Variety · Tanzania
Arusha is a coffee variety named after the Tanzanian town near Mount Meru, of disputed Typica or French Mission Bourbon lineage. Sweet, balanced, full-bodied.
Arusha takes its name from the Tanzanian town near Mount Meru, and its lineage is disputed — described variously as a Typica selection and as French Mission Bourbon.
Tanzania, where it originated, and Papua New Guinea, where it is one of the principal varieties alongside Blue Mountain-derived stock.
Sweet and balanced with a full body and moderate acidity. Approachable rather than distinctive.
The name given to Bourbon distributed across East Africa by French missionaries in the nineteenth century. Much of the region’s old Bourbon traces to it, and the boundaries between named East African varieties are genuinely blurry as a result.
Filter or immersion at medium roast.
Tanzania grades its coffee by bean size: AA for the largest screen sizes, then A and AB, with PB for peaberries, the single round beans that form when only one seed develops in a cherry. A bag labeled Tanzania AA or Peaberry says nothing about variety, so Arusha is usually named only by specialty importers. Most Tanzanian arabica grows on the slopes of Kilimanjaro and Meru in the north and in the southern highlands around Mbeya, and most is washed.
The equipment this actually requires — not a shopping list, the shortest route to doing it properly.
60° cone · spiral ribs · 1–4 cups
The most transparent cup you can brew for twenty dollars, and the least forgiving. Ceramic holds heat where plastic does not — and the open bottom means your pour, not the dripper, decides the coffee.
Best for: Someone who wants to taste what a single-origin coffee is actually doing.
64 mm (2.52 in) flat burr · filter only · single dose
64 mm (2.52 in) flat burrs, near-zero retention and a footprint the size of a mug, built for filter and honest about not doing espresso. For pour-over it is the clearest grind you can buy at this price.
Best for: V60, Chemex, AeroPress and batch brewing, where clarity is the whole point.
0.9 L · ±1 °C (±1.8 °F) hold · counterbalanced gooseneck
The best-pouring kettle sold, and the hold function matters more than the thermometer. Expensive for boiling water — but if you brew pour-over daily, it is the accessory that most improves the cup.
Best for: Daily pour-over, where flow rate is the variable you are trying to control.
