Botanical identity
Coffea dewevrei. Kew recognizes Coffea dewevrei as an accepted species. Older labels may place Excelsa under Liberica. Keep both the producer’s label and the current botanical identification when documenting a lot.
Reading a coffee label
Record the species, cultivar if known, producer or cooperative, country and region, processing method and roast date. A bag labelled with a country alone does not identify a cultivar.
Taste the coffee in front of you
Compare coffees with a repeatable recipe and clean equipment. Write down aroma, acidity, sweetness, body and aftertaste in your own words. A species is not a promise of a particular flavour.