Roaster Location: | Santa Monica, California |
Coffee Origin: | Gakenke District, northern Rwanda. |
Roast Level: | Medium |
Agtron: | 48/61 |
Est. Price: | $18.00/12 ounces |
Review Date: | April 2015 |
Aroma: | 8 |
Acidity: | 8 |
Body: | 9 |
Flavor: | 9 |
Aftertaste: | 7 |
Blind Assessment
Round, resonant. Dark chocolate, gently roasty oak, juicy blackberry, a hint of orange in aroma and cup. Crisp, roast-rounded acidity; full, syrupy mouthfeel. Blackberry, chocolate and oak carry into a rich though drying finish.
Notes
Produced entirely from trees of local strains of the heirloom Bourbon variety of Arabica. Caffè Luxxe is an Italian-inflected artisan roaster and retailer that emphasizes both its coffee knowledge and precision and its straightforward lack of pretension. Visit www.caffeluxxe.com or call 310-394-2222 for more information.
Who Should Drink It
A discreet and understated edge-of-dark roast develops the chocolate and berryish fruit in this juicy Rwanda.
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