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How to make coffee well? In fact, like catering in this respect, the taste of a cup of coffee largely depends on the raw materials, that is, the quality of coffee beans. Whether a cup of coffee tastes good or not, coffee beans may account for 80% of the decisive factor. Two key points affecting the quality of coffee beans: 1. The quality of coffee raw bean itself; 2. The technology of baking.

To open a coffee shop, it is really a big problem to choose what kind of coffee beans to use.

So, at present, what kind of coffee beans are used in independent cafes in China?

Direct purchase of coffee cooked beans from foreign roasters

After all, the concept of fine coffee comes from the United States and Europe, and the fine coffee in these countries and regions started early and is ahead of us in professional research, not to mention that they have a very large daily cup output as the basis. In fact, they have the resources to get better coffee raw bean resources. There are many cafes that directly buy beans from foreign roasted brands, such as CAFE ON AIR, a coffee shop in Shanghai that we like very much, whose Italian coffee beans come from the British baking brand SQAURE MILES ROASTER, while individual coffee is a long-term partnership with Denmark's APRIL. In fact, there are many coffee shops that use foreign coffee beans. When I went to Luoyang this year, I saw a lot of beans from minority baking brands in the United States and Europe in a local coffee shop. This way is very interesting for consumers, you can drink coffee from well-known foreign brands in the coffee shop on your doorstep.

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CAFE ON AIR, Huaihai Road, Shanghai

Everyone's purchasing method places orders directly with the official website of foreign baking brands, and some people are looking for people to buy from overseas.

The disadvantage is that although foreign coffee beans are guaranteed in quality in raw beans and roasting, they are often not fresh or delayed to the store due to customs and transportation reasons. These problems will affect the quality and daily operation of coffee produced by coffee shops.

Purchase coffee cooked beans from domestic roasters

In recent years, the development momentum of domestic coffee roasting is also very good, there are unique roasting brands in each region, some serve the local coffee shop, some will radiate the whole country. Most of the independent coffee shops use domestic roasted brand coffee beans, and the cost of convenient transportation and communication has been reduced a lot, which can ensure the freshness of coffee beans and can be served by roasters to a certain extent.

And because some information is not equal, bakers have less chance to get high-quality raw beans, and because there are more varieties, in fact, many raw beans are also mixed. Now many domestic roasters have begun to try to buy raw coffee beans in the producing areas. The drawback of this approach is that coffee shops have lost their own coffee flavor style, and many consumers may think that they can also buy these coffee beans on e-commerce platforms and lose their freshness.

Purchase raw beans and bake at home

After operating for a period of time, many cafes begin to try their own baking, either because of the personal interests of the managers, because they think they can save costs, or because they want to create their own unique baking style.

Personally, I think this is the most difficult of all models, because baking is a seemingly simple (stir-fried coffee beans) but actually very difficult technology, as a baker must first have a high sense of taste judgment, know what kind of taste they want, in order to control the ever-changing flavor of coffee beans, to deal with the environment, water quality and production methods and other factors that affect the taste of coffee beans.

Independent coffee shop as a small purchaser, if the cost of purchasing coffee beans abroad is too high, the main coffee beans promoted by domestic raw bean merchants are very similar every year, and even some raw bean merchants monopolize the source of beans. Independent coffee shops that do their own baking face a lot of unequal information when buying raw beans, and are unable to buy the best quality, cost-effective coffee. Following the trend of treatment and production areas, consumers will drink basically the same coffee beans no matter where they are.

As a guest, if you drink less coffee than you expected, you may have a big discount on the impression of a store. But baking has to keep trial and error to find a stable style.

Of course, there are also many coffee shops of the type of craftsmen who study roasting. The managers have studied coffee for many years, from production area to roasting to production to their own understanding of coffee flavor, but because of their strong personal style, it is difficult for ordinary cafes to copy.

Another difficulty is that it is difficult for small independent cafes to preserve raw beans, such as how to ensure that the flavor of coffee beans is not separated in hot and humid summer. This is a relatively difficult thing to solve.

Purchase foreign raw beans & independent baking

This is a shortcut and smart way to buy coffee beans from foreign raw bean merchants to ensure the quality of coffee beans and to hone their baking skills on the other hand. Many independent coffee shops in Hong Kong and Taiwan operate in a similar way, such as URBAN COFFEE ROASTER and Amber Coffee.

All in all, if the core competitiveness of coffee shops is really coffee itself, then it is really not easy to have high-quality and stable coffee products in China at present. honing coffee skills is a long way to go for independent cafes.

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