Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Boqette - Carmen (Panama SHB)

The name "Boqette" is very fitting from this Panamanian bean. While roasting the floral perfume fragrance is very noticeable and when this coffee is brewed the house smells of its aroma.

The flavor is rich and satisfying without the least trace of bitter. Even as this cup cools the flavor is stable and always pleasurable.

It was a very fast transition between the 1st and 2nd cracks so I had to be very careful not to over-roast these beans.

Cepicafe - Peru

This is an organic Peruvian coffee. It has been quite a few weeks since I last sampled it but what was noteworthy was that the flavor in this bean required that it be roasted well into the 2nd crack. If it was not French Roasted then the flavor was not pleasant, but after it had been roasted to very-dark the flavor was indeed good.