Roaster Location: | Fort Bragg, California |
Coffee Origin: | Gakenke growing region, Rwanda. |
Roast Level: | Medium-Light |
Agtron: | 53/76 |
Est. Price: | $16.50/12 ounces |
Review Date: | March 2015 |
Aroma: | 9 |
Acidity: | 8 |
Body: | 8 |
Flavor: | 9 |
Aftertaste: | 8 |
Blind Assessment
Immaculately sweet; lyrical. Peach, honey, lavender and honeysuckle, fresh-cut cedar in aroma and cup. Sweet, high-toned acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Peach, honey and flowers carry into a crisply sweet finish.
Notes
Rwanda’s tremendous potential as fine coffee producer has only come to fruition over the past several years owing to generous support from international aid agencies, the specialty coffee community and the industry of its growers. Made up entirely of the admired Red Bourbon cultivar and certified fair-trade, this lot comes from the Dukunde Kawa Cooperative; this collection of farmers in known as Musasa, after the areas major town. In 2012 Thanksgiving won the SCAA's Sustainability Award for work they’ve done with this cooperative since 2004. One of the country’s pioneering socially and environmentally progressive roasters, Thanksgiving aimed to combine coffee quality with social and environmental responsibility many years before the latter preoccupations became fashionable. Visit www.thanksgivingcoffee.com or call 800-648-6491 for more information.
Who Should Drink It
Those who enjoy a profound natural sweetness in a Fair-Trade-certified coffee. Sweeter and more delicate than a typical good Rwanda.
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This review originally appeared in the March, 2015 tasting report: The Everyday Exceptional: Macro-Lots 2015