Green Coffee Beans
Tanzania Peaberry
Specifics:
- Name: Tanzania peaberry
- Origin: Tanzania
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Cupping Notes:
Sweet, raisin, grapefruit, molasses.
About this Coffee:
From Cafe Imports Origins Section
Tanzania
Tanzanian coffees are grown on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, under the shade
of banana trees, truly an exotic location for this east African coffee. Tanzanian
coffee is somewhat similar to the coffee of its neighbor north of the border
(Kenya for the geographically challenged), bright, clean and aggressively complex.
The grading process in Tanzania is also the same as in Kenya, where it is graded
on bean size, and AA is the largest, followed by A and B down the line.
In the United States a very popular Tanzanian coffee is the peaberry variety.
Why? Well, a couple of theories about that one. Peaberries seem to have a mystique
about them. What's a peaberry? It's when a single bean develops inside the coffee
cherry, instead of the familiar two "flat beans". Why so many fans
of the peaberry? The theory is that all the goodness of the coffee cherry is
in only one bean.
Another reason for the popularity of Tanzanian peaberries is simply a factor
of supply. The Japanese buy the bulk of Tanzania flatberries (regular coffee
beans) and since the peaberries have been sorted out, a market was needed for
the peaberries. Since peaberries have the cult following mentioned above, Viola!
Exotic Tanzania Peaberries!
Hence, with the exotic name (Tanzania) and the peaberry factor, we cup and
cup to find those cups that truly deserve the praise, and are not just a function
of the hype!