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CoffeeFromPanama.com Best Gourmet Coffee Beans in the World – What Country Has It? Who grows the best gourmet coffee beans in the world? That’s what I wanted to figure out. I new coffee is tasted like wine and that there are two types of beans, robusta and Arabica. But that was the extent of my knowledge on coffee. First, let me get the obvious statement out of the way. To many people, whatever coffee they like to drink is the best coffee in the world to them. It could be what mom or dad put on the pot first thing in the morning, to Folgers, Maxwell House or whatever is being served. They have adapted to the taste and that’s what they like to drink. Many people add cream and sugar which takes away from the true taste of the coffee they are drinking. I wonder if that developed from trying their first cup of black coffee which probably was horrible and was of poor quality. I’m one who always wondered how someone could drink theirs black. Maybe after this research, I’ll find one, try it black and see if there is a change from what my memory bank tells me. How the Best Coffee Beans in the World is Determined In starting the research, I went the Specialty Coffee Association of America which overseas the annual “cupping” contest run by the Roasters Guild. What I found on these websites and others was quite interesting. Briefly, coffee is “cupped” by professionals known as Master Tasters. They sniff and loudly slurp the coffee in an attempt to measure that coffee’s body …