Most people know where to find the best cup of coffee in town. What many aren’t clued into is exactly how much work goes into cultivating the handful of beans that lend their favorite lattes their brag-worthy flavor.
To give you a glimpse into the world of premier coffee cultivation, Home Grounds researched the countries with the best-tasting coffee beans, according to certified coffee graders. For these countries, producing a high-quality coffee bean isn’t simply about sowing and watering a seed every day but ensuring a careful balance of temperature, shade, rainfall, and protection from winds. Just as important to the final taste of the bean is deciding how to process them. Whether a cultivator chooses the “dry” technique, the “wet” technique, or a semi-washed method factors into whether the coffee beans have sweet and fruity notes or are more…
