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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.

lime
pear
floral
jasmine
sweet
grass
Flavor composition: strong fruity (lime, lemon, citrus, pear); subtle floral (floral, jasmine); subtle sweet (sweet); subtle earthy (grass).

Populus Coffee

Peru - Eudis Orosco - SL9

Cusco, Peru · washed

Light
cocoa
floral
rose
vegetal
Flavor composition: moderate chocolatey (cocoa); moderate floral (floral, rose); moderate earthy (vegetal).

Bitterzoet Coffee Roasters

Peru San Francisco Sidra

Jaén, Peru · washed

Medium
honey
sweet
cherry
herbal
fermented
peas
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

Medium
cherry
ginger
hay
floral
other
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

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

Substance Café

Colombia Finca El Jardin

Planadas, Tolima, Colombia · washed

Medium
berry
vegetal
walnut
Flavor composition: moderate fruity (berry); moderate earthy (vegetal); moderate nutty (walnut).
No longer available

Gosling Coffee

Oeganda, Kasese Anaerobic

Kasese, Uganda · anaerobic

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

hoeksche-branders

Myanmar Hopong

MM · natural

Medium
earthy
grass
Flavor composition: strong earthy (earthy, grass).

Monmouth Coffee Company

La Bendición

El Salvador

Medium

More Earthy flavours

Top origins for vegetal