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BALANCE A tasting term applied to a coffee for which no single characteristic overwhelms the others, yet the coffee displays sufficient complexity to be interesting.BOURBON An heirloom botanical variety of Coffea arabica, it was discovered on the island of Bourbon, now Réunion, and produces relatively low yields but is prized for its quality.

VARIETAL A term to describe a single predominant botanical variety of coffee tree, such as var. bourbon or var. typica. Often incorrectly used in the coffee world as denoting origin.