coffee beans from different producing areas can be blended with coffee beans with stable flavor performance for a long time through different proportions.

The main reason why SOE is more expensive than espresso with beans is that it is expensive to use individual coffee beans, and more beans are needed to test espresso every day. In order to balance costs, SOE usually requires extra money.

Qianjie Coffee believes that no one is better than SOE coffee or regular espresso, and the most important thing is that people who drink it like it. If you like to taste more lively and rich coffee, you can choose SOE, if you like to taste full-bodied coffee, you can choose espresso made with coffee beans.

About Italian blending of coffee beans

Traditional Italian coffee beans are made up of a variety of coffee beans. In Italy, a bag of coffee beans can be made up of several or even dozens of different coffee beans. The biggest advantage of using a variety of coffee beans is to ensure the stability of the coffee taste. When the quality of a certain coffee bean changes, or the output decreases, or the price increases, the roaster can choose coffee beans of similar quality to replace them without affecting the overall taste. Therefore, some famous coffee roasters will regard their blending formula as a trade secret.

The way it is matched will also be different. Raw coffee refers to mixing different raw coffee beans according to the proportion in the formula and then baking. Cooked means that different raw coffee beans are roasted separately and then mixed according to different proportions in the formula.

The four Italian coffee beans sold on Qianjie Coffee are all cooked. In the face of raw beans with great differences in physique, the way of separate baking can better grasp the baking condition. And the use of roasted blending can be more refined scheme proportioning (each kind of coffee bean weightlessness is different), but also more convenient to adjust the proportioning weight of blended coffee. But the disadvantages are also obvious. for example, if a blended bean contains three types of coffee beans, then cooked beans mean at least three stoves of baking, and a wealth of baking experience is needed to achieve the same color value (roasting degree) of each coffee bean.

Qianjie coffee adopts the way of familiar spelling, and achieves a stable state by constantly adjusting the baking degree and blending ratio when formulating the blending plan, and finally recording the baking curve and proportioning scheme.

"Qianjie Coffee-warm Sun blend Coffee beans": Ethiopian sun red cherry coffee beans (30%) + Honduran sherry barrel coffee beans (70%), with strong wine aromas, sweet and sour vanilla cream, sweet and sour berries, and roasted nut flavor.

"Front Street Coffee-Fine blend of Coffee beans": Colombian washed coffee beans (30%) + Brazilian half-sun coffee beans (70%), with the flavor of nuts, dark chocolate and caramel.

"Front Street Coffee-Commercial blending of Coffee beans": Robusta washed coffee beans (10%) + Colombian washed coffee beans (30%) + Brazilian half-sun coffee (60%), with the flavor of nuts, cocoa and caramel.

"Qianjie Coffee-basic blending of Coffee beans": Yunnan washed small coffee beans (30%) + Brazilian half-sun coffee beans (70%), with soft fruit acid, caramel and nut flavor.

SOE coffee bean recommendation

To make SOE coffee beans, Qianjie selects coffee beans with high flavor recognition. Making espresso with single coffee beans is nothing more than making people who like concentrated and milk coffee taste the flavor of the single bean itself. if the recognition of a single bean is not high and most people cannot drink the unique flavor of the single bean, it is better to drink a cup of coffee with a balanced taste and a strong sense of Body.

Don't pursue stability in making SOE. Coffee is an agricultural product, individual coffee beans will be affected by the weather, planting and other factors, and let a bean with the producing area have the difference in flavor, which is also different from the pursuit of stable flavor of blended coffee beans. It is normal for us to order SOE made from the same bean in the same store, but drink a little different flavor.

Qianjie did not launch SOE-specific coffee beans, but in the spirit of trying, Qianjie Coffee tried to extract SOE from all the coffee beans of all merchants, and some items in Tai Sin were used to make espresso with good performance.

"Qianjie-Honduran Shirley Coffee beans", this medium-roasted coffee bean shows strong fermented wine, smooth vanilla cream and a caramel finish when extracted from SOE.

"Qianjie-Costa Rican strawberry sugar coffee beans", this moderately roasted coffee bean shows the sweetness of preserved fruit, red flowers and berry-like acidity and sweetness when extracted with SOE.

"Qianjie-Costa Rican Mozart Coffee beans", this moderately roasted coffee bean shows sweet raisins, slightly floral aromas and berry-like sweetness when extracted with SOE.