Mocca Matari - 2

Yemen

I roasted 2 oz of this bean (yielding 1.75 oz of grounds) to a Full-City+. This is the first bean that I noticed a BIG difference between the lighter City roast and the darker Full-City roast.

Although the aroma was still a pleasing chocolate pudding smell the flavor lost a lot with the darker roast. This bean has lots and lots of character (especially chocolate) but it was not readily apparent with this roast. The coffee was good (as far as plain black coffee goes) but any attempt to quantify the attributes was frustrating because they were not present.

This bean demands the lighter City roast in order to be fully experienced.