10/10/2013

Fazenda Das Almas


Beans: Fazenda Das Almas
Roaster: Greens Coffee Roaster
Roasting degree: Medium Dark
Area:  Cabo Verde, Sul de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Altitude: 1,025m~
Varieties: Mundo Novo
Grade: N/A
Processing Methods: Pulped Natural 

Impression
Light to Medium, gentle floral aroma, roasted almonds & peanuts, clean, juicy&fruity, gentle blend of sweetness & bitterness, no acidity, calming warm flavor, clear sweetness as white grapes, roasted cacao beans, dagoba's pure cocoa like, a touch of mild & light bitterness as refreshing flavor accent, juicy nutty sweetness as aftertaste.  
Note
This rot is exclusively imported by Green's coffee roaster, according to the owner.  Fazenda Das Almas,  Das Almas Estate, has been growing coffee since 1942 and is now managed by the third generation of the family.  "Almas" means "Soul".  As the name shows, their coffee beans carries the soul of Muniz family.





10/08/2013

Gajah Aceh Organic


Beans: Gajah Aceh Organic
Raoster: Stumptown Coffee roasters
Roasting Degree: Medium
Area:  Gayo Lues, Aceh province, Indonesia
Altitude: 1,300 -1,600m
Varieties: Typica, S795, Bourbon, Catimor
Processing: Indonesian wet hulling, Semi-washed
Screen: N/A
Grade: N/A
【Impression】
Medium to medium dark, spicy sweet caramel, cinnamon sugar, deep rich but clear aroma, syrupy, apricot kernel, round mellow sour berry like acidity, high tone, moderately tangy, sourness of fresh-berry such as blackberry, black currant and mulberry, sweetness mixed, moderate chocolaty bitterness, earthy bottom, grounded, high tone fruity acidity and butter scotch as a long lasting aftertaste.    
Copy from Stumptown Coffee card:
"Gajah Aceh is our first Direct trade venture into Indonesia.  Our producer partners in Indonesia reside near Takegengon and Lake Tawar in the Ache Province of the Island of Sumatra."