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    Bean everywhere: Cafes offering specialty coffee are riding the new wave

    In general, specialty coffee is considered distinct from commodity coffee because of traceability, transparency, a focus on roasting and freshness and overall quality, all of which add up to a cup priced at a premium.

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    The exact definition of specialty coffee is somewhat elusive. Consultant, educator and Q processor Binny Varghese says there isn’t one and that when experts talk about specialty coffee, they mean coffee for which a professional coffee taster, called a Q Grader (akin to a wine sommelier), has given at least 80 points out of 100.

    It doesn’t take more than a couple of minutes of conversation with Soomanna MM to gauge that he is an evangelist for specialty coffee, though it’s a label he shies away from. The passion for good quality coffee is what led the founder-farmer, as he calls himself, to launch a coffee academy in 2017 and, seven months ago, HumbleBean Cafe in Indira Nagar, the Bengaluru neighbourhood popular with the young and the affluent.In the brightly lit cafe
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