Flavor note

Coffee that tastes like vanilla

325 specialty coffees with a distinct vanilla note, ranked by how strongly they express it — part of the vanilla family.

325 beans

Tastes like

Vanilla extract

Typical intensity 4/10

Mellow custard softness — the sweetness you notice only when it's missing.

Vanilla works in the background: a mellow, custard-like sweetness that doesn't announce itself so much as soften everything around it. Careful roasts of balanced, low-acid coffees are its usual context, the note emerging where sugar browning meets gentle development. Anyone who drinks coffee for warmth rather than fireworks — and especially anyone adding milk — will feel its effect before they name it.

Flavor composition: moderate fruity (orange); moderate chocolatey (milk chocolate); subtle sweet (vanilla).

The Barn Coffee Roasters

LOS Naranjales

Huehuetenango, Guatemala

Flavor composition: strong sweet (vanilla).

Modern Standard Coffee

Pachamama

Peru · anaerobic

Flavor composition: strong chocolatey (cocoa); moderate sweet (vanilla).

The Barn Coffee Roasters

Ivan DOS Santos

Caconde, Brazil

Flavor composition: strong fruity (mango, papaya); moderate sweet (vanilla).

The Barn Coffee Roasters

LA Colina Natural

Guatemala · natural

Flavor composition: moderate bright (tea-like, bright, oolong); subtle sweet (sweet, vanilla); subtle fruity (strawberry); subtle spiced (cinnamon).

The Barn Coffee Roasters

Asman Gayo

Indonesia · natural

Flavor composition: strong fruity (strawberry); strong sweet (vanilla, cream).

Vertical Coffee Roasters

Burundi Kibingo natural - espresso roast

Kayanza, Burundi · natural

Flavor composition: strong sweet (vanilla).

Torrefactory

Mexico Coffee

Mexico

Flavor composition: strong chocolatey (cocoa, chocolatey); moderate sweet (vanilla).

Supremo

Meu Brasil Set

Carmo de Minas, Brazil · natural

Flavor composition: moderate fruity (passion fruit); moderate floral (jasmine); moderate sweet (vanilla).

Rave Coffee

Colombia El Diviso Advanced Washed Nº 368 - £1 Earthquake Relief

Colombia · washed

Flavor composition: moderate sweet (caramel, sweet, vanilla, cream); moderate nutty (praline, nutty); subtle roasted (biscuit); subtle fruity (fruity); subtle chocolatey (chocolatey).

Rave Coffee

(Un)Ordinary Oat Blend Nº 26

El Salvador

Flavor composition: moderate sweet (caramel, sweet, vanilla); moderate roasted (carbon); subtle chocolatey (chocolatey); subtle nutty (nutty).

Rave Coffee

Colombia El Carmen Sugarcane Decaf Nº 77

Colombia

Flavor composition: strong sweet (caramel, sweet, vanilla, cream); subtle fruity (fruity).

Friedhats

Colombia Pink Creation

Colombia · washed

Flavor composition: strong fruity (cherry); moderate sweet (vanilla).

The Barn Coffee Roasters

Finca Gascon Yeast Fermentation

Antigua, Guatemala · anaerobic

Flavor composition: strong sweet (molasses, caramel, vanilla).

Brazuca Coffee

Encore 2001 Aerobic

Minas Gerais, Brazil · natural

Flavor composition: moderate fruity (raisin); moderate chocolatey (dark chocolate); subtle sweet (vanilla).

Parlor Coffee Roasters

Frinsa Manis, Indonesia

West Java, Indonesia · anaerobic

Flavor composition: strong fruity (strawberry, cherry, fruity); moderate sweet (honey, vanilla); subtle bright (bright).

Lightroast Coffee

Strawberry Milkshake

Huila, Colombia · honey

Flavor composition: strong sweet (caramel, toffee, vanilla); subtle chocolatey (milk chocolate); subtle fruity (fruity).

Little Roastery

Nº24 Rwanda Liza

Lake Kivu, Giheke, Rwanda · washed

Flavor composition: strong fruity (peach, fruity); moderate sweet (vanilla).

Ahoi Kaffeerösterei

Deern

Guji, Ethiopia

Flavor composition: strong fruity (strawberry, plum); subtle floral (floral); subtle sweet (vanilla).

Lightroast Coffee

Blue Blossom

Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia · natural

Flavor composition: strong sweet (caramel, vanilla); moderate fruity (peach).

Knopes

Guatemala Familia Mendez

Huehuetenango, Guatemala · washed

Flavor composition: strong fruity (red apple, raspberry, blueberry); subtle sweet (vanilla).

LIEVIE Coffee & Ceramics

BIO Enjaja

Kivu, CD · natural

Flavor composition: strong sweet (sweet, vanilla, cream); moderate spiced (anise); subtle chocolatey (dark chocolate).

Quijote Kaffee

Cremaconda

Amazonastiefland, EC · washed

Flavor composition: strong chocolatey (cocoa); moderate sweet (vanilla).

