Greenwell Farms
Estate-Grown Mamo
Roaster Location: | Kealakekua, Hawai'i |
Coffee Origin: | Kealakekua, Kona growing district, Big Island of Hawai'i |
Roast Level: | Medium |
Agtron: | 52/68 |
Est. Price: | $75.00/12 ounces |
Review Date: | May 2019 |
Aroma: | 8 |
Acidity/Structure: | 8 |
Body: | 8 |
Flavor: | 9 |
Aftertaste: | 7 |
Blind Assessment
Sweet-savory, richly wood-framed. Date, spice box, fresh-cut fir, cocoa powder, rhododendron in aroma and cup. Sweetly savory in structure with round, gentle acidity; crisp, satiny mouthfeel. The finish is characterized by dried fruit and mixed baking spices animating fresh-cut aromatic wood.
Notes
This coffee earned the fourth-highest rating in a cupping of Hawai’i-grown coffees for Coffee Review’s May 2019 tasting report. Mamo is a big-beaned hybrid of the rare Maragogipe and Mokka varieties of Arabica, developed over the last 20 years in Kona on the Big Island of Hawai’i under the leadership of Hawai’i-based scientist Chifumi Nagai. Greenwell Farms is one of the oldest coffee farms and mills in Kona, still owned and operated on a daily basis by Tom Greenwell, a direct descendent of the founders. Greenwell Estate Private Reserve designates coffee grown on the Greenwell farm itself. Other Greenwell coffees are milled by Greenwell but grown on a variety of other Kona farms. Visit www.greenwellfarms.com or call 1-888-592-5662 for more info.
Bottom Line
An opportunity to taste one of the world’s rarest coffees, a hybrid that exemplifies the persistence and ingenuity of coffee scientists.
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This review originally appeared in the May, 2019 tasting report: Hawai'i: A New Wave of Coffee Innovation