Colombia Inzá Maria Ilma

Maria Ilma's coffee smells delicious from the grinder, mouth watering sweetness brought to mind panela type raw sugars, and fruited hints of baked apple and raisin. The sweetness in the wet aroma smelled of warm honey, very refined and well balanced, with accents of simple syrup, and pear. Roasted to City/City+, the cup sweetness was aromatic, brightly accented by an assemblage of fruit and tea-like top notes. It presented flavor aspects of red honey and simple syrup, tangy lemonade sweetened with panela/brown sugar, and bracing sweet tea. A golden apricot note brought vivid fruited brightness to the mouth-cleansing finish, and a honey note lingered in the aftertaste. This is an excellent example of the clean, complex flavors that can be found in high grown washed (wet process) Colombian coffees. Cup clarity was an aspect we all keyed in on, and a characteristic that was emphasized in subsequent pour-over brews.