You can tell a lot about a coffee if you know where it’s from. Every bean has a distinctive flavor that comes from its land of origin. Just like with wine, it’s the goût de terroir—“the taste of the place.”
The coffees from this side of the planet are big and bold, adventurous and assertive. They tend to be full-bodied, dense with flavors of herbs and earth, and satisfyingly smooth or syrupy in the finish. They are what we think of when we’re asked to name a “coffee drinker’s coffee” – in fact, our baristas most often pick an Asia/Pacific coffee as their personal favorite.