Brazil Jazblu Peaberry

BRAZIL JAZBLU PEABERRY

This fully washed coffee from the Planalto da Bahia region is sourced directly from a small cluster of farmers with whom our Brazil team has established deep ties. In Brazil, where most producers stick to the traditional natural or pulped natural processing methods, it’s not always easy to find farmers who can offer washed coffee. That, along with how the blend represents the region’s diversity and microclimate, are what make our Jazblu Peaberry a unique experience for Brazilian coffee.

ABOUT THE PLANALTO DA BAHIA REGION

Planalto da Bahia doesn’t follow the clearly defined wet and dry seasons that most of Brazil enjoys. That means farmers have had to adapt to different rain patterns and develop their own approach to coffee harvesting and processing. Cherries are harvested by hand due to uneven maturation, pulped and fermented for 12-24 hours in tanks, and dried in greenhouses.

WHAT IS A PEABERRY?

Peaberry coffee is a unique type of coffee bean that forms when only one of the two seeds inside a coffee cherry develops, creating a smaller, rounded bean instead of the typical flat-sided pair. This natural mutation, found in about 5-10% of coffee cherries, is often separated during processing for its distinctive qualities. Many attribute peaberry coffee’s heightened sweetness due to all of the coffee’s sugars accumulating into a single bean instead of two.

COFFEE STATS

Acidity: Balanced
Body: Light
Altitude: 950 masl
Process: Washed
Varietal: Yellow and Red Catuai
Producers: Various Smallholders
What We Taste: Cocoa Powder, Roasted Hazelnut, Golden Raisin, Brown Sugar