# Let's have a coffee thread: equipment, types of beans, anything really! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** coffee\ **Created:** [December 8, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-coffee-thread-equipment-types-of-beans-anything-really/605553 "2011-12-08T20:13:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-coffee-thread-equipment-types-of-beans-anything-really/605553/102 "2019-03-27T03:30:30Z")
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**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-coffee-thread-equipment-types-of-beans-anything-really/605553/103 "2019-03-27T16:04:36Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I’ve had Peaberry and it’s pretty darn tasty. Whose Peaberry? I’ve had coffees labeled “Peaberry” from Kona and Kenya. Both were OK: the Kenyan tasted like its brethren, with a lot of acid, and the Kona was typical of others I’ve had. Is Peaberry a separate subtype within a given coffee tree’s variety? The one I’d really love to try is the Bourbon variety coffee from the island of Reunion. Mainly for the history. Not a country I would’ve expected to make great coffee, but the [Laos labeled coffee](https://www.thirdcoastcoffee.com/coffee-coops/indonesia)from Austin’s Third Coast Coffee is an excellent cup. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-coffee-thread-equipment-types-of-beans-anything-really/605553/104 "2019-03-27T16:11:30Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Got my Vario 60 and I’m on a quest this year to taste all 5 of the world’s best coffee. Taking extra special care to make sure I get the real ones so anyone with ideas let me know. > Jamaican Blue Mountain (done but it was HemiSphere. I may try again with a better brand) > Kona > Sumatra Mandheling > Ethiopia Yirgacheffe > Peaberry > And kopi luwak as a bonus. Probably redundant with the Ethiopian, but I’d put a natural process Yemeni Matari grade coffee in that list of the greats. Probably throw in some Geisha-variety coffee from someplace like Costa Rica, just because of how different some Geisha coffees can taste. I like the winier ones. Process differences (Honey, Dry, Washed) are going to make a large difference in how each of your above coffees taste too. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-coffee-thread-equipment-types-of-beans-anything-really/605553/105 "2019-03-27T19:42:23Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > Whose Peaberry? I’ve had coffees labeled “Peaberry” from Kona and Kenya. Both were OK: the Kenyan tasted like its brethren, with a lot of acid, and the Kona was typical of others I’ve had. Is Peaberry a separate subtype within a given coffee tree’s variety? > > The one I’d really love to try is the Bourbon variety coffee from the island of Reunion. Mainly for the history. > > Not a country I would’ve expected to make great coffee, but the [Laos labeled coffee](https://www.thirdcoastcoffee.com/coffee-coops/indonesia)from Austin’s Third Coast Coffee is an excellent cup. I think it was Tanzanian. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-coffee-thread-equipment-types-of-beans-anything-really/605553.md?page=5)