Speciality coffee is a bean with the best flavour, produced under particular conditions or microclimates. In contrast to those most commonly found coffee beverages, speciality coffee beans have a distinctive taste and individual quality. A coffee aficionado should enjoy and savour these coffees as they are either rare coffees or small crops with distinctive tastes.

Speciality coffee: what is it?

On a 100-point scale, speciality coffee is defined as coffee scoring over 80 points.

How does speciality coffee differ from other coffees?

Speciality coffee must have fewer than five Secondary defects and no Primary defects. A cup of coffee is made by roasting it, brewing it with hot water, and grading it on its acidity, body, flavour, and aroma, depending on the taster’s skill.

How do Specialty coffees differ from regular coffees?

A commercial coffee brand is typically advertised under national brand names and roasted and packaged in large plants. Traditional methods and technology are usually used to roast speciality coffee, often sold near its roasting place.