As for gourmet coffee, there is no strict definition either, since it can encompass specialty coffees, premium coffees, or merely serve as an attractive commercial label for marketing purposes. In its most common meaning, “gourmet” designates foods that have been selected with extreme care in order to preserve their attributes, the result of excellent harvesting or processing, and which are consumed by people who appreciate that superior quality.
To determine the quality of a coffee, it is recommended that it be submitted to a certified taster for analysis, and to examine its traceability, which is the information related to the bean’s journey, from the time it is grown, processed, stored, transported, roasted and ground, all the way up to when it is served in a cup.