Beans: Highland Harrar Bold
Roaster: Kasyu
Roasting degree: Medium
Origin: Ethiopia
【Impression】
Medium Dark, well matured, sweet aroma, scent with matured dry fruits, mixed with Madagascar vanilla, Bergamot and Barley Malts, mellow rich bitterness, a tint of lemony acidity hidden, dark chocolate like, blackberries infused with matured red wine, soothing moderate bitterness, mouth-filling, rich, a fragrant juicy sweetness as a long lasting after taste.
【Note】
Ethiopia is the paradise, maybe the heaven, for coffee lovers, which is often referred as where native coffee threes grow. Unlike Kenya and Tanzania, Ethiopia barely escaped from influence of Modern European agriculture and has preserved their traditional cultivation which enables them to produce higher quality of beans.
Highland Harrar is grown in Eastern area of Ethiopian Plateau, 2,000～3,000masl, where blessed with the ideal environments for coffee cultivation. Their beans are fully matured on trees and picked by hands.
Name: Honduras High Grown
Roaster: Kasyu,
("珈琲庵 珈集", Cafe Kasyu)
Roasting degree: High
Area: N/A
Variety: N/A, Arabica
Grade: HG
Screen: N/A
Altitude: 900-1,200m
Defect: N/A
Processing Method: Washed
【Impression】
Medium to heavy body, watery texture, nutty aroma with caramel, juicy but flat flavor, high citric acidity, mix of orange and tangerine, sweetness of almond together with coconut butter and caramel, tangy bitterness, watery light tone, a short lasting aftertaste of smoky sweetness and tint of acidity.
Balanced but flat, w/o significant character to be noted. Light like water, which may be favored by non coffee lover.
【Note】
Honduras used to be high status, and still is. Coffee in Honduras originally has been brought by the Spaniards in 1700's from the Ethiopia area of Africa, where coffee were originally grown. Most of Honduran coffee is a rich arabica, grown in highlands. Honduran government has been strictly regulating "branding" of their coffee in terms of elevation, about 1,500m ( 4900feet). The highest criteria is SHG, which is given to beans grown 1,500 - 1,950m.
