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We know that coffee has many growing regions, and even different estates. Most growing regions are located in what's known as the coffee belt, because growing Arabica coffee has many environmental and climate limitations. Therefore, for the climate-sensitive Arabica coffee, different varieties, or even the same variety under different environmental and climate conditions, will produce coffee with different flavors. So how should one choose coffees with different flavors?

You can first choose a general direction based on your preferences and then slowly explore further. As for what types of coffee bean flavors exist roughly? What regional characteristics do coffees from different regions have? Regarding doubts about coffee flavor types and regions, let FrontStreet Coffee explain through diagrams and文字 to help you quickly understand coffee origin flavors!

We can roughly divide coffee flavors into three categories: the first is nut and cocoa flavors, the second is fruit flavors, and the third is floral, sweet and sour flavors.

Nut and Cocoa Flavor Wheel

The first category is nut and cocoa flavors. As the name suggests, these have nut and cocoa-like tastes. Common flavors include almond, hazelnut, peanut, dark chocolate, and chocolate. So if you like nut and cocoa flavors, you can try coffee beans from Sumatra, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, and Caribbean regions (Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic). It's worth special mention that Jamaica's Blue Mountain coffee has a slight bitterness and acidity, with a clean taste and rich aroma.

Coffee Fruit Flavor Wheel

The second category is fruit-flavored coffee. Many people love citrus aroma, tropical fruit flavors, and dark fruit notes - all belonging to the fruit flavor category. The charming acidity of fruit flavors also makes many people very fond of them.

The classic among fruit flavors is the citrus series of flavors, followed by berry acidity or tropical fruit flavors that many people like. If you enjoy fruit flavors, you can consider coffee from Kenya, Tanzania, and Ethiopian regions - almost all will have flavor descriptions mentioning fruit characteristics.

Coffee Floral, Sweet and Sour Flavor Wheel

The third category is floral, sweet and sour flavored coffee. Some people particularly love coffee with a subtle floral aroma. In that case, you can consider coffee beans from Guatemala and Honduras. Guatemalan coffee beans often have beautiful names like Flora, Sleeping Beauty, and Vivette Nango... and as their names suggest, these coffees carry sweet flavors and elegant aromas when tasted. If you love floral sweet flavors, you must give them a try.

Finally, FrontStreet Coffee wants to specifically describe one type of coffee bean: natural process beans. Perhaps you've had this experience - natural process beans often have a special fermented wine aroma. So if you enjoy wine aromas, ripe fruit flavors, and berry notes, besides looking for coffees that inherently have these flavors, you can consider trying natural process coffee beans.

Natural Process Bean Flavor Wheel

Above is today's introduction to origins and coffee flavors. Finally, FrontStreet Coffee will summarize as a conclusion:

Friends who enjoy nut and cocoa flavors can consider coffee from Sumatra, Colombia, Brazil, and Caribbean regions (Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic).

Friends who enjoy fruit flavors can consider coffee from Kenya, Tanzania, and Ethiopian regions.

Friends who enjoy floral, sweet and sour flavors can consider coffee from Guatemala and Honduras regions.

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