2018-07-14 — Ethiopia Limu Kossa Gidhey

Roast Date: 14 Jul 2018
Roast Level: C+
Duration: 11m
First Crack @ 8m40s
Rating: ★★★☆☆
1.2lb → 1.043lb; 13% Weight Loss

Sweet Maria’s

Peach and lime smells are released in the dry fragrance, a dried stone fruit sweetness and with zesty lime peel accents. Gidhey shows layered raw sugar sweetness in the ground coffee and wet aroma, warmed caramel-y smells released in the steam that have elements of caramelizing dark brown sugars, panela, sucanat, and more. City roasts are the most floral, a fresh aroma of gardenia flower coming through in the brewed coffee, along with a clean and sweet impression of simple syrup sweetener. A lemon note lightly graces the cup of light roasts too, providing a solidness in structure to an otherwise rather delicate cup (these light roasts remind me of a delicate Yirga Cheffe). The cooling cup reveals more fruited accents, pomelo tartness, peach tea, along with a sweet flame grape note. The finish is pointed if not short, and muted flavors of vanilla and powdered sugar come through in the finish, and reminds me of biscochitios (often referred to as Mexican wedding cookies). The perfumed qualities of Gidhey show best with light roasting, and I recommend a rather tight roast range of City to City+.

Cupping

Acidity: Bright but not overpowering acidity.

Sweetness: Sweetness mostly during the finish

Mouthfeel: Very thick and oily

Flavor: I taste some of the caramel and lemon flavors and maybe the gardenia, but hard to tell.

Finish: A long finish that has an elegant shadow of the main body of the coffee.

Balance: Good. Will update if it grows on me.