View entire thread: Bel Canto Coffee - Best Arabica Single Origin From Indonesia
Posted by bel.canto.coffee on 2008-08-28 00:23:53 Post Subject: Bel Canto Coffee - Best Arabica Single Origin From Indonesia
Bel Canto is a Coffee company located in Malang-Indonesia, we produce high quality roasted coffee (special gourmet). For Blend coffee we use 95% arabica 5% robusta, Single Origin 100% arabica, Old Robusta we use 100% robusta, for the coffee beans we used 1st grade Arabica that was produce from many location in Indonesia like Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Papua, East Timor and Bali. Our roaster ideology is to provide good quality coffee from all over Indonesia. For the packaging we use aluminum foil equip with one way valve to maintain its freshness.
Our product line are :
>> COFFEE BLEND ( 95% Arabica 5% Robusta)
Bel Canto Espresso Golden Crema (The BEST COFFEE for Cappuccino or Latte)
Price : $8.5 / 500 grams pack beans, $4.5 / 250 grams pack ground coffee
Characteristic : deepfull-bodied, earthy, syrupy, sweet caramel, and chocolate finish.
Bel Canto Good Morning Breakfast Blend
Price : $4.5 / 250 grams pack ground coffee
Characteristic : medium body, low acidity, with sweet elegant caramel notes.
Bel Canto Dinner Fiesta Blend
Price : $4.5 / 250 grams pack ground coffee
Characteristic : medium full body, low acidity, bittersweet chocolate notes, & long-rich aftertaste.
>> ARABICA COFFEE SINGLE ORIGIN (100% Arabica)
Bel Canto Single Origin : Aceh Gayo (Sumatra Gayo Highland)
Price : $5 / 250 grams pack ground coffee
Characteristic : Medium smooth body, sweet, and spicy.
Bel Canto Single Origin : Sumatra Mandheling
Price : $4.75 / 250 grams pack ground coffee
Characteristic : deep full body, earthy with bittersweet chocolate.
Bel Canto Single Origin : Sumatra Sidikalang
Price : $4.75 / 250 grams pack ground coffee
Characteristic : Medium deep body, aromatic & sweet spicy
Bel Canto Single Origin : Sulawesi Toraja Kalosi
Price : $5 / 250 grams pack ground coffee
Characteristic : Well-balanced of deep body with pleasant dark chocolate note.
Bel Canto Single Origin : Java Arabica (Belawan Estate)
Price : $5.25 / 250 grams pack ground coffee
Characteristic : medium body, aromatic with sweet spicy notes.
Bel Canto Single Origin : Bali Kintamani Arabica
Price: $4.5 / 250 grams pack ground coffee
Characteristic : Mellow body with hints of citrus.
Bel Canto Single Origin : Flores Arabica (Bajawa Highland)
Price : $4.5 / 250 grams pack ground coffee
Characteristic : Smooth-medium body, aromatic with hints of choco flavor.
Bel Canto Single Origin : Wamena Papua Arabica
Price : $5.25 / 250 grams pack ground coffee
Characteristic : Well balance body, earthy with bittersweet honey
Bel Canto Single Origin : East Timor Arabica
Price : $4.75 / 250 grams pack ground coffee
Characteristic : Medium Body, Earthy, Bittersweet Choco, Fruity
Bel Canto Single Origin : Sumatra Blue Lintong
Price : $5 / 250 grams pack ground coffee
Characteristic : Medium Body, Earthy, Choco, Herbal
>> ROBUSTA COFFEE (100% ROBUSTA)
Bel Canto Old Special Robusta Coffee
Price : $4 / pack
Characteristic : intense deep body with long bittersweet finish.
