Roaster Location: | Madison, Wisconsin |
Coffee Origin: | Central Kenya. |
Roast Level: | Medium |
Agtron: | 53/65 |
Est. Price: | $15.99/12 ounces |
Review Date: | July 2013 |
Aroma: | 10 |
Acidity: | 9 |
Body: | 8 |
Flavor: | 9 |
Aftertaste: | 9 |
Blind Assessment
Crisply juicy, precious. Sweet ripe lemon, blackberry, black currant, roasted cacao nib in aroma and cup. Luxurious, lively acidity; silky mouthfeel. Flavor consolidates but maintains complexity and intensity in a long, rich finish.
Notes
Despite grower discontent and urban encroachment on prime coffee lands, Kenya continues to produce some of the world's most elegant and distinctive coffees. This sample consists entirely of peaberries, a kind of bean that results when the coffee fruit develops only a single, oval bean rather than the usual pair of flat-sided beans. Peaberries produce a somewhat different (often better) cup than normal beans from the same crop, from which they may or may not be separated during grading. JBC Coffee Roasters (formerly Johnson Brothers Coffee Roasters) is a distinguished small-batch roasting company. Visit www.jbccoffeeroasters.com or call 608-256-5282 for more information.
Who Should Drink It
One of the most quintessentially classic Kenyas we have cupped in a long time. If any coffee merits the term elegant this one does.
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