Bolivia Illimani Gesha

This delicate Gesha coffee makes an excellent light roasted brew, where elegant sweetness is accented by aromatic notes of fragrant teas, light floral suggestions, and acidity has a soft citric dimension. The fragrance of the dry grounds showed notes of semi-refined sugars, demerara, with faint fragrance of herbal tea, and dried flowers. The wet aroma was caramel-y sweet and more substantial, like Dulce de Leche caramels, with a malty note, and a light hint of jasmine. Floral Gesha characteristics come through most at City roast level, and make a mild impact on clean, simple-syrup sweetness, enlivened with a brisk note of lemon that informs the acidity. The coffee cools to lightly perfumed hints of jasmine, followed by fresh herbaceous notes of coriander, and green tea. It's important to keep your roast light, City-City+ maximum, or risk obfuscating the delicate aroma with roast tone. I recommend Behmor users try to shorten the overall roast time by trimming their batch size to 200-250 grams, using the hottest heat settings, and cooling with the door open if you can stand it!