Let's talk coffee bean sizing and grading, particularly Peaberrys. Before we get into everything, let's take a step back and talk about coffee cherries! Coffee beans start as a red fruit called a "coffee cherry", the coffee bean is inside its fleshy skin like the pit of a cherry.
The Chemex is an iconic coffee brewer and is beloved by hundreds of thousands of people around the world. The Chemex can be found on display in the Museum of Modern Art and often gets featured in the kitchens of movies and television shows around the world. A German chemist by the name of Dr. Peter Schlumbohm invented the Chemex in 1941 shortly after moving to the United States in 1935.
Did you know that coffee is a fruit? Pretty crazy to think about, especially if you've never thought of coffee for what it is beyond a drink to wake you up in the morning. But it is a fruit!