Blind Assessment

Delicately rich, savory-sweet. Orange, baker’s chocolate, hazelnut, hints of musk and oregano in aroma and cup. Gently crisp acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Flavor consolidates around orange and musk in a balanced, resonant finish.

Notes

“Elephant bean” is loosely used to describe any coffee with super-large beans. In this case the coffee is a Maracaturra, a relatively recently developed cross between the huge-beaned Maragogipe and the compact-growing Caturra varieties of Arabica. This is a dry-processed or “natural” coffee, meaning the beans were dried inside the fruit rather than after the fruit has been removed, as is the case with wet-processed or “washed” coffees. Produced on Un Regalo de Dios, an award-winning farm operated by Luis Alberto. Giv COFFEE is dedicated to three goals: to provide quality coffee, to provide a fair price to farmers, and to give back to those in need. Giv COFFEE donates two dollars of every retail bag sold. Visit www.givcoffee.com or call 860-874-5301 for more information.

Who Should Drink It

Those aficionados interested in sampling a particularly fine version of the huge-beaned Maracaturra.

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