A Small Lot from the World's Largest Coffee Producer
We recently had winning samples of Brazil's Cup of Excellence competition on the cupping table at our downstate training lab. I couldn't help sneaking in our latest Brazilian arrival, Fazenda Sao Joao, which the Roasting Department announced this week and which just hit shelves.
This was a 'blind' cupping, where the coffees' identities were hidden
beneath their numbers, to avoid bringing any preconceptions to bear on
our palates. I was pleasantly surprised to see that the Sao Joao held
its own and was a favorite around the table, delivering an incredibly
rich flavor profile of roasted peanuts, butter, and cocoa.
I've had Brazil on the mind lately. It is the world's leading producer
of coffee, but has not always been recognized for the quality of its
crops. Your experience with Brazilian coffee is more likely to have
been with diner coffee than at a specialty shop. But precisely because
it pervades the market, the flavors and aromas of a Brazil are almost
always strangely familiar. That makes a high quality Brazil such as the
Sao Joao an extremely approachable coffee, rich and complex but
familiar and satisfying. If you like it, be sure to check out the
overwhelming molten chocolate of our Bourbon Collection from Brazil's Daterra Estate as well.
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