Talk:Peaberry

Some references
Not sure how to work these in...I arrived here while resolving some in Coffee:

"Caracoli: coffee bean with an almost ovoid shape because of the development of a single seed in the fruit."
 * seems like a WP:RS; description of caracoli matches our peaberry explanation:

Peaberry – Also known as a caracoli bean, it is very small at about half the average bean size, which forms around 5% of the coffee crop. While described as being formed when only one seed instead of two forms in the cherry, it gives the appearance of a rounder, more curled up type of standard bean. Because of its size, some consider that the bean is more concentrated. Certainly, peaberry is high in caffeine, with 12% more than the arabica average. It is not a grade of bean but a different type, so comes in grades typical of standard coffee.
 * seems a bit bloggy, but at least good for secondary support:

Peaberry requires less roasting so some experimentation is needed. Double the amount of grounds is needed per cup, so use a little more water to cope with the extra absorption. DMacks 05:06, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Wikification / Encyclopedification
This article contains numerous second-person addresses ("you," etc.) in the "Roasting" section that should be reworded or removed entirely.

Thurston Weatherton (talk) 05:02, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Mutation
Is it a real mutation?

The reference (http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2011/01/wont-you-be-my-peaberry-what-are-peaberry-coffee-beans.html) says so - but it also says peaberries "need to be hand-sorted after picking and processing in order to be sold separately". If it was a real mutation, growing a coffee tree from one peaberry should give you a plant, that only produces peaberries - right? --Schwobator (talk) 13:44, 22 July 2016 (UTC)


 * The other reference (http://www.virtualcoffee.com/articles/spring04/article2.html) gives a imho more reasonable explanation: "Botanists observe that peaberries develop when only one of two ovaries in the flower are pollinated or accept pollination" --Schwobator (talk) 13:54, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

It is not a mutation. "Abortion of one ovule in the early stage of fruit development will give rise to one round seed, called peaberry." Ref: van der Vossen, Herbert A. M. in "Coffee: Botany, Biochemistry and Production of Beans and Beverage", chapter 3: "Coffee Selection and Breeding", Clifford, M. N. and Willson, K. C. (ed.), Springer US, Boston (1985), pp. 48-96. --Sigurdoi (talk) 10:11, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * if coffee plants are producing large numbers or exclusively peaberries, then what you cited could be true and it could still be related to a mutation that causes the condition. the question would be if it breeds true, for example. 2603:8001:D300:A631:0:0:0:10D0 (talk) 20:15, 23 November 2022 (UTC)