Beans: Las Sabanas
Roaster: Akai-mi coffee
Roasting Degree: Medium
Area: Las Sabanas , Nicaragua
Altitude: 1,350~1,450m
Varieties: Typica
Processing: Washed/sun-dried
Screen: N/A
Grade: N/A
【Impression】
Medium, silky, highly citric, lemon, grapefruits, fresh lime, Kumquat, tangy, dark chocolate, cacao, orange candy, white grapes, soothing, refreshing high tone, touch of almond flower, high lemon tone as a long lasting after taste.
7/08/2013
7/07/2013
Finca Siberia
Beans: Finca Siberia
Raoster: Akai-mi Coffee
Roasting Degree: Medium
Area: Chalchuapa, Santa Ana Department, El Salvador
Altitude: 1,450m
Varieties: Burbon
Processing: Fully Washed
Screen: 16 up
Grade: SHG、EP
【Impression】
Clean, medium, flavorful nutty & apricot aroma, fruity, well-balanced bitterness, sweetness, bottomed with a tip of rich sourness, impressive chocolaty flavor, rich, clear but aromatic flavor as a long lasting aftertaste.
Due to roasting, sweetness is enhanced by bitterness and apricots sourness clearly merged into chocolaty flavor.
6/29/2013
Ocotepeque la España
Beans: Honduras Ocotepeque la España
Roaster: Four Barrel Coffee
Origin: Ocotepeque, Honduras
Roasting degree: Medium
【Impression】
Medium body, citrus sweet aroma, oranges, Mandarine oranges, tangors, lemon zest, fruity, soothing, aromaful, light texture, smooth and mild, well harmonized aroma, well-balanced, cooling acidity, light and soft tone, citric, white grapefruits, orange candy, juicy sweetness as white grapes, maple butter, cocoa, white chocolate, orange candy, thin layer of bitterness, solid, juicy comforting sweetness as a long lasting aftertaste.
Suitable for non coffee lover. Both dark and weak will make well established flavor.
【Note】
This beans were on "Cupping California" at SFMoMA, Aug. 2012. This bag was brought in Nov. 2012 with a note, "limited" and forgotten to be posted since then. Is this available in Four Barrel now? Well, there are always some Honduran beans, I am sure, but it is difficult to guarantee.
This specific Honduran beans gives astonishing flavor. Hope this will be on the regular menu list.
Roaster: Four Barrel Coffee
Origin: Ocotepeque, Honduras
Roasting degree: Medium
【Impression】
Medium body, citrus sweet aroma, oranges, Mandarine oranges, tangors, lemon zest, fruity, soothing, aromaful, light texture, smooth and mild, well harmonized aroma, well-balanced, cooling acidity, light and soft tone, citric, white grapefruits, orange candy, juicy sweetness as white grapes, maple butter, cocoa, white chocolate, orange candy, thin layer of bitterness, solid, juicy comforting sweetness as a long lasting aftertaste.
Suitable for non coffee lover. Both dark and weak will make well established flavor.
【Note】
This beans were on "Cupping California" at SFMoMA, Aug. 2012. This bag was brought in Nov. 2012 with a note, "limited" and forgotten to be posted since then. Is this available in Four Barrel now? Well, there are always some Honduran beans, I am sure, but it is difficult to guarantee.
This specific Honduran beans gives astonishing flavor. Hope this will be on the regular menu list.
6/15/2013
1950 Blend Moka & Java
Beans: 1950 Blend Moka & Java
~ African beans Blends
Roaster: Verve Coffee Roaster
【Impression】
Medium to Medium Dark, fruity aroma, lemony, citric, nutty, roasted peanuts&hazel nuts, orange, jasmine, white grapes, mellow, round flavor, mild citric acidity, tangy, nutty sweetness, natural sweetness as beats sugar, woody, layers of flavor start with light acidity, bitterness, juicy sweetness as finish, juicy soft sweetness as a long lasting aftertaste.
This makes beautiful weekday afternoon cup, which gives you soothing break between hard work.
