Beloya Selection One received Coffee Review's highest rating ever - 97 points when it was roasted by an American firm. This same hand-crafted coffee is now available for you to roast at home. This coffee offers a most unusual and delicious cup. In fact, unlike other coffees we know, the cup actually metamorphoses over a period of time. Taste it the day after roasting and the same roast a few days later and you will see what we mean. It gets better and develops more nuances over about a week's time. Beloya Selection One (sometimes shown as Biloya) is one of several fantastic micro lots of natural coffee that are being produced for and in cooperation with Ninety-Plus Coffee company. In Ethiopia there are more an estimated 10,000 genetically distinct varietals of coffee growing wild in its indigenous forest. The company works with its producing partners, farmers, agronomists, processors to develop tiny lots of unique, superior coffee - those that command high values. Producers are never paid less than double fair trade minimum prices. This lot finished at 30 bags and was one of three prepared at the Beloya mill, southwest of the town of Yirgacheffe approximately 20 km, on the road to the Amaro mountains, very close to the Hama Cooperative mill of the Yirgacheffe Union. The coffee grown by small farmers around Hama and Beloya has commonly shown deep dark chocolate characteristics and rich body attributes in recent years, along with other fruit and floral notes typical to the area in general. The coffee in this micro-lot exemplifies these local characteristics extremely well. Like Aricha Selection Seven, this coffee was also milled and exported by SA Bagersh. Ken Davids' assessment of Beloya: "Intense, sweet-toned, chocolate and blueberry aroma with a slight pungent edge. In the cup sweetly acidy, with a full, syrupy mouthfeel and lavish red wine and blueberry notes. The finish is rich, berry-toned and extraordinarily clean for this style of coffee." All coffees are produced naturally without artificial chemical agents. The coffee is naturally processed - it is not washed. Cup Characteristics:In addition to comments above we can add a wild, sweet attack on the back of the palate, like that found in the best Yemeni coffees. Smooth, velvety, tongue coating dark chocolate finish. Metamorphosing taste profile gradually changes and develops over the days following roasting. Roasting advice:Keep the roast on the light side, like a City but not Full City Roast to maximize the fruit and subtler elements of the coffee, which will be diminished by darker roasting.
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| 1 | $14.20 | | 2-9 | $13.63 | | 10+ | $13.49 |
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