Description
Tanzania BCT Select Peaberry is sourced from a group of 235 family-owned farms located in the Mbozi district within the Songwe region of Tanzania. Producers harvest and deliver cherry to a centralized processing station where the coffee is depulped, fermented, washed and dried. The aggregate processing stations have been established in the last three years to provide producers with a centrally located processing facility that can process coffee more consistently and ensure better quality, which results in better prices from the international market.
Tasting Notes: Rich and chocolaty, Tanz coffee is always high on our go to list for stronger chocolaty darker roast coffee. At the medium roasts one will see a more gentle cup with good body, a little sweeter edge, hints of acidity and stronger chocolaty spice. Darker roasts get much fuller bodied and bring out the very strong bakers chocolate edge balancing nicely with classic African spice note and complimenting roasty/smoky tones.
Roasting Notes: Medium to dark roasts are preferred and let the cup shine. Light roasts risk a little earthy tone that will blossom into more spicy chocolate factor darker roasted. We found a quicker roast accentuates some of the sweeter tone and crispness which was a good thing.
M Orman (verified owner) –
I have always enjoyed beans that I can roast to create the flavor of a cup of drinking chocolate. I can name a few pricier beans than these that cause a money sweat getting the roast dialed in and then aren’t as tasty as these beans are. I roasted a batch to city+ and it is awesome. AWESOME! I’d recommend you stock up. I did. This can be used as a chocolate note for a blend or as a straight hot cuppa chocolatey goodness. Thank you to my guys at Burmans and the coop that produced this awesome find. Been on the hunt for this and now I have it!
Tim Bowley (verified owner) –
Big fan of Tanzanian coffee, really enjoyed my first batch of this run.
going to try and faster roast nd see how much the flavor changes.
Ed G (verified owner) –
Distinctive and delicious. Roasted to a Full City + brings out nice bakers chocolate, spice and smoke.
Alex (verified owner) –
Such an excellent coffee. It stands with beans at double+ the cost. Nailed it with the first small batch, so probably an easy roasting bean. Midway through first crack, it came out so clean and bright with rich tea notes. Really unexpected. Trying a darker roast next based on the comments above.
Dave P (verified owner) –
This gets five stars from my wife & I. I tend to roast right until the start of second crack.
Michelle Knudsen (verified owner) –
Easy to roast and just love the flavor. I’ve been roasting for 2 years and I finally found a bean I will reorder!
Ron E (verified owner) –
Couple of minutes past first crack and it was a “CHOCOLATE HOME RUN”. Roasted 4 lbs in three batches on my Bullet and will need to get some more
John G Turner (verified owner) –
Bought this to see how it compares with the Ethiopian Harrar. Not disappointed. Roasted to 2nd crack. Very nice cup.
Cassandra Hertz (verified owner) –
Gotta agree with everyone in here, very easy to roast. Must be the small bean size?.. Super smooth, smell better (amazing) than it taste really. Just a bit weak with the flavour, but not too much, im always getting this bean until it gets pricier lol
Catherine Marley (verified owner) –
I am a Yemen coffee addict, and although theis Tanzanian Peaberry lacks some of the body and complexity of the Yemeni that I love, it compensates with the most wonderful dark chocolate – that soothing cup of cocoa you had at bedtime when you were a child, but with that unmistakable coffee flavor as well. And it costs a third of what the Yemeni does. I roast it to a Vienna, high heat upto first crack, then turn down the heat until it reaches that dark red-brown with a satin finish like a pair of italian leather shoes. I am going to order more today. I don’t want to run out of this one!
tpacumio (verified owner) –
I’ve been roasting for about 8 years and just can’t drink any coffee but what we roast. I even take it on vacation. This batch I’ve ordered 3 times now because of the dozens and dozens of different coffee’s I have bought this is my absolute favorite! We go to just the start of 2nd crack and it is a very rich very chocolatey cup. The beans are really sorted nicely and it’s rare I find any I have to pick out. I also haven’t had any nasty cups that can sometimes be had if a bad bean sneaks through. I’m really hoping this comes back again and again.