| Hawaii Koa Kona - "Baba's Beans" XF | |||||||
| Country: | Hawaii, USA | Grade: | XF Certified | Region: | Captain Cook, Kona | Mark: | Koa Plantation "Baba's Beans" HI Cert 235005 |
| Processing: | Wet-processed | Crop: | 2003 | Appearance: | .2 d/300gr, 18+ Screen | Varietal: | Hawaii Typica |
| Dry Fragrance (1-5) | 3.5 | Notes: We sort of stumbled into this Kona offering late in the season. I didn't really think that I could come up with a lot of Kona from this year's #1 winning farm in the Kona Coffee Competition, and wasn't really trying to find it. But somebody called somebody, and somebody who had the contract to buy it couldn't, and somebody called me and I got a sample and cupped it, and Voila! here it is! Sometimes in the coffee trade, dumb luck prevails. Koa Plantation is the Artukovich family farm, at 2,500 feet near the small town of Captain Cook, on the slopes of Mauna Loa volcano, on the Big Island. The farm is unique because they process all their own coffee from start to finish, and have a unique, ecologically efficient wet -processing coffee system. It's also notable that they store all their parchment coffee in a climate-controlled warehouse until it is ready to dry-mill, and ship. The thing that impresses me most about this cup is the outstanding body. It's really quite intense, and after a proper resting (48 hours) it really comes out. It has that soft, sweet "island taste profile", and despite my skepticism about all our customers who use their pricey Kona in espresso, I must say this makes an awesome shot! I kept the roast at a City + for cupping, and enjoyed the soft nuttiness in the cup, and maple syrup undertones. But taking it a bit darker to a few snaps into second, the milk-chocolate qualities in the cup really emerged, along with a mild black licorice flavor, and gave the taste profile a little more liveliness. Here's a little more information about the Koa coffee and the press release from the Kona Coffee Competition. | |||||
| Wet Aroma (1-5) | 3.6 | ||||||
| Brightness - Acidity (1-10) | 8.3 | ||||||
| Flavor - Depth (1-10) | 8.7 | ||||||
| Body - Movement (1-5) | 4 | ||||||
| Finish - Aftertaste (1-10) | 8.5 | ||||||
| Cupper's Correction (1-5) | 0 | Roast: See above : City + is fine but the chocolate and licorice notes at Full City+ are best. | |||||
| Add 50 | 50 | Compare to: Great, high grown, small-farm Hawaiian Konas, with exceptional body. | |||||
| Score (Max. 100) | 86.6 | ||||||
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