Augie's - Amaro Gayo

origin: Ethiopia, Amaro
varietal: Heirloom
elevation: 1600 Meters
farm: Amaro Gayo

process:  Natural

 

The beans of this coffee have the aroma of sweet lemon, jasmine, lavender, vanilla, honey, and cream. 

The grounds have the aroma of citrus, concord grape, berry notes like of strawberry, black or blue berry. 

At the crack this aroma of this coffee is of blackberry, lemon or lemon grass/ hops, slight notes of bakers chocolate, apple, and hibiscus

This coffee is a medium to high acidity coffee that is full body. It is also smooth and complex flavors that are all the way through your pallet.

 

 

The flavors of this coffee are of berries like of mulberries or black berries sweet lemon, coriander, ceded, black current, chamomile, lavender, cabernet wine, and candy walnuts,  The back notes of this coffee are of pear, honey, and a slight hint of vanilla.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Beacon - Colombia, Alma Del Cafe

origin: Colombia, Alma Del Cafe
varietal: unk
elevation: 1400 meters

process:  unk

This is a low acidity coffee with not much flavor or body along with a cup that is lacking depth and being smooth. 

The aroma of the beans are of chocolate, spinach, rice, mushrooms like that of button, and citrus.

The grounds have the aroma from the citrus come more prominent like that of white grapefruit, and the mushroom is more like of shiitake, tomato, malt, thyme, and ash.

At crack the aroma was of molasses, caramel, asparagus, and earth.  

 

The flavor of the this coffee are of chocolate, citrus like of over ripe orange, thyme, bell pepper, yeast, hay, and is smokey. 

 

 

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