Kona Roasted - Gary & Valerie

Coffee Origin : Hawai’i; Holualoa, Kona

Coffee Species : Arabica

Coffee Varietal : Kona Typica

Coffee Elevation : 2,000 Ft

Coffee Farm/ Producers : Gary & Valerie

Coffee Roasting Date, Roaster Kona Roasted - 3/12/2020

Date Sampled : 4/18/2020

Coffee Processing : Washed

The beans have the fragrance of caramel, pinion, bakers chocolate, black lime, Macadamia nut, nori, vanillin, mangosteen, gooseberry, allspice, orange blossom, parsley, activated charcoal, sandalwood, rose hips, leather, gram cracker, noni, Rashi, lilac, black salt, sumac, delicate note of strawberry, and a hint of bacon fat.

The grounds have the fragrance of jasmine, lilac, pinion, leather, nori, allspice black lime, rose hops, cherry blossom, Macadamia nut, brown rice, yeast, mangosteen, cane sugar, gooseberry, freeze-dried strawberry, dutch process cocoa powder, orange candy, marshmallow, and miso


CUPPING

The aroma is of golden raisin, cocoa powder, instant coffee, activated charcoal, sandalwood, tangerine peel, dried mango, cane sugar, noni, dragons blood, green papaya, lilac, malt, cherry blossom, black currant, and mulling spice

This is a medium-bodied coffee that is smooth with juicy silky coating and finishes as a tea-like feel

This is a low acidity coffee that is more of a juicy watermelon acidity with a slight citric back but is quick and finishes clean

The flavors of this coffee are of fresh tobacco, hickory, bakers cocoa, miso, nori, gooseberry, green papaya, cashew flour, dried strawberry, alfalfa, rose hips, pinion, black lime, Macadamia nut, lilac, burnt brown sugar, puffed brown rice, fresh coffee cherry, goji, vanillin, golden raisin, guava, dragons blood, cherimoya, celery soda, and barley

As it cools notes of marshmallow and navel orange develop with a slight tart note like of yogurt with a chicory and sassafras root note


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The aroma is of black tea, sandalwood, allspice, lilac, malt, Macadamia nut, brown rice, yeast, green papaya, orange blossom, and raw sugar

The body is weak and tea-like with a slight stick feel in the back

The acidity is almost gone with no distinguishable note of acidity

The flavors of this cup are of cocoa powder, black tea, mangosteen, cream, sandalwood, vanillin and bergamot

I can not recommend this coffee on this in any way as it loses and flavor and aroma to it


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Kona Roasted - Rus & Alla

Coffee Origin : Hawai’i, Wood Valley; Ka’u

Coffee Species : Arabica

Coffee Varietal : Caturra, Typica

Coffee Elevation : 2,300 Ft

Coffee Farm/ Producers : Rus & Alla

Coffee Roasting Date, Roaster Kona Roasted - 3/12/2020

Date Sampled : 4/12/2020

Coffee Processing : Washed

The beans have the fragrance of toast, fig jam, breadfruit, allspice, green papaya, sun-dried tomato, brown sugar, cara cara orange, toasted wheat, baked red apple, Himalayan pink salt, thyme, dutch process cocoa, almond four, fermented longon, tobacco, soil, black walnut, buddhas hand, plantain, oat milk, and freeze dried raspberry

The grounds have the fragrance of soil, cocoa powder, etrog, banana, honey comb, plantain, brown sugar, cara cara orange, breadfruit, dried cranberry, goji, Aleppo pepper, plumeria, dried navel orange, camomile, rye, chervil, white grape, freezes dried raspberry, soil, milk powder, green papaya, apple blossom, fresh tobacco and plantain


CUPPING

The aroma is of toasted wheat, chicory, safaris root, soil, cocoa powder, fig, breadfruit, allspice, green papaya, brown sugar, Caracara orange, toasted wheat, black apple, Himalayan pink salt, buddhas hand, plantain, oat milk, dill, snow pea, goji, plumeria, orange jelly, chervil, white grape, milk powder, fresh tobacco, raisin, rosehip, and butter

This is a full-body coffee that has a sticky and chewing coating with a velvety fell never dissipating heavy and juicy feel

This is a mild acidity that has a tart forward that lingers keeping that tart not all the way through

The flavors of this coffee are of buddhas hand, plantain, milk powder, breadfruit, fresh tobacco, green papaya, white cranberry, cocoa powder, plumeria, Cara Cara orange, camomile, plantain, hemp milk, dill, goji, plumeria, chervil, white grape, pomegranate molasses, bitter melon, sassafras root, brown sugar, star fruit, silvertip green tea, soil, crab apple, cherimoya, enoki mushroom, and white cranberry

As it cools notes of apricot jam, cane sugar, and cream and allspice develop with a sweet finish


AEROPRESS

The aroma of the cup is of golden raisin, soil, cocoa powder, breadfruit, leather, fresh tobacco, new French oak, raw hazelnut, chicory, safaris root, plantain, oat milk, dill, dried navel orange, plumeria, and hibiscus

The body is mellowed out to more of a dull and dirty water-like consistency and no depth

The acidity is high with a juicy and crisp forward that lingers but is dirty

The flavors are of London, citron, plantain, breadfruit, fresh tobacco, green papaya, white cranberry, cocoa powder, plantain, goji, bell pepper, bitter melon, Meringue, oolong tea, myrrh, and chicory

Can not recommend this coffee on this


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