*** We also take orders for Single Origin in form of coffee beans minimum order 2Kg per type ***
*** The Price Exclude Delivery Charges ***
I hope I can sell my coffee to you especially Coffee Shop or Café that required a good quality coffee. If you have any question about Bel Canto or required a more detail information about Bel Canto or you want to buy in bulk and need samples, please do not hesitate to contact my email at bel.canto.coffee@gmail.com or at my phone number +628161646268 – Jerren Octavianto
Thanks for your time and consideration
Bel Canto Coffee
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Posted by bel.canto.coffee on 2008-08-28 00:23:53 Post Subject: Bel Canto Coffee - Best Arabica Single Origin From Indonesia
Bel Canto is a Coffee company located in Malang-Indonesia, we produce high quality roasted coffee (special gourmet). For Blend coffee we use 95% arabica 5% robusta, Single Origin 100% arabica, Old Robusta we use 100% robusta, for the coffee beans we used 1st grade Arabica that was produce from many location in Indonesia like Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Papua, East Timor and Bali. Our roaster ideology is to provide good quality coffee from all over Indonesia. For the packaging we use aluminum foil equip with one way valve to maintain its freshness.
Our product line are :
>> COFFEE BLEND ( 95% Arabica 5% Robusta)
Bel Canto Espresso Golden Crema (The BEST COFFEE for Cappuccino or Latte)
Price : $8.5 / 500 grams pack beans, $4.5 / 250 grams pack ground coffee
Characteristic : deepfull-bodied, earthy, syrupy, sweet caramel, and chocolate finish.
Bel Canto Good Morning Breakfast Blend
Price : $4.5 / 250 grams pack ground coffee
Characteristic : medium body, low acidity, with sweet elegant caramel notes.
Bel Canto Dinner Fiesta Blend
Price : $4.5 / 250 grams pack ground coffee
Characteristic : medium full body, low acidity, bittersweet chocolate notes, & long-rich aftertaste.
>> ARABICA COFFEE SINGLE ORIGIN (100% Arabica)
Bel Canto Single Origin : Aceh Gayo (Sumatra Gayo Highland)
Price : $5 / 250 grams pack ground coffee
Characteristic : Medium smooth body, sweet, and spicy.
Bel Canto Single Origin : Sumatra Mandheling
Price : $4.75 / 250 grams pack ground coffee
Characteristic : deep full body, earthy with bittersweet chocolate.
Bel Canto Single Origin : Sumatra Sidikalang
Price : $4.75 / 250 grams pack ground coffee
Characteristic : Medium deep body, aromatic & sweet spicy
Bel Canto Single Origin : Sulawesi Toraja Kalosi
Price : $5 / 250 grams pack ground coffee
Characteristic : Well-balanced of deep body with pleasant dark chocolate note.
Bel Canto Single Origin : Java Arabica (Belawan Estate)
Price : $5.25 / 250 grams pack ground coffee
Characteristic : medium body, aromatic with sweet spicy notes.
Bel Canto Single Origin : Bali Kintamani Arabica
Price: $4.5 / 250 grams pack ground coffee
Characteristic : Mellow body with hints of citrus.
Bel Canto Single Origin : Flores Arabica (Bajawa Highland)
Price : $4.5 / 250 grams pack ground coffee
Characteristic : Smooth-medium body, aromatic with hints of choco flavor.
Bel Canto Single Origin : Wamena Papua Arabica
Price : $5.25 / 250 grams pack ground coffee
Characteristic : Well balance body, earthy with bittersweet honey
Bel Canto Single Origin : East Timor Arabica
Price : $4.75 / 250 grams pack ground coffee
Characteristic : Medium Body, Earthy, Bittersweet Choco, Fruity
Bel Canto Single Origin : Sumatra Blue Lintong
Price : $5 / 250 grams pack ground coffee
Characteristic : Medium Body, Earthy, Choco, Herbal
>> ROBUSTA COFFEE (100% ROBUSTA)
Bel Canto Old Special Robusta Coffee
Price : $4 / pack
Characteristic : intense deep body with long bittersweet finish.
