Big Island Coffee Roasters -Kona Bloom * Kona Blossom Infused *

Coffee Origin:
Hawai’i, Kona

Coffee Species
Arabica

Coffee Varietal
typica, Progeny 502

Coffee Elevation
_________________________

Coffee Farm/ Producers
Hualalai, Hawaii

Coffee Roasting Date, Roaster
Big Island Coffee Roasters - 6/1/2016

Coffee Processing
Washed

 

The beans have the fragrance of malt, brown sugar, granola, plumeria, squash blossom, pulasan, burro banana, cocoa powder, butter, honeycomb, muted ground turmeric, plum, sassafras bark, licorice root, citron, mountain apple, milo wood and long pepper

The grounds have the fragrance of honeycomb, jasmine, yucca root, licorice root, citron, longon, plantain, yucca root, sassafras bark, granola, kumquat, cocoa powder, macadam nutshell, malt, plumeria, lilac,  butter, milk powder, and white cranberry

 

CUPPING

The aroma of this coffee is of fresh tobacco, sandalwood, lilac, pulasan, licorice root, honeysuckle, plumeria, cocoa powder, malt, grilled blood orange, white cranberry, and granola

This is medium body coffee that is juicy with a black tea like consistency and a slightly creamy note that is velvety

This is a low acidity coffee that has a delicate floral note that quickly dissipates with a cane like sugar finish and

The flavors of this coffee are of bakers chocolate, licorice root, pulasan, licorice root, plumeria, honey comb, blood orange, cane sugar, malt, plum, sassafras bark, maintain apple, kumquat, lilac, red apple, white cranberry and noni

As it cools cream notes develop along with a sick rice, longon, and vanillin 

 

AEROPRESS 

The aroma of this coffee is of plum, sassafras bark, malt, licorice root, cocoa powder, mountain apple, cherimoya, watermelon rind, oat, yucca root, soil, coconut husk, and light brown sugar

The body is much like being cupped with more of the juicy note prominent

The acidity has gotten higher with a bright and tart note that is up front then finishes with a lingering dry chalky feel

The flavors of this cup are of pulasan, sassafras root, burnt cane sugar, plum, long pepper, malt, grilled watermelon, cocoa powder, yucca flower, prickly pear, and almond milk

I highly recommend this coffee on this as it brings great textural and flavor notes to your mouth without being overpowering or being dull along with no after taste
 

FRENCH PRESS

The aroma of this coffee is of leather, marijuana, molasses, cocoa nib, sour cream, malt, pulasan, sassafras root, sandalwood, burlap, mountain apple, Asian pear, and burro banana

The body is heavy with a creamy and thick syrupy texture that is velvety coating  

The acidity is high with a dirty with a sharp complexity like of carbon with a vibrant muted and lingering finish

The flavors of this cup are of beach mushroom, soil, sassafras root, bakers cocoa, toasted black walnut, plum, prickly pear, yucca root, pulasan, noni, and squash blossom

This is a good cup of coffee but does not bring out the sweet and floral notes that this coffee should have, so I would say do not use this for this delicate coffee

Augie's Coffee Roasters - El Salvador Loma La Gloria

Coffee Origin:
El Salvador, Boqueron

Coffee Species
Arabica

Coffee Varietal
Red Bourbon

Coffee Elevation
1,500 M

Coffee Farm/ Producers
Loma La Gloria
Anny Ruth Pimentel

Coffee Roasting Date, Roaster
Augie’s Coffee Roasters - 6/29/2016

Coffee Processing
Yellow Honey

 

The beans have the fragrance of white cranberry, brown sugar, rose hips, cashew, dill, sandalwood, cocoa powder, bing cherry, carao, loquat, rue, rambutan, yeast, Ecuadorian guava, pitaya, rooibos tea, chia, and baked sapote

The grounds have the fragrance of caramel, pitaya, almond flower, loquat, rose water, dutch process cocoa, summer savory, white peach puree, rooibos tea, condensed milk, sandalwood, black republican cherry, burro banana, baked mamey sapote, and rooibos tea

 

CUPPING

The aroma of this coffee is of tahini, loquat, cocoa powder, rambutan, bing cherry, rose water, mamey sapote, pitaya, dark brown sugar, dill, rooibos tea, rue, dragons blood, and cashew

This is full body coffee with a smooth and big creamy note that is thick like of malted milk chocolate, with a velvety coating

This is a very high acidity coffee that is vibrant with a complex sweet note that slowly creeps up in the back that is delicate and clean

The flavors of this coffee are of Rainer cherry, rambutan, sandalwood, yeast, dry green tea, condensed milk, rose hips, brown sugar, toasted almond, burro banana, baked mamey sapote, dried bell pepper, bergamot stem, dragons blood, pitaya, watermelon rind, and black apple

As it cools a deep note of piloncillo, vanilla, and raspberry, and prickly pear develop along with a subtle oolong tea finish

 

GINO

The aroma of the coffee is of black republican cherry, toasted hemp seed, rooibos tea, Ecuadorian guava, pitaya, grilled blood orange, almond, rooibos tea, rose hips, cane sugar, and tamarind

The body is mild with a delicate tea like consistency that is silky and juicy much like a cascara

The acidity of the coffee is of sweet floral and mellow with a slight allspice finish in the back 

The flavors of the cup are of thyme, cocoa powder, lemon verbena, loquat, rambutan, dragon fruit, oak, coffee cherry,  rooibos tea, red apple chips, rose hips and yeast

To me this coffee on this is to weak and delicate but if you are looking for a cold brew gino I would say use it as it would be very smooth and sweet for it but not hot

AEROPRESS (Able Fine Filter) 

The aroma of the cup is of bakers chocolate, bergamot, red banana, loquat, summer savory, rue, dried basil, toasted cashew, lemon verbena, tart cherry, black tea, cane sugar, dragon fruit, and red oak

The body is milder then cupped with more of a chocolate ganache feel and texture but still leaving the velvety coating 

The acidity is lower then cupped but still high but now has a lingering and dry finish 

The flavors of the cup are of red banana, rooibos tea, cane sugar, rue, loquat, dragons blood, soil, toasted sesame seed, bakers chocolate, tobacco, black apple, dried oyster mushroom, dragon fruit, papaya seed and cedar

As for a aeropress for this coffee I am wondering if useing the regular filter would change this coffee that much and if so would the be more of a sweet notes and tropical, bery beacuse this cofee on this is ok and a good cup but I would not go out of my way for it