【Note】
According to Verve website, "The 1950 Blends" is described as below:
Farm: Various
Processing: Wet-Process
Region: Sidamo
Cultivar: Ethiopian Heirloom
Elevation: 1,800 Meters
Tasting Notes: Brown sugar sweetness, Clove,
Pecan
~ African beans Blends
Roaster: Verve Coffee Roaster
【Impression】
Medium to Medium Dark, fruity aroma, lemony, citric, nutty, roasted peanuts&hazel nuts, orange, jasmine, white grapes, mellow, round flavor, mild citric acidity, tangy, nutty sweetness, natural sweetness as beats sugar, woody, layers of flavor start with light acidity, bitterness, juicy sweetness as finish, juicy soft sweetness as a long lasting aftertaste.
This makes beautiful weekday afternoon cup, which gives you soothing break between hard work.
【Note】
According to Verve website, "The 1950 Blends" is described as below:
Farm: Various
Processing: Wet-Process
Region: Sidamo
Cultivar: Ethiopian Heirloom
Elevation: 1,800 Meters
Tasting Notes: Brown sugar sweetness, Clove,
Pecan
The 1950 Blends brings cozy breeze from Santa Cruz even with African origin beans. Ocean sounds, blue sky and fresh air... There are more comes with this cup with each ship.
6/05/2013
Guatemala Antigua Chuito
Beans: Guatemala Antigua Chuito
Roaster: Fourbarrel
Roasting degree: City
Area: Sacatepequez, Antigua, Guatemala
Altitude: 1,650m ~
Varieties: Bourbon, Caturra
Processing: Traditional Washed
Screen: N/A
Grade: N/A
【Impression】
Full body, medium dark to dark, fruity, fresh, refreshing, strawberry and raspberry, a tip of lemon with cacao, smooth, juicy flavor, sweetness of dried fruits and fresh fruits mixed, heavy raisins, cocoa, high crisp acidity of blackberries and black cherries, blueberries hidden, light but sharp bitterness of dark chocolate, berries sweetness as a long lasting aftertaste. .
【Note】
This post has been hidden, actually forgotten, for quite a long time, but assuming that FourBarrel still carries this with other Guatemala origins. Also, Ritual carries Chiuto, under the name of "Concepcion Chuito" from same estate.
Chuito has characteristic similarities with Pompeya, so it may fun to compare these two and profile flavor.
6/01/2013
Thesis ~ House Coffee
Beans: Thesis - Ceremony House Blend
Roaster: Ceremony Coffee Roasters
Roasting degree: Medium
【Impression】
Medium to dark, fresh cacao, dried figs, fruity, smooth, creamy, high acidity, passion fruits, dark chocolate, green raisins, Mojave Gold's raisins, fresh plums, casis, settled sweetness of nuts, tangy, a tint of dark sweetness wrapped with layers of high and balanced acidity as a long lasting aftertaste.
Once cup cools down, acidity accelerated and maximized, dark body turns like tar, bitterness stands out separately.
【Note】
Located in Annapolis, MD, Ceremony Coffee roaster runs both the roastery and cafes. Local wholefoods carry their beans, where this bag of beans was found. Wholefoods may present "local color" of not only coffee but also food culture so that it always gives better clues of where to visit, what to look for and so on, at the very first visit.
Roaster: Ceremony Coffee Roasters
Roasting degree: Medium
【Impression】
Medium to dark, fresh cacao, dried figs, fruity, smooth, creamy, high acidity, passion fruits, dark chocolate, green raisins, Mojave Gold's raisins, fresh plums, casis, settled sweetness of nuts, tangy, a tint of dark sweetness wrapped with layers of high and balanced acidity as a long lasting aftertaste.
Once cup cools down, acidity accelerated and maximized, dark body turns like tar, bitterness stands out separately.
【Note】
Located in Annapolis, MD, Ceremony Coffee roaster runs both the roastery and cafes. Local wholefoods carry their beans, where this bag of beans was found. Wholefoods may present "local color" of not only coffee but also food culture so that it always gives better clues of where to visit, what to look for and so on, at the very first visit.
5/19/2013
Peru Organic
Beans: Peru Organic
Roaster: Okino Coffee
Roasting degree: Medium, double roast
【Impression】
Medium, light texture, smooth, nutty, syrupy, medium dark flavor chocolate, dried apricots, plum, green raisins, fresh raw almonds, walnuts, balanced, clear, sweetness, moderate bitterness behind, an chocolate dipped orange peel like fresh sweetness as a short lasting aftertaste.
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