"Machine to Finger" is the origin of the name of the M2F store, and "Machine to Finger" means to return coffee to its essence. The founder of M2F is from Taiwan and has a lot of experience in creating a Taiwanese petty bourgeois independent café. People favor the non-commercial nature of M2F, there is no standardized production model, no excessive packaging, and no publicity. With its excellent coffee quality, M2F is enough to capture people's hearts.
M2F's coffee is roasted in-house and the roaster used is the American brand DIEDRICH IR-1. The roaster is placed at the entrance and is very conspicuous. Whenever the roaster is in operation, the rich aroma of coffee can be smelled inside and outside the store and even across the street, becoming a natural billboard for M2F. During the roasting period, if the roast fails, the store will discard the failed coffee beans and will not recommend the failed coffee beans to customers.
In the M2F store, 90 coffee beans, 90 candles, 90 top beans, 90 Danqimon, etc., are presented to coffee lovers at different roasting levels. Most people who are new to specialty coffee mistakenly think that 90 refers to coffee with a cupping score of more than 90 points, and "90" is actually the name of a coffee company in the United States, and has nothing to do with cupping scores. However, it is worth affirming that there is no shortage of coffee beans produced by 90 Company with high quality and top flavor. Several 90's coffees from M2F are worth trying.
Trying to make a living from coffee alone is like walking on thin ice for an independent café. M2F focuses on specialty coffee, and at the same time adds diversified business content, beer, soft drinks, and meals are all available. There is a chef in charge of catering, and a variety of freshly prepared Western dishes of the day are not as popular as coffee.
The M2F store is located on Xinhua Road, opposite the famous Shanghai Film City. The store is small and can accommodate about 20 people at a time. The customers in the store chat and do things separately, without interfering with each other, and not too many people mind privacy.
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What are the flavors of specialty coffee?
Most people like to describe a cup of coffee as "mellow", "full-bodied", "smooth", "sour", "bitter", and these words are only physical and taste-sensitive. If placed in the world of specialty coffee, they become thin and uninteresting.
In order to better express the rich and distinctive flavors of specialty coffee, the Boutique Association of America (SCAA) proposed the concept of coffee flavor wheels based on wine tasting standards. On this colorful coffee flavor wheel, you will find that coffee has many different flavors like wine, you can describe the sourness of coffee with a certain fruit, the aroma of coffee with floral aromas, and the taste of coffee with nuts.
Of course, there is no set standard for describing the flavor of a certain coffee, and the experience varies from person to person. When you enjoy a cup of specialty coffee, you may want to feel it for yourself, and then check the flavor description given by the store to see if the two are consistent. Generally, high-level boutique cafes accurately describe the flavor of coffee, which is in line with most people's taste experience.
