Compared to tropical fruits, the description "berry" is obviously much easier to understand, but the word "berry" does not refer to a single type of fruit; rather, it broadly refers to a category that includes many small, juicy fruits. However, unlike tropical fruits, berries have their own separate category in the new version of the coffee flavor wheel released by the SCA in 2016.
In the berry category of the flavor wheel, there are strawberries "Strawberry", blueberries "Blueberry", raspberries "Raspberry", and blackberries "Blackberry". Not only that, mulberries "Mulberry" and cranberries "Cranberry" also actually belong to the berry category, and the origin of the word "berry" comes precisely from the word "Berry".
Berry is a general classification created for coffees that share common traits. The commonalities of these fruits mainly lie in: fleshy fruit, thin skin, and seeds evenly distributed in the berry, unlike fruits such as nuts or drupes that have obvious dividing lines.
Therefore, not only fruits with "berry" in the name can be classified into the berry category; blackcurrant "Blackcurrant" is likewise a member of the berry category. And because there are so many types, people further divide them by color and brightness into: red berries, black berries, or dark berries.
For coffee beans with obvious berry flavors, Front Street recommends starting with coffees from countries such as Kenya, Rwanda, and Ethiopia:
1. Front Street Kenya Small Tomato Coffee Beans: cherry tomatoes, smoked plum, dark berries, black plum, snow pear
2. Front Street Rwanda Red Bourbon Coffee Beans: red berries, citrus, nuts
3. Front Street Ethiopia Huakui Coffee Beans: cream strawberry, orange, guava, lemon
The above content is compiled by CoffeeHunters, a coffee news website.
