Cuba TL

Beans: Cuba TL
Roaster: Kimameya Hompo
Roasting degree: Medium
Area: N/A, Cuba
Altitude: N/A
Varieties: N/A
Grade: TL
Screen: SC17
Processing: Fully Washed


【Flavor scale】
Bitterness: 2
Richness: 2
Aroma: 3
Acidity: 3
Sweetness: 4
※Grade 1 to 5

【Impression】

Light body, airy texture, lime like citrus and flowery aroma.  Sweet almond flavor, light acidity, a tint bitterness, sweet jasmine like aroma to finish with clear aftertaste.  Sweetness as core flavor with light lemony aroma, with gradually growing acidity to throat.  Americano like light cup, body & flavor,  fits any occasions.

【Note】

The Cuban grading system evaluates beans by size and # of defects as follows:Crystal Mountain Screen 19, ETL 18, and TL up to 19.  This beans has typical Caribbean light and soft touch, which fits for who likes a mild flavor coffee. 

Cuba has never been known as a volume producer of the coffee beans, but there are concrete coffee culture developed especially after Italian Espresso machines is introduced.  Introduced by Spaniard Don Jose Gelabert in 1748, the very first variety planted was Typica.  Cuban coffee culture was refined at the end of the 18th century by French emigrants at the time of the social revolution in Haiti, who also brought the humid pulping method.  As a result, Cuban coffee became and has been one of the highest quality coffee in Europe.  Cuban coffee market has limited its expansion by The U.S. embargo, European and Japanese has been blessed to enjoy their wonderful Cuban coffee beans.