(08/11/10)
I posted about this last week in the GuatemalaGuatemalan coffee is considered a top quality coffee producer in Central America. Due to our proximity to Guatemala, some of the nicest coffees from this origin come to... ...more FincaSpanish 101: Finca is the Spanish word for farm. Sometimes the term Hacienda is used to imply an Estate, which would mean the farm has its own wet-mill.... ...more El Tambor comments section, but wanted to put it here for a wider audience. We pulled some amazing SO espressoShort for Single Origin espresso, meaning using one origin specific coffee to make espresso, as opposed to using a blended coffee. ...more shots of this coffee. Very soft and creamyCreamy is a mouthfeel description indicating thickness and soft, rounded texture. See also buttery. ...more in the front of the shot followed by bright stone fruit and gingerbread finishSimilar to aftertaste, but it refers to the impression as the coffee leaves the palate. Aftertaste is the sensations gathered after the coffee has left the mouth. We... ...more. There is nothing sharp or biting in this shot at all, so maybe it might get lost in milk, but as a stand alone shot it is incredibly sweet. Whenever I’ve brewed this coffee in the clever or aeropressA portable coffee brewer that makes a unique dense brew, somewhat similar to an Americano.: The Aeropress looks like a giant syringe: coffee grounds are in the bottom,... ...more or whatever I’ve always found it to be sweet, but always found there to be a certain cloudiness to the front of the coffee, the bodyAssociated with and sensed by mouthfeel, body is sense of weight and thickness of the brew, caused by the percentage of soluble solids in the cup, including all... ...more obscuring the fruit notes and whatnot until the finish. This cloudiness or obscurity really translates into a lovely composition in the espressoA small coffee beverage, about 20 ml, prepared on an espresso machine where pressurized hot water extracted through compressed coffee.: In its most stripped-down, basic form, this is... ...more preparationPreparation refers to the dry-milling steps of preparing coffee for export: hulling, grading, classifying, sorting.: Preparation refers to the dry-milling steps of preparing coffee for export: hulling, grading,... ...more.
give it go.