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coffees that taste of honey
honey coffee is a category of specialty coffee where the cup itself tastes sweet and floral, without anything added. across our index of 1,000 coffees from 451 roasters, it's one of the most-requested flavour profiles, and for good reason.
what is honey coffee?
honey coffee refers to coffees that naturally express honey-like sweetness in the cup, usually from the bean's origin, variety, or processing. it's not flavoured or infused. the term covers a flavour note, not a single process, though washed and natural coffees alike can land here depending on the region and how the cherry was handled.
what does honey coffee taste like?
expect honey and honeycomb up front, often with jasmine or broader floral notes threading through the finish. stone fruit shows up a lot too, think ripe plum or apricot. milk chocolate can round out the base, giving the cup a softness that keeps it from feeling thin. it's sweet without being cloying, and usually pretty approachable.
why does honey coffee matter?
honey-toned coffees sit at the more accessible end of specialty without being boring. they draw in people moving away from commodity coffee while giving experienced drinkers real complexity to pay attention to. they've helped shift the conversation around sweetness in coffee from something added to something inherent in how and where a coffee was grown.
what should you look for in honey coffee?
start with huila and nariño in colombia, or guji and yirgacheffe in ethiopia. boquete in panama and west valley in costa rica are also strong bets. look for tasting notes that pair honey with jasmine or stone fruit, those combinations usually signal the kind of clean, expressive sweetness this profile is actually about.
Bombe - Honey
$19.6ethiopia · honey
Bombe - Honey
$28ethiopia · honey
Peña de Leon Gesha, 200g
156 DKKperu · honey
Peña de Leon Gesha, 1kg
430.4 DKKperu · honey
Finca El Diviso
$29colombia · honey
Finca El Diviso Espresso
$29colombia · honey
"Hello Judges" Honey Gesha - 25 lbs
$300colombia · honey
PANAMA Altieri & Coffea Circulor Yuyi Typica Natural Geisha Macerated NMX
20 NOKpanama · anaerobic
YEMEN Waya Carbonic Maceration CMX
12 NOKyemen · anaerobic
Colombia - Finca El Porvenir PAPAYO Wholesale
12 SEKcolombia · honey
VOLCAN AZUL GESHA HONEY
€19.24costa rica · honey
【NEW】Ethiopia Bench Maji Gesha Village OMA
¥4200ethiopia · honey
【NEW】Ethiopia Sidama Elto Hamasho
¥3900ethiopia · anaerobic
Colombia - Finca La Pradera Honey Strawberry
$48colombia · honey
Colombia - Aroma Nativo Bourbon Aji Hydro Honey Lot 396
$60colombia · honey
Colombia - Aroma Nativo Pink Bourbon EFM Lot 1289
$60colombia · honey
Costa Rica - Hacienda Copey Itadaki Geisha Honey Lot 182
$150costa rica · honey
Peru The Andes Washed
$20peru · honey
Rwanda Kumbya
$19rwanda · honey
Kaleidoscope 3.1 - Strawberry Vanilla Sky
€19.9colombia · experimental
Kaleidoscope 4.2 - Acapulco Dreams
€19.9colombia · experimental
Mutana
€15burundi · honey
Shyira H
€15rwanda · honey
Las Perlitas Chiroso
€18colombia · honey
ETHIOPIA - Yirgacheffe
£18ethiopia · honey
COLOMBIA - Yellow Gesha
£22colombia · honey
423 Nicaragua El Porvenir Java
¥8nicaragua + indonesia · honey
708 Colombia Aroma Nativo Pink Bourbon
¥21colombia · anaerobic
415 Brazil Guariroba LIMITED RESERVE B
¥15brazil · anaerobic
723 Ecuador Eliza Geisha
¥24ecuador · anaerobic
428 Peru Regional Puno
¥8peru · honey
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