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Vegetal coffees

Beans with vegetal notes — 12 specialty coffees that lean vegetal. Discover the roasters and origins behind the taste.

12 beans

Fresh, green and garden-like — cut grass, hay, peas and tomato leaf bringing a savoury, leafy and herbaceous edge to the cup.

Vegetal coffees taste green and growing: fresh-cut grass, dry hay, snapped green pepper, garden peas and the bittersweet tang of tomato leaf. A touch adds savoury freshness and complexity; too much can signal underripe cherry or under-development in the roast. These notes appear in some lighter roasts and less-ripe lots. Drinkers who enjoy herbal, less-sweet coffee value a clean vegetal streak for its bright, leafy lift.

Flavor composition: moderate fruity (cherry, berry); moderate chocolatey (milk chocolate, chocolatey); subtle sweet (honey); subtle earthy (grass).

Philimonius Coffee

Koffiebonen Bocca Gusto Organic 250gr

Suke Quto, Ethiopia · washed

Flavor composition: strong fruity (date, cherry, lemon, fruity); moderate sweet (caramel, sweet); subtle earthy (peas).

Philimonius Coffee

Koffiebonen Bocca The Blend 250gr

Colombia · washed

Flavor composition: moderate fruity (date, fruity); subtle earthy (vegetal, earthy); subtle bright (tea-like, bright); subtle floral (floral, jasmine); subtle sweet (sweet).

Substance Café

Panama Elida Estate Loma washed CRD

Volcan Baru National Park, Panama · washed

Flavor composition: strong fruity (mango, papaya); moderate earthy (green pepper).

Substance Café

Costa Rica Volcan Azul Geisha

Valle Central, Costa Rica · natural

Flavor composition: moderate fruity (cherry, lychee); moderate sweet (honey, sweet); subtle bright (wine-like); subtle floral (floral); subtle earthy (grass).

Jonas Reindl Coffee

Lychee Rosé

honey

Flavor composition: moderate fruity (citrus, raspberry, blackcurrant); moderate sweet (brown sugar, sweet); subtle chocolatey (cocoa); subtle floral (jasmine, rose); subtle earthy (peas).

Coffee Central

Burundi Migoti Hill Lot 18

Burundi · washed

Flavor composition: moderate sweet (honey, sweet); subtle fruity (cherry); subtle spiced (herbal); subtle bright (fermented); subtle earthy (peas).

Swerl Coffee Roasters

José del Mar - Colombia Honey Bourbon Pimienta

Flavor composition: moderate fruity (blackberry, blackcurrant, nectarine); subtle chocolatey (milk chocolate); subtle spiced (herbal); subtle earthy (green pepper).

Muttley & Jacks Coffee Roasters

Indonesien: Frinsa

Java, Indonesia · honey

Flavor composition: moderate fruity (cherry, apricot); subtle spiced (ginger); subtle earthy (hay); subtle floral (floral); plus 2 other families (sweet, bright).

Prolog Coffee

La Indonesia Caturra Chiroso

Nariño, Colombia · washed

Flavor composition: strong fruity (mango, papaya); moderate earthy (green pepper).

Substance Café

Colombia Finca El Jardin

Planadas, Tolima, Colombia · washed

Flavor composition: strong fruity (berry, fruity); moderate earthy (hay).

hoeksche-branders

Myanmar Hopong

MM · natural

Flavor composition: strong earthy (earthy, grass).

Monmouth Coffee Company

La Bendición

El Salvador

Vegetal tasting notes

More Earthy flavours

Woody Mineral Musty

Top origins for vegetal

Colombia El Salvador Burundi Costa Rica Ethiopia Panama