Alchemy Roast - Costa Rica

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Coffee Origin : Costa Rica, Santa Maria de Dota

Coffee Species : Arabica

Coffee Varietal : unk

Coffee Elevation : unk

Coffee Farm/ Producers : unk

Coffee Roasting Date, Roaster : Alchemy Roast - 5/2/2021

Coffee Processing : Natural


The beans have the fragrance of malt, cocoa powder, fresh tobacco, plantain, parsley, dried papaya, bottle brush, iodine, sassafras root, allspice, sandalwood, peanut butter, dill, sapote, dried strawberry, marshmallow, cashew, gray salt, wheat germ, orange pith, apricot flower, and instant black tea

The grounds have the fragrance of red currant, plum, sassafras root, cream, sapote, celery juice, raspberry, dried strawberry, fresh tobacco, cocoa nib, damp soil, sandalwood, orange pith, yucca root, goat cheese, blanched cashew, parsley, squash blossom, and dried bell pepper,


CUPPING

Aroma

The aroma is of sassafras root, yucca root, blackberry, soil, walnut butter, stewed green papaya, bottle brush, fresh tobacco, sandalwood, plum, celery, thyme, tamarind, tomato paste, malt, bacon fat, burnt avocado leaf, and allspice

Body

This is a heavy-bodied coffee that is thick and velvety with a lingering creamy and thick back note

Acidity

This is a medium-high acidity coffee that is tart and bright all the way through from tart berry and spice

Flavor

The flavors of the coffee are of grilled orange, sapote, plantain, malt, tobacco, bottle brush, tamarind, burnt tomato paste, black currant, smoked salt, tart cherry, mesquite seeds, roasted artichoke, black walnut, tobacco, plum, soy sauce, shishito pepper, black grape, white cranberry, burnt avocado leaf, Mexican chocolate, yucca root, celery salt, and cayenne

As it cools notes of cherry and creamy vegetable with a Eureka lemon tartness and hibiscus 


AeroPress

The aroma is black tea, orchid, blanched almond, tapioca flour, and pea flower, and a smokey note

The body is weak and tea-like

The acidity is very low with an astringent floral notes that are very delicate and weak

The flavors of the cup are of black tea, orchid, tamarind agua fresca, tapioca flour, soil, yucca root, tobacco, and sapote

This makes this coffee undrinkable


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