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Old 03-12-2010, 06:51 PM   #2
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In my experience, this is another of those "there's no one right answer" questions. Generally, larger beans command a somewhat higher price, but based on the coffees I've tried, I don't find that much of a correlation between size and flavor...with two notable exceptions.

About 4 years ago, SM's got a batch of Nicaragua Maragogype Laguna Verde that was phenomenal. Now, maragogypes are characteristically enormous beans, the result of a natural mutation that was discovered in (?) Brazil. This particular coffee was absolutely unique - smooth, deep, luscious...you could close your eyes and smell rain forest, complete with orchids, when you drank it. However, I've never had another maragogype that was the equal of that one, so I can't generalize on that variety.

The flip side is that some of the most incredibly intense coffees I've ever had were mostly composed of tiny beans, smaller than pearl barley grains, maybe 1/10th the size of those maragogypes. I'm talking Yemenis (Hirazi and Sa'ani mostly, but also Bany Matari) and a few Ethiopians, all of which were harvested from wild coffee trees and dry processed. Potent, spicy, almost prickly.

I will say this, though: If Norman recommends the Colombian, I personally would not hesitate to give it a try. Norman has recommended a number of coffees to me over the past few years, and he's never steered me wrong.
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