2017-12-09 — Colombia Nariño Rio Juanambú

Roast Date: 9 Dec 2017
Duration: 12m5s
First Crack @ 9m11s
Rating: ★★★☆☆
1.2lb → 0.996lb; 17% Weight Loss

Sweet Maria’s

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The dry fragrance of Juanambú has a butter toffee nut smell to it, City and City+ roasts offer caramel/toffee overtones, with roasted almond and black walnut smells underneath. The level of sweetness is prominent in the wet aroma, a scent of fresh baked cinnamon rolls with white icing, and a strong note of caramelizing sugars. The cup has raw sugar sweetness that comes off in layers; dark brown sugar, vanilla caramels, malt syrup, and honeyed hints. At City there is a lemon vibrance that intensifies as the cup cools, tart, and tea-like, and subtle fruited notes of golden raisin and date pieces pop up. The finish is sweet in the short run, shifting to a long bittersweet end. This bittersweetness is more dominant in Full City roasts, but the sweet side of this equation is really hard to beat, let alone eclipse. I loved the brightness and fruit notes captured in our light roasts, but this is also a great option for those looking for coffees suited for 2nd snaps. Juanambú is made up of really dense beans (as a result of cultivar and altitude) that can handle high heat without issue.

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Roast Notes

Four minutes of preheating the bucket again. Significant weight loss and much faster than last time.

Cupping

Acidity: Acidic bite right at the beginning. Hard to pull it apart from “Colombian”-flavored.

Sweetness: I am not at this time detecting any sweetness.

Mouthfeel: Surprisingly oily.

Flavor: This has a weird coppery flavor. Like stewed fruit with blood or something.

Finish: Incredibly light finish given how powerful the main flavor is.

Balance: I would call this a success. It’s still the weakest coffee of the lot, but after changing up the roast a bit I do think I enjoy this rendition.