Articles in the Coffee Origins Category
African Beans, Watza crackin'? »
Ah, the Peaberry Coffee Bean. SoooOoo popular in the U.S. is unique in itself. Let me explain: Only a small percentage of any crop is “peaberry”. Peaberries are a “mutation” whereby the seed of the coffee cherry, normally two halves or flat beans, form a “cylinder” or “pearl” shape instead and DO NOT divide. Sometimes you might hear the term “Pearlberries”. They have super awesome roasting qualities because of their “roundness” - It’s a popular one with World Bean Roasthers customers – and soon I fear the price …
Indonesia/Asia Beans »
Definitely unique and popular for its funk and earthiness. Sumatra can be used in blend with other origins. I have my favorites and can share that with you in another post :)
Indonesia/Asia Beans »
I tried an East Timor roast last summer and really enjoyed this coffee. Honestly, I’m a roaster and obvioiusly it is hard for me to prioritize my dozen – some origins – This one is an organic and Fair Trade coffee from Ermera , a district in East Timor.
Ermera is an area of Timor-Leste (formerly called East Timor) with a long tradition of coffee growing and was the location of the main coffee plantation when Timor was occupied by the Portuguese. Timor freed itself from Indonesia in 1999, and the …
African Beans, Coffee Origins, Roasting For A Cause »
Helping Rwanda
This is a coffee with a bittersweet story. My Uncle Dick put me in touch with his friend, Robert Crow in Georgia, who sent us our first bag of Rwanda beans from the Gashonga cooperative over a year ago.
It is truly a great coffee. Rwanda produces the world’s finest coffee beans. Its volcanic soil, high altitude and plentiful rain are ideal conditions for growing specialty single origin Arabica beans. I am so happy to know that Rwanda today is making progres thanks to the many efforts of …
