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Sumatra
The straight coffee from the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Mandheling, Lintong, and Ankola are the best Sumatran coffees and among the world’s finest. They display full body, rich flavor, and low acidity.
Tanzanian
This straight coffee from Tanzania resembles the coffees of Kenya but is less admired due to slightly lighter body and less consistent acidity. Arusha and Moshi are the most notable.
Toraja
Considered the best of coffees from Sulawesi, Toraja is similar in taste to Sumatran coffees.
Turkish Coffee
Is made by boiling finely ground coffee and water together in an ibrik, which is a long-handled, open, brass or copper pot. When done, it is poured directly into tiny demitasse cups, along with the fine grounds. The coffee is then allowed to settle before consumption. Spice and sugar are often added into the mix.
Ugandan
The finest Ugandan Arabica, Bugishu, is similar but less admired than the finest Kenyan, Tanzanian, and Zimbabwe coffees due to its generally lighter body and less complex flavor.
Vacuum Filter Method
A method of brewing coffee in which the brewing water is drawn down through the ground coffee by means of a vacuum.
Varietal Character
The tasting term that describes the positive characteristics that distinguish a given coffee from coffees of other regions.
Varietals
Pure, unblended, single-origin coffees from a particular country or geographical region. The name of a varietal often includes the estate name. As with wine appellations, the varietal system suggests what kind of soil, climate and cultivation methods were used.
Venezuelan
This straight coffee from Venezuela includes Tachira and Cucuta coffees, which resemble Colombian coffees. In contrast, Merida stands out for its light body and sweetness.
Viennese Roast
A light dark roast, darker than American Roast, considered the most common specialty roast.
Vietnamese Style Coffee
Is another form of drip brew. In this form, hot water is allowed to drip though a metal mesh into a cup with the resulting strong brew being poured over ice into a glass containing sweetened condensed milk. Due to the high volume of coffee grounds required to make strong coffee in this fashion, the brewing process is quite slow.
Washed Coffee
Coffee prepared by removing the pulp and skin from the beans while the coffee berry is still moist. Most of the world’s greatest coffees are wet-processed.
Whole Bean Coffee
Coffee that has been roasted and not yet ground.
Yemen
The straight coffee from the southern tip of the Arabian peninsula along the Red Sea in the mountainous regions of Yemen. This is the world’s oldest cultivated coffee and is distinguished by its full body and rich winey acidity.
Yrgacheffe
One of the most admired washed coffees from Ethiopia. It is distinguished by its medium acidity and rich flavor.
Zimbabwe
The coffees from this country have a medium density, highly aromatic quality and lively acidity which ranges from citrus to berry-like. Straight coffee from Zimbabwe, best exemplified by the coffee of the Chipinga region. It is similar to and ranked by many as second in quality only to Kenyan.
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