India Balmadi Estate Peaberry

I often find myself drawing comparisons between coffees from different origins. For example, when cup testing this Indian coffee, I kept thinking to myself that the profile had a lot in common with coffees we buy from parts of Central America, like Nicaragua and El Salvador. Bittersweet flavors are well-balanced at a wide range of roasts, making it very useful in a lot of different brew methods. The fragrance of the dry grounds had low-toned bittersweetness at City+ and Full City, accented by savory hints of roasted nuts, and grains. The wet aroma was moderately sweet and had 'toasted' accents, like caramel-peanut brittle bar. The cup has layered bittersweet flavors that start off like dark chocolate, and peel back to reveal notes of chocolate granola, and some bitter baking cocoa in the aftertaste. My City+ roast had mild brown sugar and caramel notes, accented by hints of toasted barley, puffed rice cereal, and pecan. My Full City roast started to tip the scale in the direction of bittering chocolate, and I can see this being a good starting point for espresso.