Fire Island Coffee - Black & Tan 2015 crop

Coffee Origin:
Hawai’i, Kona

Coffee Species
Arabica

Coffee Varietal
Typica - Guatemala

Coffee Elevation
_________________________

Coffee Farm/ Producers
Fire Island Coffee

Coffee Roasting Date, Roaster
Daylight Mind Coffee - 7/25/2016

Coffee Processing
Washed

 

The beans have the fragrance of leather, musk, caramel, peanut shell, friend passion fruit, black cardamom, soil, black tea, bakers chocolate, cinnamon, marjoram, oak, dried yellow corn, rye, prune, black grape, baking soda, and golden raisin 

The grounds have the fragrance toffee, longon, sandalwood,  soil, milk chocolate, honeycomb, black grape, dried red apple, marjoram, mirth, yucca flour, smoked paprika, musk, and cinnamon 

CUPPING

The aroma of this coffee is of raisin, musk, tamarind, soil, cinnamon, squash flower, marjoram, apple wood, yucca root, tobacco, nougat, dried yellow corn and rye

This is a heavy bodied coffee that is thick and syrupy with a creamy and velvety texture

This has an ashy like acidity that is dry and chalky tapering to a very delicate since note

The flavors of this coffee are of burnt caramel, carbon, leather, purple bell pepper, baking soda, onyx cocoa powder, oak, vanillin, black apple, dried passion fruit, toasted peanut shell, wormwood, gray clay, sandalwood, yucca root, magnolia, plum, black cardamom, black tea, and tapioca flour.
As it cools notes of cinnamon, bakers chocolate, toffee, tobacco and black tea

 

AEROPRESS

The aroma of the cup black tea, soil, cocoa nib, black cardamom, yucca root, dried basil, plum, sandalwood, dried black cherry, and chicory

The body the body is much like being cupped but is very dry now with a lingering aftertaste 

The acidity is exactly as cupped 

The flavors of the cup are of chalk,  black cardamom, yucca root, sandalwood, dried black apple, chicory, sour milk powder, fermented lychee, clove stem, burnt hazelnut, and carbon

I can not recommend this coffee on this as it does nothing to help it nor bring out any unique aspects 

Onyx Coffee Lab - Ethiopia Guji Uraga

Coffee Origin:
Ethiopia,  Guji

Coffee Species
Arabica

Coffee Varietal
Heirloom 

Coffee Elevation
2,000 M

Coffee Farm/ Producers
Washing Station: Uraga

Coffee Roasting Date, Roaster
Onyx Coffee Lab -  7/2/2016

Coffee Processing
Washed & Raised Bed Drying

 

The beans have the fragrance of toasted almond, brown rice, black raspberry, bakers chocolate, bergamot, rose hips, Hawaiian sandalwood, jasmine, Anjou pear, thyme, and rue

The grounds have the fragrance of rose hips, burlap, toasted almond, rue, bergamot stem, cedar, frankincense, smoked paprika, dried black raspberry, fermented blackberry and metallic

 

 

CUPPING

The aroma of this coffee is of licorice root, rose hips, bakers chocolate, rue, toasted almond, dried black raspberry, ginger ale, brown rice, bergamot stem, frankincense and molasses 

This is a medium body coffee that is smooth with a chewy and slick mouthfeel

This is a low acidity coffee that is juicy and well rounded with a clean finish

The flavors of this coffee are of tart red cherry, frankincense, dragon's blood, dark chocolate, old oolong tea leaf, malt, bergamot stem, cracked ginger, squash blossom, nettle, Hawaiian sandalwood, rue, Anjou pear, and burlap

As it cools notes of asparagus juice, tobacco and cara cara orange develop

 

 

AEROPRESS

The aroma of the cup is of rue, malt, bakers chocolate, rose hips, toasted almond, oak, bergamot stem, black tea, black raspberry, Anjou pear and burlap

The body is much fuller with a heavy syrupy mouthfeel and a velvety coating

The acidity is much higher with a juicy complexity and astringent spice back

The flavors are of black cherry, sandalwood, Anjou pear, bergamot , frankincense, black walnut, dragons blood, bakers chocolate, cracked ginger, marjoram, licorice root, tobacco and quinoa

To me this coffee has gotteen better by this but still not anything to seek out and have