Nicaragua Buenos Aires Java

The long, pointed shape of the Java coffee bean isn't all that's unique about this cultivar. They're prized for often showing delicate cup flavors, sometimes citric, and tea-like. This lot  brings some of these elements together with balanced core coffee flavors when roasted light-to-medium, proffering a subtle bouquet of flavor notes in the cup that accent some base sweet characteristics. I recommend shooting for City-City+ roast level to start so as to develop a pleasant level of sweetness, while retaining complex hints, and zesty brightness. The coffee produces sweet smells of caramel and barley malt syrup, with hints of yellow tea, and cocoa. Light roasts pull out caramel and raw sugar sweets in the brew, with hints of long steeped black tea, and high toned accents of candied lemon, with some grabby zested citrus peel. The finish is sweet, and conveys notes of caramel and chocolate malted grains. There's a fine line between City+ and Full City, and crossing it will round off the subtle aspects this coffee has to offer. But what you'll get in return are dark chocolate bittersweetness, and body, enticing in their own right if that's what you're after.