Taste Characteristics of Red Bourbon and Yellow Bourbon Pour-Over Coffee

FrontStreet Coffee · Flavor Characteristics of Red Bourbon and Yellow Bourbon Coffee Beans in Pour-Over Brewing

Among Brazil's numerous coffee varieties, Yellow Bourbon stands out as one of the most exceptional cultivars. While typical Bourbon beans transition from green to yellow before turning red, Yellow Bourbon beans maintain their distinctive yellow appearance throughout development. When grown at high altitudes and processed using natural drying methods, Yellow Bourbon develops exceptionally outstanding flavors.

Bourbon beans are almost uniformly round and slightly smaller than Typica beans. Though they mature later, their yield exceeds Typica by approximately 30%. Bourbon thrives when cultivated at elevations above 1200 meters, where its flavor profile becomes significantly more distinctive than beans grown below 1000 meters. However, Bourbon has one notable drawback: after a productive fruiting year, the trees require a resting year before they can produce again. Round Bourbon varieties display vigorous growth and demonstrate superior resistance to leaf rust compared to Typica, while maintaining a flavor quality that rivals or even exceeds it.

In 1810, some round beans from Bourbon Island underwent a mutation, resulting in the famous "Pointy Bourbon" variety. This particular variety is characterized by its caffeine content being only half that of other varieties, coupled with low yield and weak plant constitution. Its extreme rarity has led some to describe it as a delicate aristocratic youth...

Arabica coffee beans now represent the exclusive domain of specialty coffee. All the varieties mentioned by the original questioner belong to the Arabica category. This includes the ancient Typica and its Bourbon variants, with red, yellow, and green Bourbons representing further mutations of the Bourbon variety. Other varieties such as Caturra, Geisha, S28, S32, and Pacamara were developed later through hybridization between Typica and early Bourbon varieties or with Robusta species, aiming to increase yield, enhance flavor profiles, and improve disease resistance. This is because Arabica cultivation proves significantly more challenging than Robusta.

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