*** We also take orders for Single Origin in form of coffee beans minimum order 2Kg per type ***
*** The Price Exclude Delivery Charges ***
I hope I can sell my coffee to you especially Coffee Shop or Café that required a good quality coffee. If you have any question about Bel Canto or required a more detail information about Bel Canto or you want to buy in bulk and need samples, please do not hesitate to contact my email at bel.canto.coffee@gmail.com or at my phone number +628161646268 – Jerren Octavianto
Thanks for your time and consideration
Bel Canto Coffee
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View entire thread: Using Coffee to help those in need
Posted by MrBox on 2006-11-10 10:58:07 Post Subject: Using Coffee to help those in need
I'm deeply troubled by the things in uganda. If you don't know much about what is going on there. I suggest you research it. check out ugandacan.org or invisiblechildren.com. Its probably top on my list. As far as conflict areas. The 1st time I heard about it, something just hit home. I wasn't sure what I could do. There are the organizations such as one.org or the others like that. But sometimes I wonder if the money gets to the people. So my idea came from coffee. I thought about ugandan coffee after looking to the map and seeing that uganda borders kenya. I've had keynyan coffee. its pretty good. So I wondered about ugandan coffee. Which I've never seen for sale or had. But I am a fan of single origin african coffees.
here are some facts about it (most of what I did not know).
Robusta coffee is indigenous to the country, and has been a part of Ugandan life for centuries. The variety of Wild Robusta Coffee still growing today in Uganda's rain forests are thought to be some of the rarest examples of naturally occurring coffee trees anywhere in the world.
Uganda has the unfortunate circumstance of being landlocked, and needing good relations with its neighbors to move its coffee crop to a port city. Coffees from politically unstable regions, especially East Africa and the 10-year civil war in Uganda, bring up ethical issues. But the plain fact is this: coffee is a cash crop. It is grown by 300,000 small-holder farmers in Uganda. It is 95% of the Ugandan exports and 2,800,000 people rely on it for a living
So here is what I thought. Many of us are coffee drinkers, and also care about uganda. So you could support the ugandan economy and others by buying coffee. Which would put money into the peoples hands and help their situation and also have some good tasting and feeling coffee. Its like the whole teach a man to fish. Free money is great but it want change things.
I found a company that sells ugandan coffee and donates part of the sell to a co-op there. I have the links saves you can PM me and I will pass them onto you. This coffee company. donates $1 from the sale of every package to a comunity co-op.
So hypothetically this could Connect caring people to areas that need our help and support their economy by buying their coffee at fair prices and educating ourselves about their problems and solutions.
I'm not sure where i'm going to go with this idea, (maybe an information type website) maybe give free ugandan coffee to coffee shops and explain to them what I'm doing. But thats that. I felt the need to pass this on.
Also My friend had an art show about Oxaca Mexico and the termoil that is going on there, so I found a seller of oxacan coffee and passed it onto him
there are other conflict areas that are coffee producers. So this is my idea to use coffee to help people in need. I guess this also goes with a new movie that I just hearsd about blackgoldmovie.com It seems to speak of the global concerns associated with coffee.
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Posted by MrBox on 2006-11-10 10:58:07 Post Subject: Using Coffee to help those in need
I'm deeply troubled by the things in uganda. If you don't know much about what is going on there. I suggest you research it. check out ugandacan.org or invisiblechildren.com. Its probably top on my list. As far as conflict areas. The 1st time I heard about it, something just hit home. I wasn't sure what I could do. There are the organizations such as one.org or the others like that. But sometimes I wonder if the money gets to the people. So my idea came from coffee. I thought about ugandan coffee after looking to the map and seeing that uganda borders kenya. I've had keynyan coffee. its pretty good. So I wondered about ugandan coffee. Which I've never seen for sale or had. But I am a fan of single origin african coffees.
here are some facts about it (most of what I did not know).
Robusta coffee is indigenous to the country, and has been a part of Ugandan life for centuries. The variety of Wild Robusta Coffee still growing today in Uganda's rain forests are thought to be some of the rarest examples of naturally occurring coffee trees anywhere in the world.
