Colombia La Galunga Don Jose

The sweetness smelled in the dry grounds is enticing, sugar browning and caramelized sweetness from City to Full City, and sticky, dry fruited accents really draw you in. This caramelized sweetness expands after adding hot water, and a smell of brown sugar and butter is let off in the steaming coffee crust, along with a sponge cake flavor that reminds me of coffee cake. While fruited accents are less central in the wet aroma, they make a triumphant return in the cup, and offer a nice counterpoint to dense honeyed sweetness. City and City+ roasts have berry and dried fruit hints, red raisin, and a merlot-like accent. Fruited accent notes are underscored by a flavor of raw honey in the front end, that fades to pectin sweetness in the aftertaste, along with a slight bittersweetness of caramelized sugar, and subtle spiced finish. This coffee has a pleasant level of acidity too that is reminiscent of fresh blueberries, just enough to provide a mouth cleansing effect in the finish. My Full City roast was fantastic brewed as well, dark fruit flavors perhaps even more at the forefront, juxtaposing delicious bittersweet chocolate flavors, and with a lavender hint in the finish. Given the high level of sweetness and bittersweet chocolate flavors harnessed by my Full City roast, I had to try espresso. Running 15 grams through my Flair, I was rewarded with a super creamy shot loaded with dark chocolate up front, a tangy citrus note cutting through it, and fading to a subtle berry flavor note in the finish.