Thanks Skip and Barry. bmc "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel....."
> From: Skip Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 13:31:15 -0700 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: What defines a peaberry? > > > Peaberries come at the ends of the branches. > Normally there are two beans per cherry but a peaberry is the only > bean in the cherry .... Therefore the flavor of peaberry is more > intense. It takes a particular screen size to segregate the > peaberries from the other beans. The price is higher because not > only are there fewer beans but its an extra process to separate it out. > > Also, peaberries can happen on any type of coffee plant - they're not > a specific variety. > > Skip Lord > papalatte.com > On Oct 3, 2008, at 9:05 AM, Ben McCafferty wrote: > > > Sorry for the slightly off-topic post... > > Just received some greens from Smith Farms (Peaberry Kona) in Hawaii. > Obviously peaberry is the shape of the bean, i.e. roundish like a rugby > ball. > > Is that the only thing that defines peaberry, or is peaberry like a > "varietal"? In other words, is there peaberry of every type of > coffee, or > is peaberry a single type that is grown in many places, similar to a > type of > grape (merlot, chardonnay, etc.)? Is peaberry found all on one tree, > or is > it an anomaly within a normal coffee crop that gets sorted out (i.e. > 10 of > 100 beans have the peaberry shape, and are separated to be sold as > peaberry, > or an entire tree produces nothing but peaberry)? > > I also notice that it is the highest priced coffee that Smith sells. > Is it > considered a superior bean, or is it just the rareness factor that > drives > the price up? > > Thanks and talk soon, > bmc > "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel....." > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
