Roaster Location: | Beverly, Massachusetts |
Coffee Origin: | Cerrado growing region, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. |
Roast Level: | Medium |
Agtron: | 51/58 |
Review Date: | May 2008 |
Aroma: | 8 |
Acidity: | 7 |
Body: | 8 |
Flavor: | 8 |
Aftertaste: | 7 |
Blind Assessment
Caramelly, wine-like aroma with ripe, perhaps overripe, fruit notes. Dense, heavy presence in the cup. Both Ken (89) and co-cupper Ted Stachura (89) found bittersweet chocolate notes. Ted also noted nut, pipe tobacco, hints of leather. Long, nut-toned finish.
Notes
Judging by the low-toned, densely nutty/cocoa character, this is a traditional style of Brazil coffee processed by the natural or dry method, meaning the coffee was dried with both skin and fruit still adhering to the beans. Cerrado is a newer growing region in south-central Brazil with a dry harvest season particularly suited to sun-drying natural and pulped-natural process coffees. Atomic Cafe is a coffee house on the North Shore of Massachusetts that began its elite in-house roasting program in 2005. Visit www.atomicafe.com or call 978-922-0042 for more information.
Who Should Drink It
Port drinkers and those who enjoy a heavy-bodied, bittersweet cup.
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This review originally appeared in the May, 2008 tasting report: "S" as in Sexy: New Specialty Offerings from Brazil