Nicaragua Buenos Aires Maracaturra

I enjoy this coffee most at City-City+, which goes for most Maracaturras, really. Sure, the sweetness is more developed a shade darker, but I find that it's pretty easy to round off top notes with too much roast. At City, the brew has characteristics that are tea-like, and delicate, refined sweetness, and aromatic hints. The dry fragrance has a smell of marzipan, along with black tea and honey accents, and a spritz of citrus. The wet aroma shows strength in sweetness, honey smells come up in volume, and light herbal hints are quietly present. The cup profile has a light and airy quality, soft in sweetness, and relatively complex considering region. There's a nice base sweetness that works to pull together hints of English Breakfast black tea, and orange zest. The sweetness reminds me of semi-refined sugars (like "Sucanat") fading to bittersweet flavor of burnt sugar candies in the finish. Internal roast development can be difficult to achieve with Maracaturras because of the large screen size. For a light City roast, try roasting try pulling as soon as the rolling snaps come to a close. A few latent snaps are fine. Pull too early, and you might taste a little grassiness in the profile from internal underdevelopment. There's a fine line between too light and too dark, but I think this coffee is well worth the risk! City+ roasts are also delicious, but any darker will yield a cup focused around sweetness/bittersweetness, rather than the higher toned complexity found at light levels.