Kenya Nyeri Mahiga AB

At City roast level, the ground coffee had fruits, dark grape and raisin, along with brown sugar, and malty-sweet accents. The wet aroma had the warmth and sweetness of fruit reductions, like red berries cooked with brown sugar, accented with hints of citrus rind and spice. The fruited elements find a nice supporting sweetness in the brew and bring to mind semi-refined sugars like turbinado and sucanat (sugars that still have some molasses content). Fruit flavors are right up front, bringing tart sweetness with it and a bright acidic impression. Notes of cranberry sauce and black currant juice are overlaid with spice notes of cardamom and mace, filling out the flavor profile as it cools. You get these really complex aromatic notes, like Darjeeling and Orange spice teas, and a fragrant lemongrass aspect adds a pleasantly herbaceous dimension. I don't often recommend Full City roasts for Kenya's, but found Full City roasts of Mahiga to be quite juicy and delicious. It still harnesses lots of positive fruit flavors, like mulled grape and plum, along with notable dark chocolate low tones, and thicker body than my City roast. It still produced a moderate level of fruited acidity too, making it a unique dark roasted coffee.