Colombia Buesaco Don Nectario

This lot from Don Nectario has unique stone fruit and sweet spice characteristics that make it one of the more complex Colombian coffees from our latest container. The dry fragrance has dried stone fruit and orange peel smells in the dry fragrance, along with a dark sugar a baking spice blend. The wet aroma has a peach jam smell at City, that as you run your spoon through the wetted crust, releases wafts of orange marmalade, and a subtle clove spice note in the steam. Getting into cup notes, I'm going to lead with "nectarine" as a descriptor, and I swear it has nothing to do with his name! Tasting this coffee, we all had that as a cupping characteristic, and while maybe you wouldn't land on nectarine in particular, I think you'd be hard pressed to not find some aspect of stone fruit in light roasts. First the flavors come off like dried fruit, nectarine and peach, as well as a dried mango note. As the cup cools, elements of fresh fruit come up as well, like a flavor of really ripe peach that also accurately describes the perceived acidity, as well as a pulpy orange juice accent. My dark roast was a little too dark in my opinion (38 degrees F of development beyond first snap), and the bittering roast tones touched on ashy. Still, fruited sweetness prevailed after the cup cooled down a bit, and while maybe not for me, there were a lot of complex flavor notes to offer the dark roast enthusiast.