Sonder Coffee - Burma

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Coffee Origin : Burma, Mindat

Coffee Species : Arabica

Coffee Varietal : S795, SL34

Coffee Elevation : 1500M

Coffee Farm/ Producers : Hornbill Chin Coffee

Coffee Roasting Date, Roaster

Sonder Coffee - 3/20/2021

Coffee Processing : Fully Washed, raised bed dried


The beans have the fragrance of plum, dried fig, allspice, dark cherry, popcorn, magnolia, tangerine, marionberry, leather, frankincense, fermented nut, nectarine, cream, wheat germ, soil, fresh tobacco, and musty

The grounds have the fragrance of oolong tea, prune, fig jam, dragons blood, wormwood, bottle brush, dried cherry, grilled apricot, fresh tobacco, barley, sage, yucca root, raw olive, and soil


Cupping

Aroma

The aroma is of dried tangerine, figgy pudding, prune, licorice root, dragons blood, bottle brush, dried cherry, nectarine flower fresh tobacco, honeysuckle, English pea, cocoa powder, dark cherry, allspice, chia, magnolia, and soil

Body

This is a medium-bodied coffee the is well rounded with a subtle syrupy feel that is slick and juicy but quickly diminishes

Acidity

This is a medium-high acidity coffee that is brought with tart citrus-like forward tapering to a lingering dry mouthfeel

Flavor

The flavors after the crack are Adriatic Figs, magnolia, finger lime, bottle brush, pluot, tobacco, dragons blood, dried cherry, nectarine, tart cherry, rubbed sage, wormwood, cocoa powder, hibiscus, yellow watermelon, lemon curd, popcorn, soil, And back hint of miso along with frankincense that is very delicate.

As it cools notes of burnt sugar and a deep cherry develop with subtle hints of red clay in the back and a stewed apple


French Press

The aroma is of soil, plum, tea, allspice, marshmallows, and brown rice

The body is very week and tea-like with it being very thin

The acidity is almost not existent with a very subtle hint of sugar cane and apple-like

The flavors of the cup are wheatgrass, black tea, cream, red apple, nutmeg, lilac, butterscotch, berry-like of freeze-dried blueberry, chia, cork, and yucca root

I can not recommend this coffee on this brewer


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Panther Coffee - Suke Quto

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Coffee Origin : Ethiopia; Guji Zone, Oromia

Coffee Species : Arabica

Coffee Varietal : Heirloom

Coffee Elevation : 2200 M

Coffee Farm/ Producers : Various Smallholders

Coffee Roasting Date, Roaster

Panther Coffee - 3/10/2021

Coffee Processing : Washed


The beans have the fragrance of caramel, toast, pineapple, strawberry, adobo, plumeria, lemon zest, leather, white cranberry, dried papaya, myrrh, fresh tobacco, pickled watermelon rind, oyster sauce, dried blueberry, toasted almond, and prune.

The grounds have the fragrance of oak, red grape, fresh tobacco, strawberry papaya, rambutan skin, Caracara orange, leather, buro banana, myrrh, strawberry, white guava, condensed milk, lemon zest, orchid, and plum,


CUPPING

Aroma

The aroma is of hazelnut, fresh tobacco, dried papaya, vanillin, oak, plumeria, lemon zest, leather, peach blossom, burro banana, white guava, dried orange, champagne grape, and jack fruit

Body

This is a full-body coffee that has a silky mouthfeel with the flavors persistent throughout with a long sweet and delicate finish

Acidity

This has a mental tartness throughout and is very juicy with a lingering balance

Flavor

The flavor is of champagne grape, malted milk, pineapple, peach, honeycomb, strawberry, eureka lemon, cacao nib, burro banana, mango, hazelnut, melon, yucca flower, white guava, star fruit, myrrh, papaya, tangerine, sandalwood, and very complex floral notes, particularly rosehip, plumeria, and orchid.

As it cools notes of black tea, apricot jam and lotus develop with a spicy complexity in the finish


Gino

The aroma of toat, soil, cocoa powder, leather, fresh tobacco, walnut, yucca, oak, and dried bell pepper

The body is weaker with more of a sticky and chewy mouthfeel

The acidity is higher with more of a tart citrus note from an Oro Blanco grapefruit pith

The flavors of the cup are of white grapefruit, fresh tobacco, dried pineapple, gooseberry jam, yucca, chia, black currant, red apple, fermented lemon, toasted black walnut, avocado leaf, adobo, and magnolia

I can not recommend this coffee on this device