Portola Coffee Roasters
Ardi Sidama Ethiopia
ORIGIN: Sidama, Ethiopia
VARIETAL: Ethiopian Heirloom
PROCESS: Dry/Natural
ROAST: Medium
BREW METHOD: Moka Pot
WEBSITE: portolacoffee.com
Mineral earthy aroma, tick brackish. Sits greezy dense matte in the cup, bit of a burgundy under-hue. Tastes of black peppery hardwood laid out & under a blackberry forward smorgasbord. Raspberry, strawberry behind that. Cocoa powder comes in on the slurp; stays to the finish. Meets the smorgasbord there on long lush legs. A sorta knock is the profile is narrow... compressed
... sits with its legs crossed high, not man-spread. Acidic vrrry brrry first but balanced well by woodsy cocoa bitterness & sweet earthiness. There's a neat spiciness, too... a thin and separate cayenne as the cup cools. Becomes somewhat black tea astringent. Quite fucking complex & deeply nuanced for all its acidic leanings. Full & well-rounded. Excellent focus & structure. Yum.
FINAL GRADE: A-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
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