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Posted Wed Mar 21, 2012, 6:38pm
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Has anyone heard anything about this? Just wondering if this is a problem elsewhere and what the industry is doing to solve the issue. I suppose it knocks out the possibility of organic pesticide free.

 
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Posted Thu Mar 22, 2012, 4:38am
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OMG!!!!

This is EXACTLY what I experienced when getting a cup of Veranda (blonde roast) blend of *$s in California.  I was on the run, but just chalked it up to poor brewing (had to get it as a pourover).  Slightly musty cardboard is one description, but "old potato" is even closer.  I had to throw it out after a half a cup.

Didn't even know this was a possibility.  If that's the case, then *$s better be careful.

I wonder if darker roasting might mitigate some of this defect, and if it potentially exists in coffees from places other than Rwanda.

 
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Posted Sat Mar 24, 2012, 11:17am
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Netphilosopher Said:

OMG!!!!

This is EXACTLY what I experienced when getting a cup of Veranda (blonde roast) blend of *$s in California.  I was on the run, but just chalked it up to poor brewing (had to get it as a pourover).  Slightly musty cardboard is one description, but "old potato" is even closer.  I had to throw it out after a half a cup.

Didn't even know this was a possibility.  If that's the case, then *$s better be careful.

I wonder if darker roasting might mitigate some of this defect, and if it potentially exists in coffees from places other than Rwanda.

Posted March 22, 2012 link

Rwanda and Burundi are two areas where the potato defect can occur due to coffee borers and airborne bacteria.

I hand cull my Rwandan home roasts beforehand and have not yet run into a potato cup.
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Posted Mon Mar 26, 2012, 6:11am
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I wrote a detailed article about potato taint and potential causes:
http://www.coffeehabitat.com/2012/01/the-potato-taint/

 
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Posted Mon Mar 26, 2012, 1:27pm
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Very nice article... thank you for posting this.

 
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Posted Thu Apr 26, 2012, 6:57pm
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"Rwanda started having problems with potato taste about four years ago, after they started concentrating on specialty coffee. "

Er, no.

Rwandas and Burundis have been throwing these cups for as long as I've been in the trade.

And I started in 1986.
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