Description
15/16 refers to the bean size and would be considered average size. Just a tad smaller than our normal 17/18 lots. This is a tasty find, these slightly smaller screens tend to be a little sweeter than the strictly large beans.
This is a Fine Cup (FC) and Strictly Soft (SS), the highest cup category in the Brazilian coffee grading.
As the world’s largest coffee producer, Brazilian lots often come from larger estates that use highly mechanized processing strategies to manage larger volumes. The Mogiana region, split between the states of São Paulo and Minas Gerais, is the most renowned of three major Brazilian growing regions. This region has rolling hills and uneven terrain lending to farms that are small to medium in size.
Tasting Notes: A nice traditional Brazil cup. Neutral and smooth with pretty low acidity and pleasant nutty chocolaty factor. Lighter roasts will have a hint of acidity but be pretty dry in its tones. Medium roasts and beyond are where it shined. Drops most of the acidity and turn a bit fuller bodied with a more traditional nutty and chocolaty tone. Darker roasts get much bolder and thicker with smoky dark chocolate notes with some nuttiness coming through in the aftertaste.
Roasting Notes: We would avoid super light roasting – the beans will come off a little underdeveloped tasting. About half way between first and second crack; a nice medium roast, is a very balanced and defined cup of coffee. Ideally nailing the roast just before to touching second crack will provide the desired results with being tasty and fairly neutral toned.
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