What does soe coffee mean? is it a single bean? What is the difference in the taste between Yega Xuefei soe coffee and mixed beans?

SOE coffee has been so popular in recent years that basically new community coffee shops are equipped with more than two Italian grinders, one with traditional coffee beans (usually blended beans) and the other with SOE beans. In general, SOE will be seen as an advanced version of traditional (blended) coffee beans, which can only be replaced with some additional money. the price of coffee beans varies according to the scale of urban consumption and the quality and price of coffee beans, which will be increased by 3 to 10 yuan.

Here, please allow Qianjie to make some comments on these nouns for your understanding:

SOE is the abbreviation of "Single Orgin Espresso", which translates to single espresso. It is an espresso specially made from coffee beans from a single origin.

The single product coffee bean is Single Orgin Coffee Bean, which refers to the meaning of all the single origin coffee beans, including SOE, in a broad sense. And the influence of the trend of boutique coffee, now the more meticulous the individual coffee is, the better.

Blending coffee beans refers to the artificial combination of coffee beans from more than two producing areas (usually based on the country of production) for the purpose of cost, stability and flavor. Similarly, blended coffee is also divided into Italian use and hand-made use, and mainly Italian use.

SOE is not new in recent years! Many people simply want a cup of coffee, and naturally they don't deliberately learn more about the story behind the coffee. When they hear SOE coffee beans, and the replacement costs extra, it must be a high-end product. In fact, SOE is not a new product, it appeared earlier than mixed coffee (only the name SOE appeared later). Here in the front street, we need to sort out the logic of blending coffee beans. Before the emergence of blended coffee beans, the world used individual coffee beans, coffee from Mocha, coffee from Brazil, and coffee from Java. At that time, individual coffee was not emphasized because it was taken for granted and did not require special explanation.

Until the consumer market reached a certain scale (which was dominated by the European market at that time), coupled with the risk of instability in the production and quality of coffee beans in major producing areas, some people counteracted this risk by combining coffee beans from different producing areas. At this point, blended coffee became the mainstream at that time. Coffee beans from different producing areas were used to complement each other to stabilize the taste of coffee. Even if a certain producing area lost its harvest in the coming year, it could be made up by adjusting the blending formula. In recent years, SOE coffee has sprung up again, mainly due to the influence of the environment. Individual coffee has gradually taken root in the hearts of the people. in hand-brewed coffee, most of them are mainly made of single coffee, and the flavor is very excellent, which makes us have the subconsciousness that "single coffee is good coffee". In fact, the rise of single-product coffee starts from the concept of fine coffee. To sum up, a group of coffee industry leaders solve the problem of uneven coffee quality from the root, through a series of setting standards and teaching coffee farmers to grow scientifically. High-price purchase of high-quality coffee and other ways to encourage farmers in coffee producing areas to cultivate carefully. In this way, the quality of the coffee beans is improved, and the taste of the coffee beans is naturally better.

In the past, our impression of the taste of espresso was balanced, bitter black coffee, which tastes good with milk. It's not a matter of extraction, it's about the use of coffee beans. The price of espresso can not be too high, and the consumption is large, so in the requirements of beans, the cost is the first, followed by stability, and finally the flavor. Blending is the safest way, the use of raw materials must be large production, stable supply, so the raw materials can only be selected in the top ten coffee producing countries. As for flavor, it is basically fixed between caramel, nuts, cream and cocoa, because to take into account the flavor and taste compatibility of all kinds of coffee beans, deep-baking coffee beans is the most worry-free way (of course, the taste demand of the market is also the main reason). At that time, the traceability was relatively poor, and consumers could only identify which roasters or coffee shops had good coffee. On the other hand, individual coffee pays attention to the flavor of coffee producing areas and traces back to the story. It has been successfully extracted from hand-brewing, siphon and other extraction methods, and has been gradually applied to Italian coffee, that is, it has become "SOE". Why do you charge extra for SOE coffee? Since SOE coffee is no higher by definition than blended coffee, why can SOE sell at a higher price? The reason is simple, because the SOE coffee beans used by merchants are more expensive. Logically speaking, making espresso from coffee beans from a pure Brazilian region can also be called "SOE". But such an operation is rarely seen on the market. Because the flavor and taste of espresso extracted in this way may not be comparable to that of coffee beans. Therefore, coffee beans under the banner of "SOE" must have a flavor that is different from those traditionally blended coffee, so that consumers are willing to pay for it. So there will be a lot of coffee beans from small Ethiopian areas will be used as SOE, because Ethiopia is mainly citrus, floral flavor, coupled with more bold (slightly shallow) roasting, people can taste a different flavor of Italian coffee.

Later, more and more specially treated coffee beans appeared, and the flavor became more and more distinctive (recognition), and soon it was also used in SOE. The increase in the cost of coffee beans will naturally be reflected in the extra money. As a result, many coffee shops will be equipped with at least one common blended bean and one SOE coffee bean, which can satisfy both affordable and flavor-seeking customers. SOE? Or is it a match? Qianjie also said before that there is no difference between SOE coffee beans and blended coffee beans, the only difference is the purpose of the user. For example, sunflower blend, a popular coffee match in Qianjie, uses Honduran Shirley coffee beans and Esseye plus Shirley cherry plan coffee beans. These two coffee beans are among the best high-quality single-product coffee beans. The combination of these two beans can make a 1: 1 > 2 flavor-sherry, vanilla cream and chocolate, which is also different from the traditional Italian combination. Of course, when your matching purpose chooses flavor and stability, the price has no advantage.

Due to historical reasons, the word matching has become a stereotype in the minds of many people, which is why many businesses do not choose high-quality matching, while the word "SOE" forms a sharp contrast to the matching (matching corresponds to a single product, a bad impression is a good impression). Finally, when SOE coffee beans become a trend, there are bound to be many who go with the tide. There will be SOE not for flavor as the main purpose, but SOE for SOE.

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