Sampler – 6 Half-Pounds – Burman Coffee Favorites:

Description

Sample some classic coffee flavor profiles from around the world! A half pound each of:

Colombian Premium Huila Gigante – Miraflores Juanito Family – Washed
This coffee stands out for its exceptional quality and cleanliness in every cup. Within its profile, you can discover a range of flavors depending on the roast level. In a light roast, it presents a medium body and reveals an aromatic profile that combines delicate notes of caramel and walnut, intense floral undertones, and vibrant citrus hints of orange. Additionally, its profile is enriched with herbal characteristics and subtle spicy notes, adding complexity and an inviting aroma. Opting for a medium roast enhances its structure while maintaining the purity that defines it. Chocolate notes become more pronounced, complemented by a subtle hint of lemon, while the existing walnut notes remain distinct, even as the coffee cools, ensuring a consistent and balanced experience. This profile also brings out a vibrant acidity that perfectly balances the natural sweetness. For those who prefer a more concentrated flavor profile, a dark roast delivers a robust and bold body, where deep chocolate notes stand out, accompanied by a subtle touch of black tea. It maintains a moderate acidity and exceptional cleanliness, ensuring a refined and full-bodied experience.

Costa Rican SHB EP Dota Tarrazu – Santa Maria – Washed Processed
A very nice co-op production Tarrazu that follows the classic Costa terroir, floral acidity versus nutty and chocolaty tones. Best at medium to dark roasts, a lovely daily drinker. A good balance of flavors that can accommodate anyone’s personal tastes, dependent on roast level. Lighter roasts are brighter, sweeter and more floral, balanced with hints of dryer, nutty undertones. Medium roasts had the best balance, smooth with a slight chocolaty edge and pronounced nuttiness in the aftertaste, just a hint of crispness to the cup. Dark roasts turn fuller bodied and semi-sweet, accentuating the nutty and chocolate tones even more but will lose its floral and crisp sweeter edge…

Ethiopian Guji Natural Org. Gr. 1 – Kayon Mountain Shakiso 
Clean, bright, sweet with a very diverse flavor set. Stone and darker fruit, citrus & floral, and spiced chocolate tones are the main flavors one can see in this cup, either accentuated or muted depending on roast level. Nice jammy body will be seen in the medium to borderline dark roast mark. Very dependent on roast – lighter roasting gives much more of the citrus, red-fruit with just a hint of a spicy chocolaty factor, a much dryer finish. Darker roasts produce much more of a bakers chocolate cup with a hint of a strawberry like fruit note and good sweetness, far less acidic.

Indian Karnataka – Ratnagiri Estate – Pearl Mountain Washed 
A great cup from light to dark. Medium to full bodied with medium to low acidity. Lighter roasts are sweet and have a little fruitiness as the cup cools, hints of citric that will pull some balance with a nutty/caramel/spice like darker tone. Some crisp acidity at the light to medium roast points Medium roasts are a bit fuller bodied and smoother: cuts out the citric tones. A bit more spice noticeable in the cup making its Indian roots more apparent. Dark roasts are much bolder and pronounce the spice and chocolate tones, tasting a bit more like the Mysore Nuggets.

Kenya Premium Nyeri – Othaya Ichamama – AA Top Lot
This was one of my favorite destinations on my recent Kenya trip. The Othaya FCS (farmer co-op society) was second to none. One of the few farmer co-ops that owned and operated their own dry mill. Most of the dry mills were owned by large foreign agriculture companies. Way cool to see 100% locally owned and operated Kenyan coffee competing with the crazy large foreign agricultural companies.  A real feel good operation. Ichamama is the local wet-mill the coffee cherries came from, wonderful super caring folks. Coffee in their blood. The Red Cherry program of which these beans come from is the best of the best from Ichamama. A Nyeri AA with a strong cooperative background: 781 small producers deliver their cherries to the Ichamama factory in Othaya, at 1,740m, on volcanic loam soils. A fully washed cherry is meticulously hand-selected upon receipt, pulping at the end of the harvest, 24-hour water fermentation, and rinsing.

Papua New Guinea – Carpenter Estates – Sigri – Kula Peaberry

2nd batch of the season, super fresh top notch tastes but a higher price, this lot was purchased in the current super high market with new import costs.Silky smooth and clean tasting, fuller bodied with a creamy mouthfeel. Lower acidity chocolaty cup with a sweet edge. We liked it best from a medium to dark roast, but with a little longer setup, light roast fans can find joy with these beans. Definitely a chocolaty cup profile with some cool nutty and herbal/spice accents. If you roast before 2nd crack, which is preferred, one can balance in some melon and fruit acidity into the mix which is a big plus to the depth of flavor. Cup starts sweet at lighter roasts but will turn semi-sweet as you pushing into medium or dark roasts.