The Brew Blog

Bourbon is the varietal that defined modern specialty coffee — sweet, rounded, complex. Here's the full story of Bourbon and its mutations (yellow, pink, pointu).

Typica is the original Arabica varietal that spread coffee around the world. Here's its history, flavor profile, and modern relevance to specialty coffee.

Coffee varietal is one of the most powerful flavor variables in specialty coffee. This complete guide covers every major varietal from Arabica fundamentals to Geisha.

A practical guide to the primary flavor categories in specialty coffee — fruity, floral, sweet, chocolatey, roasted — and what produces each one.

What is specialty coffee? It starts at 84 points on the SCA scale. This complete guide covers origins, processing, varietals, tasting, and why competition results matter.

Where coffee comes from is the single most powerful variable shaping your cup. This guide covers every significant coffee-producing origin in the specialty world.