Roaster Location: | San Dimas, California |
Coffee Origin: | Chipinge growing region, eastern Zimbabwe |
Roast Level: | Medium |
Agtron: | 51/66 |
Review Date: | June 2007 |
Aroma: | 7 |
Acidity: | 8 |
Body: | 7 |
Flavor: | 8 |
Aftertaste: | 7 |
Blind Assessment
Very sweet throughout the profile. Nut and semi-sweet chocolate notes in the aroma. In the cup tart coffee fruit notes make a distinct and delicate lean toward chocolate. The tart cherry tones persist in the sweet short finish, fading toward astringency in the long.
Notes
Historically Zimbabwe has been the premier coffee origin of southern Africa, admired for its moderately acidy, sweetly fruity coffees. La Lucie Estates is a leading producer of Zimbabwe coffee, exclusively growing the admired SL 28 variety, the cultivar of arabica that produces most of Kenya's finest coffees. Klatch Coffee is an award-winning small-batch roasting company in the Los Angeles area whose resident barista and trainer, Heather Perry, won both the 2003 and 2007 United States Barista Championships brewing a Klatch Coffee espresso blend. Visit www.klatchroasting.com or call 877-455-2824 for more information.
Who Should Drink It
Naturally sweet and delicately bright, a good choice for bottomless cup black coffee drinkers.
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This review originally appeared in the June, 2007 tasting report: Alternative Africas: Rwanda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe