Varietal

Coffee Species And Varietals Picture Sourced from James Hoffmann Difficult Questions Species and varietals are a complex subject. (But then, what isn’t?) The problem isn’t just that there are more than 100 species of coffee and thousands of coffee varietals, with more being discovered or bred each year. The real challenge lies in the fact that genetic testing for coffee is not readily accessible to farmers. Since it is generally difficult to differentiate coffee species/varietals just by looking at them, misidentifications and misclassifications often occur. [Read More]