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Why is the variety of coffee important?

The importance of the coffee variety depends on your role: coffee farmer, barista, bean baker, consumer. If you are a consumer, you may wonder why we need to know this information. This is just another label on the coffee package. Is the variety really that important compared to the country, region, baking degree and treatment method? If it's so important, why only part of the coffee packaging will tell you the variety?

To put it simply, the variety of coffee affects the flavor, and some varieties, such as bourbon, are famous for their sweetness. Others, such as the "rose summer seed", are famous for their tea quality. However, the flavor of coffee is not only affected by varieties, but also by growth conditions, treatment and so on. And the uniqueness of high-quality coffee is also the beauty of a cup of coffee.

The bean baker must know the variety of coffee, because it not only affects the flavor characteristics, but also affects how you bake the bean. Different beans have different sizes, such as "elephant beans" are very large, while "mocha" is very small. And because baked beans are physical changes, how to transfer the heat completely to the beans is the key. You need to understand the physical composition of coffee (especially when making beans).

Variety is very important to coffee growers. The variety you choose will affect not only the flavor characteristics and the raw bean cup score of the coffee, but also the cold resistance, disease resistance and productivity of the coffee tree. The altitude and temperature of the planting place are all related to these.

Another reason to understand varieties is that Arabica coffee has low genetic diversity, which means it is more vulnerable to disease and climate change, and may even theoretically become extinct in the future. The most important thing now is to combine or find more genetic varieties.

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