Which Coffee Should You Buy?

Don't Know Which Coffee To Buy? Let's Help You Decide! 

Buying specialty coffee can be tricky, especially for novice coffee drinkers. Just like whiskies, specialty coffees are available as single origins or blends

Single Origins typically contain beans from a small group of farms, specific to a region in a country. 

For better understanding let’s take two single origin coffees – Mysore Nuggets and Monsooned Malabar. Both of them are from India, but are single origin coffees as one is grown near Chikmangalur region and the other is grown near the Malabar Coast

This indicates that single origins coffees are region specific and not country specific and there can be several single origin coffees from one country

In most specialty coffee shops, single origin coffees are used, as the café owner can establish provenance for the bean

Generally Single Origin Coffees come with following information on their packaging: 

• Name of the Bean: If any (Mysore Nuggets Extra Bold) 

• Region: Specific Location, Country (Chikmangluru, India) 

• Elevation: This is very important. Higher the altitude, fruitier the coffee

At higher altitudes, the cherry/fruit from which coffee beans are obtained tend to store more sugar. Hence, the seeds (coffee beans) of these cherries exhibit fruity notes

• Processing: This describes how the bean (seed) was extracted from the fruit (cherry). There are various processes and each process will lead to the beans having different taste profiles