Coffee Characteristics by Origin - great reference

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Tonefish
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#1: Post by Tonefish »

As I scour these wonderful pages, trying to learn about all things coffee, I had come across a topic either here (Coffees) or in Roasting, about the characteristics of different coffees by origin. Having interest in this too, I followed those links and got a good start at it, but I just stumbled upon the most detailed one I've seen yet and wanted to share it with you. It is quite a reference. I couldn't find the original thread to add this, so here it is:
https://coffeekind.com/blogs/the-readin ... d-overview
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EddyQ
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#2: Post by EddyQ »

That is a very detailed reference! Good read. Thanks ToneFish!
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RyanJE
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#3: Post by RyanJE »

It's a bit lacking in that it appears to have some biased opinions at the beginning and a bit over simplified. Check out James Hoffman's World Atlas of Coffee. It's worth the money.
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#4: Post by BaristaBob »

What a great read...thanks!
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#5: Post by r.rowlan »

Just what I was looking for. It will pair nicely with a poster I bought at Christmas from cafe imports mapping much of this same information. I am having it framed and put beside my coffee bar as a visual learning aid (nice look too).

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#6: Post by dominico »

Thanks for the link, I will have to read through it more thoroughly.

I second the suggestion of the World Atlas of Coffee book, it is a great reference, at a great price, chock full of information, and most importantly, not boring.
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#7: Post by SilentDoom »

r.rowlan wrote:Just what I was looking for. It will pair nicely with a poster I bought at Christmas from cafe imports mapping much of this same information. I am having it framed and put beside my coffee bar as a visual learning aid (nice look too).
Do you know if they still have the poster available? I can't find a spot for merchandise on their site.

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#8: Post by wachuko replying to SilentDoom »

Searching for that perfect espresso!

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jesse
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#9: Post by jesse »

I've been picking through this, and most of it seems pretty spot-on. But then it lists Brazil's "typical cup profile" as "brightly acidic".. ?

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#10: Post by jbviau »

This is a fun blast from the past. I used to do some contract work for Coffee Kind when they were preparing to launch (out of the ashes of ROASTe), and at the time I helped edit this piece. It was written by a freelancer out of the Boston area who's into coffee. Yes, in retrospect I'm not sure how the "brightly acidic" Brazil bit made it through the editorial process. I've tasted a few Brazils like that, but it's certainly not the norm. Anyway, glad some found it useful.
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