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The Beanie blog
Field notes, roaster spotlights, and product updates from Beanie.
- 8 min read
Why Coffee Growing Altitude Changes the Flavor
The altitude a coffee is grown at is one of the details roasters print on the bag, and it tells you more about flavor than it first appears. Higher, cooler farms tend to grow coffee more slowly, which is linked to brighter, sweeter, more complex flavors in the cup. To see what that looks like in practice, we measured the growing altitude listed on more than 8,000 specialty coffees, so you can read a number on a label and know roughly what it means.
- 9 min read
How Processing Shapes Coffee Flavor: What 12,500 Specialty Coffees Reveal
Processing is how the fruit is removed from the coffee bean after harvest, and it is one of the strongest influences on flavor, alongside variety, origin, altitude, and roast. To show how much it matters, we analyzed the processing method and tasting notes of more than 12,500 specialty coffees, then measured which flavors track with each method. This is the data companion to our guide on washed vs natural coffee, which walks through how each method works step by step.
- 5 min read
Beanie Is Now on Android: Discover Specialty Coffee by Taste
Beanie is now on Android, and it is more than a brew journal. We built it to help people discover coffee by taste instead of guesswork. Beanie catalogues more than 24,000 specialty coffees from 1,100+ roasters, so you can search by flavor, origin, and process, scan a bag to identify what is in your cup, and keep track of everything you brew. It is free and works on Android 8.0 and up.
announcements - 7 min read
The Most Common Coffee Tasting Notes (Ranked by Real Data)
If you have ever read "notes of caramel, chocolate, and citrus" on a coffee bag and wondered how common those flavors really are, we counted. We analyzed the tasting notes listed on more than 19,000 specialty coffees to find which flavors show up most often, what each one means, and how to use them to choose your next bag.
- 5 min read
Meet Beanie: A Coffee Discovery App and Journal for People Who Love Good Coffee
Beanie (beanswithbeanie.com) is a coffee discovery app and journal that helps you find specialty coffees by taste, track every bag you buy, log every cup you brew, and remember which ones you loved. Whether you are just getting into specialty coffee or have been dialing in brews for years, it keeps the whole picture in one place.