Beans: Finca Puerta Verde
Raoster: Akai-mi Coffee
Roasting Degree: Medium Dark
Area: Ciudad Vieja, Sacatepequez, Antigua, Guatemala
Altitude: 1,540m～
Varieties: Bourbon and Caturra
Processing: Fully Washed
Screen: N/A
Grade: N/A
【Impression】
Medium light to Medium, soothing aroma, lightly citric, lemony, white grapes, high tone of cacao, deep nutty impression, juicy and mellow sweetness, mild bitterness followed by sheer lime like citric flavor, nutty mild sweetness as baked chestnuts, walnuts, cashews, honey, cacao like bitterness, clean, transparent, juicy clear sweetness as a long lasting aftertaste.
Name: Papua New Guinea Sihereni
Roaster: Doi Coffee
Roasting degree: Full-city
Area: Goroka, Easterm Highilands, Papua New Guinea
Variety: Typica, Bourbon
Grade: N/A
Screen: S15
Altitude: 1,600～1,800m
Defect: N/A
Processing Method: Washed, Sun-dry
【Flavor scale】
Aroma: 4
Sweetness: 4
Acidity: 3
Bitterness: 2
Richness: 2
【Impression】
Medium body, mellow sweetness, caramel, milk, vanilla, almond, orange like sheer top note, light texture, juicy, mild, moderate, clean, cacao, mild sweetness, Dutch cocoa like sweetness bottomed with thin layer of well-balanced bitterness and citric acidity, very natural, lemony feeling on top, juicy sweetness as a long lasting aftertaste.
Good for afternoon brake to calm down body & mental heat inside. Non coffee lover may like this flavorful but very moderate cup.
Good morning Blue Bottle!
Freshly baked Belgium Waffle sometimes too rich for the morning but not on weekend @ Blue bottle, the Ferry Building.
The aromaful cup of cafe latte matches cool San Francisco morning and beautiful blue sky!! This always good kick start on Sat. morning.
Blue Bottle Coffee at the Ferry Building Marketplace
HOURS
Mon-Sat 7AM - 7PM
Sun - 8AM - 5PM
Name: Finca Hartmann
Roaster: Doi Coffee
Roasting degree: Full-city
Area: Chiriqui, Santa Clara, Panama
Variety: Pacas
Grade: SHB-EP
Screen: 17up
Altitude: 1,500m
Defect: 0-6/300g
Processing Method: Fully Washed
※Rainforest alliance certified
【Flavor scale】
Aroma: 3
Sweetness: 4
Acidity: 4
Bitterness: 2
Richness: 2
※Grade 1 to 5
【Impression】
Medium dark, chocolaty, citric, grapefruits, lime, round, mellow, sheer spare mint like soothing aroma on top, silky texture, full body, bold, high in acidity, lemony, high tone of lime, cacao, fruity bitterness, tangy as purple grape skins, honey like deep sweetness, peach like sheer flavor, earthy, spicy, tangy bitterness as a long lasting aftertaste.
【Note】
This panama somewhat has similar impression as African beans, Kenya: earthy and soothing. Lighter roasting may bring fruitiness, such as grapefruits, peach and so on, to surface.
Name: Cornelio Nunez
Roaster: Coava coffee roasters
Roasting degree: City
Area: Petatillo, Copán, Honduras
Variety: Catuai
Grade: N/A
Screen: N/A
Altitude: 1,550m～
Defect: N/A
Processing Method: Washed
【Impression】
Medium, citric top note, high tone black pepper like spicy aroma hidden, milk caramel like sweet aroma as bottom note, light, juicy, transparent, high tone, citric as lime juice, lemony, clear, fine bitterness follows, thin layer of maple syrup like sweetness beneath, fruity bitterness as a long lasting aftertaste.
Good for paper drip.
Medium ground w/ Melita dripper is preferable.
Drive throus, drive throus, drive throus...
Usually, there are not much expectation for drive through coffee, because millions of "drive throu"s, such as Starbucks, are only available to have a sense of "Yes, I have a smell of coffee!".
However, there is the one which may wipe off such ideas: Mercurys Coffee Co.
Mercurys Coffee Co. locates its coffee stands in greater Seattle area, such as Woodeinville, Redmond, and Kirkland. Although only two of them we stopped, both of them were reasonably busy but nothing to defeat tolerance for frustration of waiting.
Talking about Cafe Latte, a cup quality strongly depends on Barista.
This is the fact applies to every coffee stand, so sometimes popular neighborhood cafes may not satisfy your craving for a good cup. Judged by cups we had in the morning, their coffee stands seem to either hire well trained Baristas or train them well enough. Regarding Soy latte, Baristas often talk about quality of "foam": soy milk tends to give poor and less volumy form than regular milk.
There were no expectation for drive-throu coffee stands, so the first cup of Mercurys' coffee was such pleasure and joy.
Name: Rwanda Intore S15
Roaster: Nama-mame Hompo
Roasting degree: City
Area: the Lake Kivu Region, Western Rwanda
Variety: N/A
Grade: N/A
Screen: S15
Altitude: 1,600～2,100m
Defect: N/A
Processing Method: Fully Washed
【Flavor scale】
Aroma: 4
Sweetness: 4
Acidity: 4
Bitterness: 4
Richness: 4
※Grade 1 to 5
【Impression】
Medium light to medium, compound aroma, spicy, pear, anise, dried apricots, citrus, light texture, juicy, mellow, mild flavor, well balanced sweetness and bitterness, cacao, light sweetness of roasted pine nuts, cashews, and almonds, clean, light touch of citric acidity, fresh and fruity sweetness of green grape, light touch of cacao like bitterness and mild tangy-ness of Asian pears as a long lasting aftertaste.
【Note】
This coffee is named after Rwanda’s traditional dance troupes, whicih means "The One" in Swahili. Although Rwanda is slow growing coffee market, it is the only country to host COE in Africa.
