The DCTC welcomed 12 cuppers this morning (including one Dynamite Durhamite!)
We got off to a very savory start with this coffee: Tomato (minestrone), savory (cheese?), yeasty, bready, cooked greens, and then we moved into some sweetness and fruitiness in the aromas: Black cherry, orangex3, dried apricot, cherry pie, lemons, floral, and perfume. The break was chocolaty and sweet with a smooth, balanced aroma. Also some clean linens, earth, walnuts, and some smoked wood.
We picked up some nice brightness that was like an overripe orange and med-low like a sweet lemon. We tasted the typical nutty (toasted nuts), Sweet (buttery caramel), and earthy (dirt-topsoil) with some surprising notes of fruits (cherry pie, orange citrus), Herbs (spicy, rosemary, hibiscus, herbal lemon tea), and rounded it out with that yummy savory-veggie (green beans sauteed in butter). The body was quick, light, med-smooth, and satisfying. It had a nice clean aftertaste that was silky and dissipated nicely.
favorites 4.5
Fragrance: mustard, bananas, caramel, tangy, walking in the woods, depth of fragrance
Aromas: beans, grapes, lemons, wine, cherry pie, earthy, citrus, lemon
Break: post bleach cleansed, warm sugar, lemon vanilla
Brightness: med med high, brightest on table, brighter as cooled, punched in face
Flavor: disappointing (expected more based on fragrance and aroma), V8, sweet in beginning, no fullness, too quick, balanced, refreshing (savory), lemonade, bright, lingered, citrus, nutty, tea, melon, orange, peachy
Body –watery, light, heavier than first, medium
Aftertaste: clean, toasty, molasses, spiciness, more about the aftertaste
3.5 favorites
This coffee began with heavy savory fragrances of grilled veggies and smoked meats. We found a lot of Dark chocolate with some surprising floral and lavender aromas. One cupper described the break of this coffee as being “high up in the mountains.”
The brightness was low, but not as low as we all expected–it had a nice subtle tingle. We experienced nice flavors like pungent blue cheese and dark chocolate mixed with oak and toffee. We all thought the body was milky and heavy and coated the tongue–it was likened to the body of a good Irish stout. We were left with the lingering aftertastes of evergreen and smoked tea.
3 favorites.
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