Winter Special Blend 2012

Roaster: Akai-mi Coffee
Beans: Special Seasonal Blend 

【Impression】
Medium body, fruity aroma of apricots and plums mixed with almond's flower, weightless texture, smooth, crisp, wide range of mellow and juicy sweetness, mix of hazelnuts and cashew nuts, light touch of limes hidden, nutty bitterness as accent, juicy sweetness as a long lasting aftertaste.

【Note】
Special blends shares refreshing taste and a clean after taste based on seasonal impression as an accent. In 2012's Special winter blend,  India  creates core flavor: juicy and sweet.
Fruity flavor is well harmonized with bitterness and a tint of acidity.  After mix is now standard of independent roasters like Akai-mi coffee, since each origin/variety has its "best" roasting degree.

Blending means experiment.  House blend ensures stability in taste, requires blender's sense of taste; whereas, Special blends challenge tasters' palate.  

Seasonal Special Blend 2012

Glad to stop by at Akai-mi coffee, Osaka.

Akai-mi coffee offers seasonal special blend created by beans arriving seasonally.

Not to mention that coffee cherries are "the agricultural product" whose quality/amount of cultivation certainly vary by climates and other factors.  

Flavor varies, of course.  

Here are seasonal blend of Autumn and Winter.

This year, Autumn offered through Beginning of December.

Offering duration varies by year, so break the ice by asking him about seasonal blends.