What Is A Peaberry?

A Peaberry is a single coffee bean within a single coffee cherry (fruit), instead of the usual two half-beans per cherry.

Facts

• Only about 7% of any given coffee crop is Peaberry.
• Peaberry coffee beans are usually sold separately from other beans.
• Peaberry beans are generally valued higher than regular coffee beans because they are said to have a more concentrated flavor.
• Some of the most renown Peaberry coffees are Kona Peaberry and Tanzania Peaberry.

In This Section

• What Is Coffee?
• Arabica Beans vs. Robusta Beans—What’s the Difference?