Sparrow Coffee is a very young independent specialty coffee shop that has already gained a lot of local fans after just over a year in business. The owner, Huazi, is from Shandong, and once opened a small café in Shandong, after three years of operation, he went south to the Yunnan coffee processing factory to get in touch with coffee beans, and then worked and studied in a café in Shanghai, and then opened this Sparrow Coffee in Suzhou.
A wide variety of hand-poured single-origin coffee is the biggest highlight of Sparrow Coffee. There are six pour-over coffees on the menu from Ethiopia, Uganda, Burundi, Guatemala and Colombia. Among them, Ethiopian Yirgacheffe Washed G1 is a low-to-medium body coffee, the washed beans have a strong jasmine aroma and citrus aroma, low bitterness, and a very soft mouth. Several of the high-quality coffee beans in the store are roasted in-house, and it is worth mentioning that whether they have roasting ability is also an important indicator of the overall strength of an independent café, because only by roasting it can the coffee have the possibility of changing the flavor of the coffee. The industry also treats coffee roasting as a "work of art", sometimes even more so than where the coffee is produced and how it is processed.
For those who don't feel comfortable with pour-over coffee, Dirty is the store's rave reviews espresso. To ensure its taste, dine-in only. Within seconds of the coffee being served, guests need to take a large sip to avoid over-mixing the coffee with the milk. Dirty has a rich milky flavor and a smooth and delicate mouthfeel, with coffee and milk intertwined in the mouth, creating a distinct layer.
Thanks to the background of the boss Huazi in graphic design, the store environment has a strong sense of design. The café is small in size, with black, white and gray as the main colors, and the wrap-around bar gives it a rather theatrical atmosphere. On the wall hangs the eye-catching word "sparrow", which is made by a potter, and looks full of artistic sense. The large transparent glass windows let in the light of the store, and customers can often be seen sitting by the window in the doorway, drinking coffee and chatting.
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What is the difference between specialty coffee beans and commercial coffee beans?
In the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) rating system, coffee beans with a score of 80 or more are classified as specialty coffee beans, while coffee beans with a passing score of 80 or less are classified as commercial coffee beans.
From a business point of view, the price of specialty coffee beans is several times higher than that of commercial coffee, and merchants naturally have greater profit margins if they choose commercial coffee beans, and ordinary coffee shops and commercial chain coffee shops use commercial coffee beans.
In terms of taste, the taste of specialty coffee beans is enough to conquer your taste buds, while commercial coffee beans have too many flaws, and even have a rusty bitterness that is hard to swallow and a sour taste of rancid water, so commercial coffee beans need to use a lot of milk and sugar to mask their own taste.
