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Guatemala Injerto EI-04 Noble Age
Roaster Location: | I-Lan City, Taiwan |
Coffee Origin: | Huehuetenango growing region, Guatemala. |
Roast Level: | Medium |
Agtron: | 51/62 |
Est. Price: | NTD $1800/8 ounces |
Review Date: | September 2013 |
Aroma: | 9 |
Acidity: | 9 |
Body: | 8 |
Flavor: | 9 |
Aftertaste: | 8 |
Blind Assessment
Sweetly tart, crisply juicy. Cedar, orange, blackberry, a hint of roasted cacao nib in aroma and cup. Bright but sweet acidity. Syrupy mouthfeel. Rich, deep, gently drying finish.
Notes
This is a special auction lot produced by El Injerto, one of Guatemala’s most celebrated coffee farms, from the admired Pacamara variety of Arabica. Noble Age is El Injerto’s description for a coffee produced only from very ripe, dark red, almost purple fruit, when sugar content is at or close to its maximum. CaféTaster is an aficionado nano-roaster of the style increasingly characteristic of East Asia countries like Taiwan and Korea, roasting very high-end coffees in very small volumes for a tiny clientele of passionate coffee enthusiasts, in the process selling coffee education as much as coffee itself. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/cafetaster or email roaster Jerry Huang at [email protected].
Who Should Drink It
Striking in the juxtaposition of sweetness and the dry authority of its complex fruit notes. Both bracing and seductive.
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This review originally appeared in the September, 2013 tasting report: Suave and Idiosyncratic: Coffees of Guatemala