Colombia Dos Productores Chiroso Variety

The Chiroso variety is a uniquely aromatic coffee, making it such an interesting coffee for Colombia (or anywhere for that matter!). The patient drinker will be rewarded, as the cooling cup reveals a subtly complex profile of layered sweetness, and aromatic top notes. The ground coffee of light roasts has raw sugar scents like panela, honey, with fragrant notes of black tea, dried flowers, and spice. The sweetness is focused in the wet aroma, with more intense raw panela sugar smell that is accented by a note of sweetened black tea with lemon. From the first sips of the hot coffee sweetness anchors the cup, unfolding to notes of dark caramel, aromatic sugars, and honey as it cools. There's a tangy tea note of red rooibos, as well as some chamomile flower, and Earl Grey, that add a floral impression to the profile. Acidity has the briskness of black tea, with some zested orange at the lighter end of the roast spectrum, and the finish is mouth cleansing. I picked up on hints of spice too, that with the sweet undercurrent, brought out a profile of cinnamon roll. Keep this coffee to the lighter end of the roast spectrum in order to highlight acidity and the more delicate aromatics.