Uganda has the unfortunate circumstance of being landlocked, and needing good relations with its neighbors to move its coffee crop to a port city. Coffees from politically unstable regions, especially East Africa and the 10-year civil war in Uganda, bring up ethical issues. But the plain fact is this: coffee is a cash crop. It is grown by 300,000 small-holder farmers in Uganda. It is 95% of the Ugandan exports and 2,800,000 people rely on it for a living
So here is what I thought. Many of us are coffee drinkers, and also care about uganda. So you could support the ugandan economy and others by buying coffee. Which would put money into the peoples hands and help their situation and also have some good tasting and feeling coffee. Its like the whole teach a man to fish. Free money is great but it want change things.
I found a company that sells ugandan coffee and donates part of the sell to a co-op there. I have the links saves you can PM me and I will pass them onto you. This coffee company. donates $1 from the sale of every package to a comunity co-op.
So hypothetically this could Connect caring people to areas that need our help and support their economy by buying their coffee at fair prices and educating ourselves about their problems and solutions.
I'm not sure where i'm going to go with this idea, (maybe an information type website) maybe give free ugandan coffee to coffee shops and explain to them what I'm doing. But thats that. I felt the need to pass this on.
Also My friend had an art show about Oxaca Mexico and the termoil that is going on there, so I found a seller of oxacan coffee and passed it onto him
there are other conflict areas that are coffee producers. So this is my idea to use coffee to help people in need. I guess this also goes with a new movie that I just hearsd about blackgoldmovie.com It seems to speak of the global concerns associated with coffee.
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View entire thread: water downed coffee
Posted by twobeans on 2006-06-05 19:45:11 Post Subject:
cuppED- they are more than likely using pre- measured, pre-packaged robusta coffee in air tight bags...enough for 8 cups of nasty coffee. Most specialty shops grind their own arabica, and weigh them to their specs on a scale..here in Florida we have Hess gas stations who believe it or not sell half decent arabica coffee by the cup. Stop at a coffee shop on your way to the gas station.
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Posted by twobeans on 2006-06-05 19:45:11 Post Subject:
cuppED- they are more than likely using pre- measured, pre-packaged robusta coffee in air tight bags...enough for 8 cups of nasty coffee. Most specialty shops grind their own arabica, and weigh them to their specs on a scale..here in Florida we have Hess gas stations who believe it or not sell half decent arabica coffee by the cup. Stop at a coffee shop on your way to the gas station.
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View entire thread: Blend
Posted by Davec on 2007-07-11 12:31:38 Post Subject: Re: Blend
Would you suggest adding some rubusta to my blend?
Not for French press...the main reason Robusta is sometime used in a Blend is where it adds something. The common belief being that in an Espresso blend (at a level of 10-20%) it helps for a denser and more long lasting crema, thus trapping more of the aroma. It has slightly more caffiene as well (but at %s commonly used in an espresso blend, the added "kick" is debatable.
As for taste, it's not hugely tastey, sort of very bland coffee...I once gave a Coffee workshop, where I made all the participants a pure Robusta Coffee...all of them enjoyed it in a variety of drinks
This is either a sad reflection of the expectation of the average consumer....or I'm a really, really great roaster
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Posted by Davec on 2007-07-11 12:31:38 Post Subject: Re: Blend
Would you suggest adding some rubusta to my blend?
Not for French press...the main reason Robusta is sometime used in a Blend is where it adds something. The common belief being that in an Espresso blend (at a level of 10-20%) it helps for a denser and more long lasting crema, thus trapping more of the aroma. It has slightly more caffiene as well (but at %s commonly used in an espresso blend, the added "kick" is debatable.
As for taste, it's not hugely tastey, sort of very bland coffee...I once gave a Coffee workshop, where I made all the participants a pure Robusta Coffee...all of them enjoyed it in a variety of drinks
This is either a sad reflection of the expectation of the average consumer....or I'm a really, really great roaster
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View entire thread: Coffee jitters
Posted by Jackson on 2007-05-10 20:31:30 Post Subject:
Darryl,
It is most likely the concentration of coffee per ounce of water when brewed. The more coffee in the brew basket will give higher levels of caffeine.
