Bard Coffee
Bali Natural Kintamani Organic
Roaster Location: | Portland, Maine |
Coffee Origin: | Bali, Indonesia. |
Roast Level: | Medium-Light |
Agtron: | 51/77 |
Review Date: | February 2010 |
Aroma: | 8 |
Acidity: | 7 |
Body: | 9 |
Flavor: | 8 |
Aftertaste: | 8 |
Blind Assessment
Intense fermented fruit reads as sweetly pungent herb, aromatic wood, and a raisiny dark chocolate or carob. Muted acidity, syrupy mouthfeel. The unorthodox flavors carry deeply into a long, rich finish.
Notes
The exotic and colorful island of Bali produces a small volume of coffee in the interior highlands. This particular Bali is a dry- or "natural-" processed coffee, meaning the beans were dried inside the fruit rather than after the fruit is removed, as is the case with the wet-processed or "washed" coffees. Bard Coffee is a coffeehouse based in Portland, Maine that is co-owned by roaster Bob Garver of roaster Wicked Joe. Visit
Who Should Drink It
Lovers of complexly rough yet sweet-toned beverages; coffee lovers interested in variations on the fruity dry-processed coffees of Ethiopia.
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This review originally appeared in the February, 2010 tasting report: Coffees of Sulawesi, Bali, Java, Flores, East Timor