What is the full name of soe? what is the difference between single SOE coffee beans and Italian mixed beans?

I wonder if you have noticed that nowadays many coffee shops have added the option of "change SOE" to their menus, and some offer several SOE options. I believe many friends have begun to wonder what these letters mean. In front of this article, let's summarize the difference between SOE and our common coffee mix.

Understand the concept of SOE first

SOE is an acronym for Single Origin Espresso, translated into Italian concentrate made from single-origin coffee beans. The proposal of SOE is accompanied by the popularization of the concept of boutique coffee and individual coffee brought by the third wave of coffee.

The so-called boutique coffee comes from the producing areas with unique micro-climate and geographical conditions to cultivate high-quality coffee with positive aroma and "regional flavor". As more and more consumers know about the origin of coffee beans and are willing to spend higher prices on high-quality coffee beans, producers naturally devote more energy to the source of boutique coffee. as a result, there are individual coffee beans that emphasize a single origin. Originally, individual coffee beans are generally extracted by hand, but later, more and more single beans are applied to espresso, coupled with various competitions and chain brand promotion, the concept of SOE has become more and more popular.

So as long as the Italian concentrate made of individual coffee beans can be called SOE, it and Italian blending (Blend) both belong to the category of Italian coffee, in contrast, Italian blending will mix coffee beans from more than two producing areas, generally using medium-depth roasting, showing a rich and balanced taste. On the other hand, SOE should highlight the unique flavor of the producing area, and the roasting is lighter. For example, on the front street bean list, the SOE extracted from Ethiopian Yega Snow Red Cherry Coffee beans shows the sour and sweet of berries and citrus.

Must Italian beans be worse than SOE?

When we choose to change the coffee base to SOE, we often need to add a few yuan, and many people subconsciously think that "SOE must be higher than matching beans." However, this is not the case. SOE only says that coffee beans come from a single place of origin, so it does not mean that the quality of coffee is better, nor does it show that the taste is necessarily better than the combination.

Up to now, most coffee shops still focus on Italian blending. The reason why blended beans have become the mainstream of the market can not only reduce the cost of raw materials, but also provide a stable extraction for daily production, and try to ensure the taste of drinks based on Italian concentration. To put it simply, the coffee shop chooses to match in order to stabilize the standard of production.

The individual beans used for hand-brewing should consider the unique regional flavor of the origin and the aroma of the coffee beans themselves, just as Yega Xuefei will have fresh and bright citrus and citric acid, and Blue Mountain Coffee will have sweet chocolate and caramel aromas. Similarly, SOE should also show the flavor characteristics of the place of origin, the baking degree is too deep, the flavor aroma is easy to be covered by the thick substances after baking, and if the baking is too shallow, it is easy to cause insufficient extraction, resulting in acidity and thin taste. Therefore, whether a cup of SOE coffee tastes good or not tests the "interpretation" of SOE by bakers and baristas.

So why is SOE often more expensive than matching?

When ordering a cup of coffee beans, the barista will not describe them too much, but if the beans are replaced, they will emphasize "SOE", mainly to distinguish them from coffee beans. Traditionally, coffee beans from a single producing area are usually used in drip coffee, such as hand-brewed coffee. Pressurized espresso will use blended beans as raw materials, and producers will combine coffee beans from different places to highlight the rich, mellow and bitter taste by deep roasting, and the flavor is basically fixed on the flavors of caramel, black Qiao, nuts and cocoa.

SOE, which emphasizes a single producing area, uses shallower baking, showing a light taste different from the traditional bitterness, such as the citrus and floral flavor of Ethel beans. A higher degree of recognition makes it easier for consumers to remember the characteristics of SOE, but in terms of cost, higher-quality beans are certainly more expensive, and the extra money should be taken for granted.

Which coffee beans are suitable for SOE?

The first condition for a good cup of coffee is good quality coffee beans, and the coffee beans selected by SOE should also be high quality individual coffee beans. Qianjie's baking tenet is "freshly roasted coffee". We hope that every guest will drink freshly roasted and fragrant coffee beans, and the coffee beans shipped will be freshly roasted within 5 days. The coffee on the front street bean list below is an example to introduce which coffee beans are suitable for making SOE.

1. Sun plus snow, red cherry, coffee beans

This coffee bean was originally used to brew coffee in the form of hand drip filtration, which shows a very high sweetness and a strong fruity flavor. When used to extract espresso (need to adjust the grinding degree), the surface of the oil is delicate, the color is yellowish, it smells sweet and sweet berries, sweet and sour berries and caramel, taste clean. The hot milk added will show the sweetness of honey.

two。 Treatment of Shirley Coffee beans in Honduran Whiskey barrel

The medium baking degree gives the coffee a roasted aroma while retaining the acidity of the berries. The SOE highlights the aromas of vanilla biscuits and whisky, adding milk to show the smooth aroma of chocolate cream, with a pungent aroma, the overall taste is very soft. Qianjie store sunflower warm sun blend is made of Shirley and red cherry coffee according to 7:3, wine aroma, sweet and sour fruit, Hot Chocolate Milk's smooth perfect blend in a cup of coffee.

3. Costa Rican musicians series Mozart coffee beans

Anaerobic honey treatment allows coffee beans to retain the pectin layer for closed fermentation before drying to maximize the sweetness of coffee beans. This coffee shows rich roses and high sweetness of raisins when brewed. The extracted SOE shows strong tropical fruit and fermented flavor.

4. Yellow bourbon coffee beans at the Queen's Manor in Brazil

If none of the above is your favorite flavor, take a look at this Queen's Manor coffee bean from Brazil, a big coffee country. The medium-deep roasting degree gives the coffee a strong nutty, creamy, peanut aroma, the aftertaste is sweet chocolate, the extracted SOE is beautifully rich in oil, and the coffee is made into milk coffee with full aroma.

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