Surf City Coffee
Kona Fancy
| Roaster Location: | Aptos, California |
| Coffee Origin: | Kona growing district, "Big Island" of Hawaii. |
| Roast Level: | Medium |
| Agtron: | 49/72 |
| Review Date: | April 2006 |
| Aroma: | 7 |
| Acidity: | 7 |
| Body: | 8 |
| Flavor: | 7 |
| Aftertaste: | 7 |
Blind Assessment
A contradictory coffee, with sweetly buoyant flowering grass and vanilla notes shimmering above a pungent heaviness in both aroma and cup. The pungent notes hint at semi-sweet chocolate in the aroma but turn rather bitter in the cup, compromising the continuing agreeable floral character.
Notes
Fancy is the second-highest grade of Kona coffee (Extra Fancy is the highest), with the discrimination based mainly on bean size. Surf City Coffee is a small-batch, primarily wholesale roaster located in the lively community around the University of California at Santa Cruz. Visit
Who Should Drink It
Coffee schizophrenics?
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This review originally appeared in the April, 2006 tasting report: Hawaiian Coffees 2006: Not This Year
