Does peaberry coffee taste better?
This is where myth, fact and marketing meet…and leave a trail of confusion. First, its important to understand that peaberries are found in all regions, across all types of coffee…Colombia peaberries, Ethiopian peaberries and so on. If you listen to regional marketing organizations, or the sellers of peaberry coffee, they will all swear blind that their peaberry beans have a remarkable quality and taste youll never forget. And youll pay more per pound just to find out if their claims are true. In the face of any hype about coffee, we tend to check and see what Kenneth Davids of CoffeeReview.com has to say on the topic. We find him to be always objective, level-headed and well-informed. Heres what he says: My experience suggests that peaberries always produce a somewhat different cup from normal beans from the same crop (in other words, present a distinct variation on the same sensory theme), but not different in a consistent enough way to support broad generalizations about quality
