Simon Hsieh's Aroma Roast Coffees
Natural Brazil “Hat Magic” Phoenix Special
Location: Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Origin: Minas Gerais, Brazil
Roast: Medium
Est. Price: NT $1000/16 ounces
Review Date: December 2016
Agtron: 46/60
Aroma: 9
Body: 9
Flavor: 9
Aftertaste: 8
With Milk: 8
Blind Assessment:
Evaluated as espresso. Rich, deep, roundly spicy. A particularly aromatic cedar plus caramel, almond butter, peach, rose-like flowers in aroma and small cup. Full, velvety mouthfeel. Flavor consolidates around a cedar-toned chocolate in a resonant finish. Crisp and delicate in three parts milk: continued cedar and chocolate.
Notes:
A classic example of a fine Brazil 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. In addition to his retail roasting operation, Aroma Roast Coffees, Simon Hsieh also operates Soaring Phoenix Trading, a business focused on purpose-built commercial espresso blends and high quality single-origin coffees. Visit www.facebook.com/4ArtsZeroDefectCoffees or call 886-0983-749876 for more information.
The Bottom Line: A particularly deep, balanced straight shot, accessible, satisfying, resonant.