What's the flavor of elephant beans? Why is it as big as beans?

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There are many varieties of coffee beans. We often see that one side is flat and there is a crack on it. This is the side where the two seeds in the coffee fruit are close to each other. This kind of normal bean is called flat bean. Some coffee fruits contain only one seed, which alone occupies the inner space of the whole coffee fruit. This kind of bean is called round bean, but they are almost the same size, but our protagonist today-elephant bean is an anomaly, it is the largest coffee bean in the world, at least 3 times bigger than ordinary coffee beans, so some people call it giant beans.

The scientific name of elephant bean: Maragogype, translated into Chinese: Malago Gippe, was discovered in northeastern Brazil in 1870. Maragogype is the name of the producing area where it was discovered. Elephant bean belongs to the mutant of Tibica, the oldest variety.

Elephant beans are very large coffee beans called elephant beans, widely grown in Central American countries, such as Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador and others. This variety has a clear taste and excellent aroma, this round and soft texture, has a very high evaluation in the market.