2018-06-25 — El Salvador Matalapa Tablon Calagual

Roast Date: 25 Jun 2018
Roast Level: FC
Duration: 12m
First Crack @ 9m29s
Rating: ★★★★☆
1.2lb → 1.023lb; 15% Weight Loss

Sweet Maria’s

This Matalapa lot is an approachable cup, balanced core coffee flavors, and infinitely drinkable. The dry fragrance from the ground coffee has hazelnuts and honey granola scents, while the wet aromatics give a more volatile aromatic emphasis to the dry fragrance, praline, almonds and a hint of dried fruit. The cup flavors add to this a unique green tea accent at City+ roast, with the cup dominated by layered caramel and nutty roast tones, and a twist of orange rind in the finish. Body is moderate at this level, and at Full City seems much more dense and opaque, as do the accompanying bittersweet cocoa roast tones. It has mild acidity, and at City+ finds balance between brightness, flavor and body. Finca Matalapa makes for a classic-toned SO espresso at Full City roast, heavy cocoa roast flavor is accented by an orange zest note, and followed by creamy macadamia nut in the aftertaste.

Roast Notes

Didn’t prewarm the roasting bowl as much as I normally do.

Cupping

Acidity: Very low key acidity. Not especially bright or dark.

Sweetness: Just a touch of sweetness on the back of my tongue.

Mouthfeel: The slightest bit oily.

Flavor: I taste all of the green tea, nutty, and dried fruit flavors.

Finish: The fruit notes of dark chocolate come out in the finish. Pleasant.

Balance: Good. Not as straightforward as most Salvadoran coffees, but also probably better than most Salvadoran coffees!