Coffees of
Colombia
Frequent readers of this blog already spotted the name of a guy called Jeff before, mostly by his nick name Jazzy Jeff. He's one of Antwerps most fanatic coffee aficionado's and thanks God a good Caffenation client.Yesterday i was happy to receive a big bag of HasBean roasts from the Fed Ex man. But the package JJ brought along was impressive as well.
Two bags from George Howell Terroir Coffee Company.
Let's go for some cupping :
Cup of Excellence Colombia El Descanso (Huila region).
Smell : Liquorice, lemon, chicory
Mouthfeel : Almost non apparent body. You directly notice this one is all about light fruit tastes.
Acidity : Fruit explosion. Citrus, mandarin, a bit of berries. Thanks to the (medium) Full Flavor Roasting.
Flavor : Very well binding of the sweet, sour and bitter.
Aftertaste : This was the most impressive part. Very clean and cooling down we were drinking the cup and it tasted like coffee lemon tea with a touch of honey. Great.
Question mark!
On my research for more information about the bean i don't see anything on the COE website.
???
Due to a lack of time, we haven't been to the espresso stage yet, but it's hard to see this coffee and the way it's roasted on espresso. I understand while roasting high, lots of the aroma's vanish in the air, but on their website it sounds as no problem at all to pull good espresso shots. We'll see.
Last June we were drinking from the same region the San Augustin. Then this one was five times better. But once we had the Colombia Medellin for one third of the price of this El Descanso, and with almost the same quality.
To be continued...
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3 comments:
Robert,
Your description pretty much nails it. All fruit, no body, no midtone, etc... Pretty much all about the acidity even if it sacrifices aroma and sweetness.
I don't enjoy the lemon all the time in all my coffee but that's personal taste. I will be intereseted to hear your results for espresso. They talk about doing the shots at 13g 194F @ 2oz also as if that is very easy too.
BTW, you said two bags, didn't you?
Jaime,
Thanks for the reply.
Jazzy Jeff saw this and brought his bag back to Caffenation today.
We pulled a couple shots. Not to our liking.
Way too sour.
I know lots of people like Colombia for their lemon, but i can't see who's going to like this one...
Beter pull a good shot and add some lemon or/and lemon zest.
I had a COE Nicaragua a while ago and that one was very disappointing as well. A while ago it was a dream to start drinking all these price winners (not one company in Belgium buys them), but those days are over after 3 failures on 3. Maybe i have to buy some from Steve (HasBean).
Second bag is a Brazil Petra ....
Meanwhile we cracked our first bag from HasBean.
A Guatemala San Fransisco Tecuamburro (cool name!). Oh my god this is fantastic. Soon a review.
Robert,
Great coffees are wasted if the roast is not getting the most or at least something approachable. What's worse is inherent inconsistency from a roaster asking you to pay these high prices.
At least once a week I am tempted to write a post about how we (in North America) have access to so much great coffee, build so much hype and generate a buzz, and then consistently fail to deliver.
Lemon brazil, lemon colombia, lemon kenya, lemon Yirg, lemony espresso! Too much acid, I just got burnt out with that.
I once sampled some roasts from Robert Thoreson's Kaffa in oslo and that was an excellent light roasted espresso at the time. Haven't had it recently but there are absolutely no american roasters doing that style light roast though.
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