Another possibility would be using Robusta coffee instead of Arabica. Robusta beans have almost twice the amount of caffeine as Arabica coffee.
Roast styles have little or no impact on caffeine levels in coffee.
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Posted by Jackson on 2007-05-10 20:31:30 Post Subject:
Darryl,
It is most likely the concentration of coffee per ounce of water when brewed. The more coffee in the brew basket will give higher levels of caffeine.
Another possibility would be using Robusta coffee instead of Arabica. Robusta beans have almost twice the amount of caffeine as Arabica coffee.
Roast styles have little or no impact on caffeine levels in coffee.
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View entire thread: Some Suggestions for roasted beans to try
Posted by 3ternal on 2008-01-13 18:38:31 Post Subject:
Pretty much anything In a can that's "Italian" is going to be low grade robusta coffee. If it comes in a tin can, walk away
Look for whole coffee beans labeled arabica, you can shop around through brands once you taste the difference between arabica and robusta.
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Posted by 3ternal on 2008-01-13 18:38:31 Post Subject:
Pretty much anything In a can that's "Italian" is going to be low grade robusta coffee. If it comes in a tin can, walk away
Look for whole coffee beans labeled arabica, you can shop around through brands once you taste the difference between arabica and robusta.
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View entire thread: How to make better coffee than your competitor?
Posted by Davec on 2008-01-25 03:57:19 Post Subject:
Grinder should be costing you around £380-£700....if you can try to get a doserless grinder such as the Mahlkoneigs. This way you only grind coffee when you need it. If your volumes are good, then a doser grinder will be OK, but never never leave the coffee sitting for hours in the doser!
Coffee must be fresh and in many respects the roasting of the beans is even more important than the absolute quality (even the best coffee will taste rubbish if badly roasted). Take the trouble to absolutely understand what your roaster is doing for you and use a local one if possible. If coffee is fresh, then there should be decent crema on extraction. If you find you have to grind really fine and the crema is not good, suspect the coffee is not as fresh as you think.
e.g. If you get sent medium to Medium dark roasted coffee and there is no oil spotting on the beans and then this develops a few days after you receive it, then the coffee was probably roasted a couple of days ago. There are also other indicators of freshness.
Examine the roast, look for large numbers of quakers, brokens, insect damaged. Check the roast for tipping and scorching or lots of spalling (pop offs). The coffee is the number one ingredient and without reasonable to good quality WELL roasted coffee you are unlikely to make a decent beverage. Avoid fluid bed roasted coffee and go for drum roasted if you can. Some roasters spray water on the beans to quickly cool them in the roasters tray after dumping the batch....avoid roasters who do this if you can (it damages the coffee and adds weight!). Ensure you use a good blend, single origin coffees are OK, but a good blend will give you consistency. Don't go for a blend with robusta coffee, but if it's unavoidable 10% at most, robusta normally gives better crema, but harder to tell if the coffee is fresh. Avoid coffee that's roasted very dark, it goes off quick, usually tastes more of roast rather than coffee and is a common method to disguise cheap beans. Pay twice to 3 times as much for the coffee if you have to.
Then of course all usual stuff, deceent machine, good water, trained barista etc..
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Posted by Davec on 2008-01-25 03:57:19 Post Subject:
Grinder should be costing you around £380-£700....if you can try to get a doserless grinder such as the Mahlkoneigs. This way you only grind coffee when you need it. If your volumes are good, then a doser grinder will be OK, but never never leave the coffee sitting for hours in the doser!
Coffee must be fresh and in many respects the roasting of the beans is even more important than the absolute quality (even the best coffee will taste rubbish if badly roasted). Take the trouble to absolutely understand what your roaster is doing for you and use a local one if possible. If coffee is fresh, then there should be decent crema on extraction. If you find you have to grind really fine and the crema is not good, suspect the coffee is not as fresh as you think.
e.g. If you get sent medium to Medium dark roasted coffee and there is no oil spotting on the beans and then this develops a few days after you receive it, then the coffee was probably roasted a couple of days ago. There are also other indicators of freshness.
