Big Island Coffee Roasters - Maui Mokka

Coffee Origin:
Hawai’i; Maui, Ka'anapali,

Coffee Species
Arabica

Coffee Varietal
Maui Mokka

Coffee Elevation
_________________________

Coffee Farm/ Producers
Maui Grown

Coffee Roasting Date, Roaster
Big Island Coffee Roasters - 5/3/2016

Coffee Processing
Washed

 

 

The beans have the fragrance of cinnamon, light brown sugar, basmati rice, black sesame seed, ponzu, graham cracker, milo wood, kombu, black grape, wheat, peanut shell, dried black currant, vanillin, milk chocolate, dried mango, soil, turmeric, and sweet lime

The grounds have the fragrance of nougat, creme fraiche, brown sugar, graham cracker, dried mango, milk chocolate, black current, basmati rice, stale cinnamon, vanillin, sweet lime, white grape, longon, bosc pear, and wheat

 

CUPPING

 

The aroma of this coffee is of light brown sugar, basmati rice, graham cracker, turmeric, kombu, longon, white grape, green papaya, wheat, black cardamom, and ponzu

This is a medium - full body coffee that is smooth and creamy with a very slight rough finish but is still velvety throughout

This is a medium acidity coffee that is very juicy with a crisp complexity like caramel with tones of sweet citrus

 

The flavors of this coffee are of mole sauce, toasted graham cracker, kombu, longon, green papaya, ponzu, wheat, black cardamom, raw cocoa bean, vanillin, tahini, wheat, bosc pear, puffed brown rice, creme fraiche, grilled pineapple, and burnt brown sugar

As it cools notes of tobacco infused milk develop along with white grape, oak, and basmati rice

 

 

AEROPRESS

The aroma of the cup purple bell pepper, black cardamom, molasses, cocoa nib, rubbed sage, tamarind, sapote, burnt tomato paste, Italian, oregano, and nori

The body is weak with a juicy and slick mouthfeel that is dirty and rough like sand on the top of your mouth

This cups acidity is very high with a bug forward punch of tartness that quickly follows by a lingering dirty taste that is dry like of chalk 

The flavors of this cup are of tamarind, smoked paprika, white pepper, Mexican oregano, nori, raw cocoa bean, carbon, burnt almond, burnt brown sugar, ginger powder, rubbed sage, sapote, and grilled black cherry

I would not recomend this coffee on this every!!! This coffee is to delacte for this and brings out to much of the oils along with a bad body and very high acidity. If you want coffee in a hurry use another method then this!!!
 

FRENCH PRESS

The aroma of the cup is of black cardamom, graham cracker, ponzu, kombu, baked black grape, wheat, vanillin, bosc pear, cocoa nib, and puffed brown rice

This is full body cup with a smooth velvety texture that is more on the herbaceous feel 

The acidity is high with a tart forward that lingers finishing to a dirty astringent taste

The flavors of this cup are of dried chervil , turmeric, kombu, black cardamon, burnt graham cracker, soil, blood orange, wheat, tobacco, aged oak, ponzu, baked bosc pear, Mexican oregano, and black cherry

Useing the French Press brings out unique flavors and a much high acidity that is plesent but I would noy like to have more the one cup of this coffee like this

Starbucks Reserve - Rwanda Abakundakawa

Coffee Origin:
Rwanda, Gakenke,

Coffee Species
Arabica

Coffee Varietal
Bourbon, Jackson, and Mbezi

Coffee Elevation
1,700 – 1,900 M

Coffee Farm/ Producers
Abakundakawa

Coffee Roasting Date, Roaster
Starbucks Reserve - 2/14/2016

Coffee Processing
fully washed, raised bed dried

 

The beans have the fragrance of cream, bergamot, dried apricot, latex, dark chocolate, tamarind, jasmine, cane sugar, orange blossom, hickory, black grape, plum, juniper berry, loquat, hazelnut, and curry leaf

The grounds have the fragrance of dark chocolate, raw cane sugar, tamarind, prune, peach blossom, fermented orange, cinnamon, damp soil, hickory, baked black cherry, mirth, jasmine, bergamot, and allspice

 

CUPPING

 

The aroma of this coffee is of molasses, dark chocolate, damp soil, rotten yellow peach, hazelnut, tamarind, black grape, prune, blood orange, and mirth

This is a full-bodied coffee that is smooth with a creamy texture and a juicy/ syrupy mouthfeel  

This is a medium acidity coffee that is unbalanced with a juicy astringency finishing to a sweet dry finish like bee pollen

The flavors of this coffee are of nori, dark chocolate, baked black cherry, tamarind, blood orange, peach blossom, cane sugar, bergamot, prune, hickory, dried apricot, ancho, and white pepper

As it cools the notes of the orange and an under-ripe yellow peach develop along with a simple syrup and delicate floral note that finishes 

 

AEROPRESS

 

The aroma of the cup is of dark chocolate, tamarind, molasses, liquid smoke, bergamot, prune, soil, loquat, black grape and ash

The body is much like being cupped but is juicier and has a dry finish 

The acidity is higher with a crisp forward that lingers then finishes with a slight peppery note

The flavors of the cup dark chocolate, juniper berry,  damp soil, hickory, baked black cherry, mirth, ancho, white pepper, nori, bergamot, curry leaf, and hazelnut

thisk this is a good way to brew this coffee as it bring the acidity up and and better body but do not thik it helps the flavors come out