Kenya Nyeri Chinga Peaberry

Chinga Peaberry is a wonderfully complex coffee, the flavor and aroma spanning a range from ripe fruits, to smattering of sweet baking spices, and acidity that shines bright. It brews so well, light and bright at City roast, and with a fruited profile that holds up to darker roast levels too. The dry fragrance at City roast level has a scent of bright fruits, like red raspberry, lemon, with notes of spiced fruit punch, dried stone fruit, and molasses. Fragrant notes waft up in the steam from the coffee crust after pouring hot water, and the break lets off aromatic accents of caramel laced with cinnamon, with some lively fruit notes of apricot and peach. Cup flavors are juicy and lively at City and City+ roast levels, bursting with bright citrus notes and clean cane sugar sweetness that helps to balance the cup. As it cools, the fruited profile expands to include notes of tart cranberry and black currant, grabby grapefruit-type citrus, apricot, and complex spice notes of clove and cinnamon in the aroma. Full City roasting will tone down the vibrance a bit, but the cup still skews on the bright side, with flavor accents of plum-mango, and grape jelly resolving to bittersweet chocolate with dried coconut in the aftertaste.