Examine the roast, look for large numbers of quakers, brokens, insect damaged. Check the roast for tipping and scorching or lots of spalling (pop offs). The coffee is the number one ingredient and without reasonable to good quality WELL roasted coffee you are unlikely to make a decent beverage. Avoid fluid bed roasted coffee and go for drum roasted if you can. Some roasters spray water on the beans to quickly cool them in the roasters tray after dumping the batch....avoid roasters who do this if you can (it damages the coffee and adds weight!). Ensure you use a good blend, single origin coffees are OK, but a good blend will give you consistency. Don't go for a blend with robusta coffee, but if it's unavoidable 10% at most, robusta normally gives better crema, but harder to tell if the coffee is fresh. Avoid coffee that's roasted very dark, it goes off quick, usually tastes more of roast rather than coffee and is a common method to disguise cheap beans. Pay twice to 3 times as much for the coffee if you have to.
Then of course all usual stuff, deceent machine, good water, trained barista etc..
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View entire thread: Aeropress question for experienced users.
Posted by cloudsipper on 2007-11-06 09:27:09 Post Subject:
About caffeine..and taste
If the company's coffee service provides the usual fare (little packages of very stale coffee-like substance), it is probably a Robusta. Robusta coffee contains almost twice as much caffeine as Arabica, roasts easily, stores well, and is what most of us grew up with (Folger's, Maxwell House, MJB, etc. etc.) It's difficult or impossible to reproduce that taste with Arabica.
There, I said it!
The shift is a bit like going from Boone's Farm Apple Blossom to Beaulieu Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon. Lot's of people don't like cabernet! No matter how badly you brew the Arabica's they will never taste quite like Folger's. The question then becomes which do you prefer?
BTW, some respectable Espresso blends include a small bit of premium Robusta to pull the flavors together and produce better crema (foam) when extracted. In this case, espresso blends may have a bit more caffeine than single origin coffees.
Also, to gain the maximum taste, the coffee should be freshly roasted..no more than a week out of the roaster. You can achieve this from a neighborhood roaster, on-line from places like Intelligentsia, Stumptown, Paradise or many of the members of this forum OR..
Roast at home ..which almost everyone can do.. ($70 roaster +$10 green beans = the best coffee you will ever drink). Currently I'm enjoying a cup made from green beans that were just processed a week ago. This is a Puerto Rican Jayuya 2007 crop. I pay a bit more($8/lb) for these because a) the coffee is outstanding and b) it helps another small producer stay in the coffee business.
Thanks for sitting through another long post, I do get carried away at times...
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Posted by cloudsipper on 2007-11-06 09:27:09 Post Subject:
About caffeine..and taste
If the company's coffee service provides the usual fare (little packages of very stale coffee-like substance), it is probably a Robusta. Robusta coffee contains almost twice as much caffeine as Arabica, roasts easily, stores well, and is what most of us grew up with (Folger's, Maxwell House, MJB, etc. etc.) It's difficult or impossible to reproduce that taste with Arabica.
There, I said it!
The shift is a bit like going from Boone's Farm Apple Blossom to Beaulieu Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon. Lot's of people don't like cabernet! No matter how badly you brew the Arabica's they will never taste quite like Folger's. The question then becomes which do you prefer?
BTW, some respectable Espresso blends include a small bit of premium Robusta to pull the flavors together and produce better crema (foam) when extracted. In this case, espresso blends may have a bit more caffeine than single origin coffees.
Also, to gain the maximum taste, the coffee should be freshly roasted..no more than a week out of the roaster. You can achieve this from a neighborhood roaster, on-line from places like Intelligentsia, Stumptown, Paradise or many of the members of this forum OR..
Roast at home ..which almost everyone can do.. ($70 roaster +$10 green beans = the best coffee you will ever drink). Currently I'm enjoying a cup made from green beans that were just processed a week ago. This is a Puerto Rican Jayuya 2007 crop. I pay a bit more($8/lb) for these because a) the coffee is outstanding and b) it helps another small producer stay in the coffee business.
