What Does Ab Mean in Coffee?

Kenya AB coffee beans consist of both A and B coffee beans. The A grade is sorted using a 6.8 mm screen while the B grade is sorted using a 6.2 mm screen. These two types of beans, A and B, are mixed together to form the grade Kenya AB.

What grade of coffee is best?

Usually Good Quality refers to coffee of either Grade 3 (13-25 defects) or Grade 4 (26-45 defects). Strictly Hard Bean (SHB) coffee is grown between 1,600 and 1,700 m a.s.l. (amongst the best coffees in the world: complete, full bodied taste, with an acid and fragrant cup), from the region of Huehuetenango.

What is Kenya AB coffee?

Our Kenya AB grade (15/16 screen) is a slightly smaller bean than Kenya AA, and is regarded by some as an overall superior coffee. Whenever possible we prefer to stock two Kenyan offerings and our Kenya AB, like our AA+ is chosen only after our internal scoring of a number of other high grade potentials.