Rainbow Falls Hilo Coffee - 100% Hilo Coffee Estate Reserve

Coffee Origin:
Hawai’i, Hilo

Coffee Species
Arabica

Coffee Varietal
Red Caturra

Coffee Elevation
125 - 183M 

Coffee Farm/ Producers
OK Farms Hawaii 

Coffee Roasting Date, Roaster
Rainbow Falls Hilo Coffee - 

Coffee Processing
Wet demucilaged

 

 

This is a ground coffee so no whole beans 

The aroma of the Grounds are of damp soil, hickory, toasted walnut, coconut husk, dried mushrooms, bing cherry, bakers chocolate, dried banana, chervil, faint raspberry, leather, black tea, white cranberry, wheat, sandalwood, lilac, and limeade 

 

CUPPING

The aroma is of pine sap, bakers chocolate, damp soil, sandalwood, Manilla tamarind, leather, baked big cherry, Meyer lemon pith, loquat, and butter

This is a weak body coffee that is tea like and has no depth or character. It is slight creamy feel in the middle but tapers fast to a dry ashy and dirty note that lingers

This is a medium acidity coffee that is crisp and juicy with a deep dark chocolate and berry feel

 

The flavors of this coffee are of dark chocolate, damp soil, carbon, hickory, black pepper, burnt plantain, toasted black walnut, dry black tea leaf, burnt sugar, malt, marjoram, blackberry, tobacco, and pop corn

As it cools notes of cream develop along with sweet notes of jasmine and lilac, navel orange and berry

FRENCH PRESS

The aroma is very delicate with notes of cocoa powder, soil, lilac, cane sugar, black sesame seed, and leather 

The body is more developed then cupping and has some chewy feel and is thick 

The acidity is higher then cupping and is more of a bright note but is still only forward then tapers to a dry and lingering feel

The flavors of the cup are of dark chocolate, sumac, barley, toasted almond, flour, black current, condensed milk, tobacco, soil, burnt cane sugar, and blood orange

This is a good methoud of bruing this coffee for flavor but not for much else

AEROPRESS

The aroma of the cup is of bakers chocolate, marionberry, damp soil, carbon, liquid smoke, tomato paste, allspice, and tamarind

The body is smooth with a delicate creamy note that is well rounded

The acidity is the same as from the french press but does not have as strong dry and lingering note it is more juicy and balanced with a sweet complexity

The flavors of the cup are of milk chocolate, soil, almond, tobacco, dry black tea leaf, chia, asparagus water, black bean, and pomelo

I would only racomend this on here if you wher out and cound not use any other devide, I do belive that it did make a better cup of coffee but the flavors whee not as good as a French Press

 

Arcade Coffee Roasters - Nguvu

Coffee Origin:
Kenya, Murang'a

Coffee Species
Arabica

Coffee Varietal
SL28, Ruiru 11

Coffee Elevation
1, 750 m

Coffee Farm/ Producers
Gatuya

Coffee Roasting Date, Roaster
Arcade Coffee Roasters - 2/18/16

Coffee Processing
Fully washed, sun dried on raised beds

 

Notes 

The beans have the fragrance of cocoa nib, caramel, cantaloupe, roasted carrot, ground turmeric, clove stem, thyme, basmati rice, wheat germ, black walnut, chia, and honeycomb

The grounds have the fragrance of saffron, chicory, cedar, honey, candied orange, almond, wheat germ, dark chocolate, mangosteen, dragons blood, cara cara orange, turmeric, and allspice

 

CUPPING

 

The aroma of the coffee is of clove, almond, wheat germ, jasmine, chia, chicory, dragon's blood, frankincense, chicory, blood orange, black current, oolong, and bakers chocolate  

This is a medium body coffee that is smooth with a melted chocolate feel that is creamy and sticky

This is a high acidity coffee that is bright with a sharp forward note that has a tart lingering taste 

 

The flavors of this coffee are of tart cherry, cedar, bakers chocolate, all spice, turmeric, chicory, wheat germ, black walnut, mangosteen, cantaloupe, clove stem, soil, red grapefruit pith, calamondin, and vanillin

As it cools notes of vanillin, plum and butterscotch develop along with a creamy chocolate and a sour peach

 

French Press

Tha aroma has notes of chocolate that is very delicate, almond flour, soil, black current, honeycomb, all spice, thyme, and clove stem

The body is weak and more to a tea like consistency and is watery with a very dry finish that lingers 

The acidity is almost gone, there is some very slight hint of it but barely noticeable

The flavors of the cup are of chicory, soil, black walnut, cocoa nib, black tea leaf powder, oak, cara cara orange, bing cherry, grape leaf, asperagas water and white cranberry

I do not recomend this coffee by French Press in any way