Thanks for sitting through another long post, I do get carried away at times...
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View entire thread: 100% Pure Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee in Whole Bean ? ? ?
Posted by CafeBlue on 2006-12-16 01:34:23 Post Subject:
Hi Jackson;
Jamaica may be small, but she is mighty and plenty powerful enough to boast more than one growing region (and several grades)!
Not all Jamaican coffee is from the "blue mountain" growing region. In fact, one of the largest estate farms (possibly THE largest) in Jamaica is the Baronhall Estate affiliated with Jamaica Standard Products - their coffee is classified as "Jamaican High Mountain Supreme" not "Blue Mountain". Not only is it a different appellation or region (you can find the town of Mandeville on a map), the coffee tastes different from Wallensford, Mavis Bank Central Factory, Strawberry Hill and others.
Furthermore, factors other than a geographically prescribed growing region can and do impact coffee cup characteristics. For starters: Altitude, micro-climate, shade, soil composition, soil condition, fertilization, irrigation, coffee tree species (e.g. arabica, robusta), coffee tree variety (e.g. typica, caturra, catuai, bourbon), processing methods (e.g. washed, dry preparation, pulped natural), grade (i.e. screening and sorting standards), roasting, packaging, and quality management at several stages.
This is not to say that one can not find very similar coffee from two different farms in the same region, because we can. It also happens that a single farm can produce several different coffee grades, and even different varieties of trees, yielding distinctly different cup characteristics.
The incredible diversity and complexity of coffee is part of the appeal and delight in tasting new and interesting coffees.
Best regards.
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Posted by CafeBlue on 2006-12-16 01:34:23 Post Subject:
Hi Jackson;
Jamaica may be small, but she is mighty and plenty powerful enough to boast more than one growing region (and several grades)!
Not all Jamaican coffee is from the "blue mountain" growing region. In fact, one of the largest estate farms (possibly THE largest) in Jamaica is the Baronhall Estate affiliated with Jamaica Standard Products - their coffee is classified as "Jamaican High Mountain Supreme" not "Blue Mountain". Not only is it a different appellation or region (you can find the town of Mandeville on a map), the coffee tastes different from Wallensford, Mavis Bank Central Factory, Strawberry Hill and others.
Furthermore, factors other than a geographically prescribed growing region can and do impact coffee cup characteristics. For starters: Altitude, micro-climate, shade, soil composition, soil condition, fertilization, irrigation, coffee tree species (e.g. arabica, robusta), coffee tree variety (e.g. typica, caturra, catuai, bourbon), processing methods (e.g. washed, dry preparation, pulped natural), grade (i.e. screening and sorting standards), roasting, packaging, and quality management at several stages.
This is not to say that one can not find very similar coffee from two different farms in the same region, because we can. It also happens that a single farm can produce several different coffee grades, and even different varieties of trees, yielding distinctly different cup characteristics.
The incredible diversity and complexity of coffee is part of the appeal and delight in tasting new and interesting coffees.
Best regards.
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View entire thread: Types of Coffee
Posted by Susanto on 2006-05-16 12:47:49 Post Subject:
Jeff said "The two main types of beans are Aribica and Robusta"... that right what as long as I know, but some times I found who people said is Arabusta ( come from Arabica x Robusta coffee tree ). About the taste it's quite different.. for me tha aroma of Arabica more strong than Robusta. That's my experience what I ever drink of Luwak Coffee....
Good Luck to Become Coffee Lover
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Posted by Susanto on 2006-05-16 12:47:49 Post Subject:
Jeff said "The two main types of beans are Aribica and Robusta"... that right what as long as I know, but some times I found who people said is Arabusta ( come from Arabica x Robusta coffee tree ). About the taste it's quite different.. for me tha aroma of Arabica more strong than Robusta. That's my experience what I ever drink of Luwak Coffee....
Good Luck to Become Coffee Lover
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