Capriole Café

India Krishnagiri

Krishnagiri, IN · natural

bittersweet chocolate

Flavor composition: moderate fruity (prune, apricot); moderate sweet (butterscotch, vanilla); subtle chocolatey (bittersweet chocolate); subtle nutty (hazelnut).

Terres de Café

Café El Cuto

El Salvador · washed

Flavor composition: moderate sweet (caramel, vanilla); subtle fruity (apricot); subtle nutty (hazelnut); subtle chocolatey (chocolatey).

Terres de Café

Café El Cuto

El Salvador · washed

Flavor composition: strong chocolatey (cocoa); moderate sweet (vanilla, cream).

CIME Café

Finca Potosi - Profil Espresso

Cauca, Colombia · washed

Flavor composition: strong fruity (orange, cherry, berry); subtle sweet (vanilla); subtle earthy (earthy).

CIME Café

Norbil Perez

El Campo, Peru · washed

Flavor composition: moderate nutty (nutty); moderate floral (jasmine); moderate sweet (vanilla).

Heilandt

Bookkisa Espresso

natural

Flavor composition: strong sweet (molasses, caramel, vanilla); subtle chocolatey (cocoa); subtle fruity (dried fruit); subtle roasted (cereal).

Javry

Casal

Brazil · honey

Flavor composition: moderate chocolatey (milk chocolate); moderate spiced (cardamom); moderate sweet (vanilla).

RoestGut

Kaffa

Kaffa, Ethiopia · washed

Flavor composition: moderate fruity (peach); moderate sweet (vanilla); moderate floral (rose).

Heilandt

Fette Palette no.3

Valle del Cauca, Colombia · anaerobic

Flavor composition: strong sweet (honey, vanilla); moderate chocolatey (milk chocolate).

Franz Morish

La Fiesta

Brazil · natural

Flavor composition: moderate chocolatey (cocoa); moderate nutty (roasted almond); subtle sweet (vanilla).

AMORI Coffee

Kiyumba

Muhanga, Rwanda · washed

Flavor composition: strong sweet (brown sugar, caramel, vanilla); subtle chocolatey (dark chocolate).

Blank Roast

Mucho Gusto

IN · washed

Flavor composition: strong fruity (cherry, plum); moderate sweet (vanilla).

Black Delight

Rwanda Shyira

Nyabihu District, Rwanda · anaerobic

Flavor composition: moderate sweet (caramel, vanilla); moderate chocolatey (cocoa); subtle floral (floral).

Matubu Coffee Roastery

Organic Mexico Chiapas

Chiapas, Mexico · washed

Flavor composition: moderate fruity (apricot, blueberry); moderate spiced (cardamom, spiced); subtle floral (floral); subtle sweet (vanilla).

CIME Café

Sudan Rume C.G.L.E Colombie

ValledelCauca, Colombia · natural

Flavor composition: strong sweet (caramel, vanilla); moderate chocolatey (dark chocolate).

Cafés Ximun

Colombie BIO

Serrania del Perija – Valle del Cesar, Colombia · washed

Flavor composition: strong fruity (cherry, raspberry, tropical, blueberry, fruity); subtle sweet (vanilla).

Moklair

Wubita Queen

Gedeb, Ethiopia · anaerobic

Flavor composition: strong chocolatey (cocoa); moderate sweet (vanilla).

Maison Deuza

Mexique Chiapas Bio

Chiapas, Mexico

Flavor composition: moderate nutty (marzipan); subtle chocolatey (dark chocolate); subtle spiced (cardamom); subtle sweet (vanilla).

Terres de Café

Café KSF Goma Forest Bio

Goma Forest, Ethiopia · natural

Flavor composition: moderate spiced (warming spices, cardamom); subtle nutty (marzipan); subtle fruity (clementine); subtle chocolatey (dark chocolate); plus 2 other families (sweet, floral).

Terres de Café

Café KSF Goma Forest Bio

Limmu, Ethiopia · natural

Flavor composition: strong sweet (caramel, vanilla).

Yellow Peak

Décaféiné Roupillon

Caldas, Colombia · washed

Flavor composition: moderate fruity (lemon, bergamot); moderate floral (jasmine, lavender); subtle spiced (cardamom); subtle sweet (vanilla).

L'Arbre à Café

Chichogallo

Chiriqui, Panama · natural

Flavor composition: moderate fruity (raspberry, blueberry, bergamot); moderate chocolatey (cocoa); subtle sweet (vanilla, cream); subtle floral (floral).

Moklair

Wubita Queen

Gedeb, Ethiopia · natural

Flavor composition: strong fruity (strawberry, cherry); subtle chocolatey (dark chocolate); subtle sweet (vanilla).

Fika Roasters

Capetinga

Minas Gerais, Brazil · natural

Flavor composition: strong fruity (prune, peach); subtle sweet (vanilla).

Nuage Coffee Roasters

Attikan – Inde

IN · honey

Flavor composition: strong sweet (caramel, vanilla); subtle fruity (bergamot).

Seropian

El Venado - Costa Rica

West Valley, Costa Rica · natural

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