'Hambela'
Origin: Ethiopia Process: Natural
Roaster: Rex Roasting Co.
Cupping Evaluation
Cupping Details
The aroma is intense with sweet fruit, blackberry, and dark chocolate. Body is full and rich, covering the palate in an almost sticky manner. This coffee has acidity to spare, with juicy white grape, raspberry, and meyer lemon punching through the cup. Sweetness is high in quality and intensity, with candy-like fruit sugars and milk chocolate helping round out the acids. A tinge of bitter and resin on the back of the palate counters the other elements well. This coffee finishes sticky with the strong fruit notes fading to a lightly earthy and chocolate linger.
- Aroma: 1.5 / 2
- Body: 2.5 / 3
- Aftertaste: 4 / 5
- Acidity: 4 / 5 [x 2]
- Sweetness: 4.5 / 5 [x 2]
- Bitterness: 4 / [x 2]
- Drinkability: 7.5 / 10
- Total: 40.5 / 50
Brewing Evaluation
Brewing Details
As a brew this coffee shows an enticing fruity aroma, and we were happy to sip away. On the tongue, it feels juicy, full, and round. The flavor is intense in the acidity, at times coming across tart and zippy. It's like sipping on a big basket of every berry imaginable. That berry-like reminiscence carries through the whole experience, and you might think you are drinking fruit juice rather than coffee. There is almost no bitterness, which we find pleasant. This is a straight forward coffee, which leaves little room for subtle complexities.
In three words - Fruity, Tart, & Juicy.
- Aroma: 1.5 / 2
- Body: 2.5 / 3
- Aftertaste: 4 / 5
- Acidity: 4 / 5 [x 2]
- Sweetness: 4.5 / 5 [x 2]
- Bitterness: 4 / 5 [x 2]
- Drinkability: 7.5 / 10
- Total: 40.5 / 50
Roast Rating: 4.5 stars
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Roaster Profile
Rex Roasting Co.
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Categories: Coffee Ratings. Origins: Ethiopia. Flavors: Meyer Lemon, Milk Chocolate, Raspberry, and White Grape. Brew Descriptors: Fruity, Juicy, and Tart. Roasters: Rex Roasting Co..
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