Gourmet Coffee Snob

Peaberry, also known as caracoli, is a type of coffee bean.

Peaberry is selected out of the top crop every year and usually only makes up 5% of that years yield.

A peaberry is formed when only one side of the seed pod develops. So there is only one coffee bean instead of two. The coffee bean has a rounded, football like, shape.

It is prized by gourmet coffee drinkers for its less acidic, smooth taste. It is a matter of personal taste where you would rank this coffee in the grades, but it is a very prized coffee.

I would rank it above the extra fancy ( as in kona coffee ) myself. And since there is a much more limited supply it is priced higher than the standard coffees.

After selecting the bean, you want to find out when the coffee was roasted. All coffees regardless of where they are grown begin to loose their flavor rapidly after roasting. Coffee is at its best between 6 and 72 hours after it is roasted. By 21-30 days it has lost some of its flavor.

You wouldn’t accept a sandwich that was made with stale bread, so why would you pay 4.00 for a cup of coffee or 25.00 for a bag of coffee that was 6 months old as millions of coffee drinkers do at starbucks everyday.

The only way you can be sure you are getting coffee fresh roasted is if you are getting it directly from a speciality coffee shop, it is known to be a gourmet quality bean, and/or if it comes with a roasted on date.

Besides the roasting date, you also want to consider the type of roast. Every one of us develops a taste for particular flavors, even flavored coffee. And there is nothing wrong with that. But most of us are drinking coffee for the caffeine content.

The longer a coffee bean is roasted, the darker it gets, and the more caffeine gets roasted off. The lighter roasts have more caffeine content.

You can get a stronger flavor with a medium roast and using less water or more grounds. Once you get into the darker roasts you are tasting the roast more than the distinct flavors of the bean. But beyond that the roasting style is really a matter of personal taste.

There are many peaberries on the market today. So if you’re a java lover, the premium connoisseur peaberry coffee from spotajava coffee offers gourmet coffee connoisseurs the very best of Peaberry coffee the world…in my opinion.

There are many more aspects that some one can develop a taste for, like the particular farm, the type of bean (arabica or robusto), the particular season, or even your favorite brand of coffee. And this is more of a general guide than a review of a particular crop.

I hope this helps you to make more educated choices. If you are going to pay for a gourmet coffee you should truly get what you pay for. I hope the next bag of peaberry coffee beans you buy is the truly pleasant experience it can be.

For more information about the peaberry coffee bean ( as well as Observations of Inter-Galactic Truth ) see Premium Connoisseur Peaberry Coffee.

~~Sherrill~~
the gourmet coffee snob sez
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