Friday, March 12th, 2010

OK, for my next coffee review, I am coming closer to home, to Indonesia.  More specifically, I am talking about a coffee from the Island of Sulawesi, the nearest Indonesian Island to my home in Mindanao, Philippines.  As a matter of fact, when I used to live in General Santos City, we could even receive [...]

The next bean that I will feature is a North American coffee bean from Mexico (yes, Central America is geographically part of North America).  The bean I am talking about is Mexico SGH Organic Natural Terruno Nayorita.  Yeah, it’s a long name, but it’s also a tasty bean!
Again, with this bean, I roasted them to [...]

OK, one of the coffees that I have promised a review of is Kenya AA Eegads Estate.  This coffee came, obviously from Kenya.  I roasted this coffee to what is called a “Full City+” roast.  This is a fairly dark roast, especially for me, as I tend to prefer a lighter roast on my coffee.
When [...]

OK, the other day, I promised to share my cupping impressions on the variety of coffees that I recently received.  So, I’ll start doing that today.
Let’s start with…
Rwanda Cup of Excellence #18 – Nkundiye Innocent – Bufcoffee Nyarusiza
For the purposes of the article, from here on out, I will simply call this coffee Rwanda CoE [...]

As I told you in my last article, last week the mailman presented me with a wonderful bounty of four different varieties of coffee beans.  The beans arrived on Wednesday last week, and I roasted just after they arrived.  Now the work begins.
Work?  Yes, work.  remember, I have to drink the stuff now!  I mean, [...]

Last week, I received my first Brazilian Coffee Beans, and roasted them.  Today, I gave them my first tasting.
Delicious!
I can detect a smoothness to the flavor and a fruity taste as well.  I would classify this as a slight cherry flavor, with an aftertaste of nuttiness.  A definite winner in my book.
Now I am debating [...]