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  „Peaberries (also caracol or caracolillo, "little snail" in Spanish) result when the coffee fruit develops a single oval bean rather than the usual pair of flat-sided beans. A half-hearted, vestigial crevice meanders down one side of the little egg-shaped beans. Botanists observe that peaberries develop when only one of two ovaries in the flower are pollinated or accept pollination, thus producing one seed rather than two - an only child, as it were, in a species in which twins are the norm. Since Arabica coffee is self-pollinating (the same flower can impregnate itself) excessive peaberry production is a sign of general infertility of the plant.“

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  „Peaberries (also caracol or caracolillo, "little snail" in Spanish) result when the coffee fruit develops a single oval bean rather than the usual pair of flat-sided beans. A half-hearted, vestigial crevice meanders down one side of the little egg-shaped beans. Botanists observe that peaberries develop when only one of two ovaries in the flower are pollinated or accept pollination, thus producing one seed rather than two - an only child, as it were, in a species in which twins are the norm. Since Arabica coffee is self-pollinating (the same flower can impregnate itself) excessive peaberry production is a sign of general infertility of the plant.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide

  „Caracol.  Also known as Peaberry. A small, round bean formed when only one seed, rather than the usual two, develops at the heart of the coffee fruit. Peaberry beans are often separated from normal beans and sold as a distinct grade of a given coffee. Typically, but not always, they produce a brighter, more acidy, but lighter-bodied cup than normal beans from the same crop. “

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International Coffee Organization

  „Quality aspects have only been considered for size of bean if at all, rather than cup quality. The largest private company, Consolidated Coffee Ltd, has recently established its own research station which includes a tissue culture laboratory for clonal plant breeding. Coffee extension is provided by the Coffee Board.“

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Peet's Coffee & Tea | Peet's Deep Roasting

  „The trick to roasting coffee is to bring the coffee along slowly rather than rushing it, by understanding what it's telling you and responding. We try to thoroughly roast the bean all the way through. If you crack open one of our beans, more often than not you'll see that it's darker on the inside than it is on the outside.“

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Peet's Coffee & Tea

  „A bittersweet smoky or carbony flavor created by dark-roasting coffee. It can sometimes be described as the taste of the roast, rather than an inherent flavor of the bean.“

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