Kenya Kirinyaga Kiamugumo Peaberry

The grinds of my City roast had a mouthwatering scent of ripe apple, plump berry, with aromatic spice notes, and sweet black tea. I terms of aroma, the wet crust pulled out intense fruited sweetness, baked apple tart, pear butter, dark grape, crystalized brown sugar, and a glaze of honey. The cup delivers layers of juicy flavors, syrupy sweet raw sugar notes, and cools to a fairly complex aroma. The acidity has a juicy quality too, like apple or plum, and on the refreshing side rather than tongue-twisting, or citric (we like those too!). At City roast level, I'd characterize the sweetness as being like Golden apple, with a bit of briskness, like the sweet/bright aspects of a Honey Crisp. Moving through the cup, flavors gave off hints of green grape, peach preserves, and a note of black currant. The cup has pleasing tactile appeal to it, and a bit like fruit juice. Our City+ roast developed a bittersweet low tone that hinted at dark chocolate-covered blueberry, though generally leaned more to the fruit/sugar end of the flavor wheel than more roast-oriented notes. I think those would surely come with darker roasting, which we don't recommend.