Canyon Coffee - Gachatha

Coffee Origin : Kenya, Nyeri

Coffee Species : Arabica

Coffee Varietal : SL28, Ruiru 11

Coffee Elevation : 1850 M

Coffee Farm/ Producers : Gachatha Coffee Factory

Coffee Roasting Date, Roaster

Canyon Coffee - 6/30/2023

Coffee Processing : Washed


The beans have the fragrance of Marionberry, clove, navel orange, rose hips, bergamot, roasted black tea, pear, chervil, fresh tobacco, puffed brown rice, yellow peach, leather, golden raspberry, nougat, and muir

The grounds have the fragrance of caramel, baked yellow peach, Marionberry, celery, navel orange, lotus, sundried tomato, bergamot, roasted black tea, burlap, white grape, sassafras root, nougat, coffee cherry, and toast


CUPPING

Aroma

The aroma is of black tea, bergamot, tobacco, cocoa nib, celery, squash blossom, rose hips, oro blanco grapefruit, cactus pear, dill, yellow peach, leather, nougat, malt, molasses, oat, tamarind, and gold leaf

Body

This is a full-bodied coffee that t is creamy and smooth with a velvety mouth-fell that is thick like a syrup

Acidity

This is a mild acidity that is tart at the start with it quickly dissipating to a sweet cane sugar-like taste

Flavor

The flavors of this coffee are of yellow peach, bergamot, roasted black tea, squash blossom, fresh tobacco, navel orange, leather, concord grape, plum, golden raspberry, nougat, sassafras root, cocoa powder, celery, rose hips, oro blanco grapefruit, cactus pear, dill, dark cherry, lotus, molasses, tamarind, sundried tomato, and cranberry

As it cools notes of dark berry and an astringent note like of bad yeast or ear wax but still has a sweetness to the forward


Fellow Stag XL

The aroma is of lotus, bergamot, black tea, dill, white grape, oro blanco grapefruit pith, burlap, marjoram, and almond

The body is very weak and is tea-like with a lace-like mouth-fell

The acidity is higher with a more pronounced malc acidy taste like of green apple

The flavors of the cup are of green apple, oolong tea, malt, honeycomb, burlap, marjoram, fresh tobacco, baked yellow nectarine, leather, white grape, pluot, golden raspberry, nougat, and wormwood