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Pele Plantations

Brocksen Gate Estate Kona, Pele Roast

Roaster Location: Honaunau, Hawaii
Coffee Origin: Kona growing region, Big Island of Hawaii, Hawaii
Roast Level: Medium-Dark
Agtron: 44/51
Review Date: February 2002
Aroma: 9
Acidity: 8
Body: 8
Flavor: 9

Blind Assessment

A purists cup: big, authoritative, powerfully but sweetly acidy, complete. The roast rounds the dry fruit tones toward chocolate but leaves the robustly rich acidity intact.

Notes

Brocksen Gate won the Gevalia Kona Coffee Cupping Contest in 1998 and was a finalist in 1999. The small farm is transitional organic, meaning it follows organic growing procedures, but has not done so long enough to receive full organic certification. Pele Plantations offers several boutique Kona estate coffees by mail, all roasted to customers preferences on a small Sivitz air roaster. Pele roast is a proprietary name for a medium-dark roast typically called Vienna or full-city. Visit www.peleplantations.com or call1-800-366-0487 for more info.

Who Should Drink It

Those who can handle the cabernet-like richness and acidy power of a classic pre-robusta American cup.

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This review originally appeared in the February, 2002 tasting report: Konas and Other Hawaiis

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