Tingo Maria –
Origin: Tingo Maria, Peru
Producer: Divisoria Cooperative
Farm: uknown
Varieties: Caturra, Tipica, Bourbon, Pache
Elevation: 1200 – 1800 meters
Harvest: uknown
Process: uknown
Roaster: Ecco Caffe
Roast Date: December 1, 2009
Cup Date: 12/9/2009
Catadors: Ilenia (5), Rebecca (6.5), Kimmy (2.5/4), Stephanie (5), Lindsay (7.5), Devlin (4), Jeremy (6)
Average Score: 5.29
Fragrances:
Canned tomato soup, tomato soup with basil, chocolate, pencil – woody, beef stew, confusion -smells like air (wtf?), sweet, cotton leaves, fruit roll up
Aromas:
Ketchup on a warm bun, cherry cheesecake with almonds, nuts, woody bark, buffalo wings, baked apples, raisin, honey, cinnamon, cardamom
Break:
Watered down nuts, earth, veggies
Brightness:
Pretty dim, none, medium (x2), ghostly, gassy, eh,
Flavor:
Watery, tomato water, floral, earl grey, burnt, dull, tobacco, peas, faint orange, water, dirt, apples, yummy!, cinnamon, ?, chocolate orange
Body:
Medium to heavy, medium light velvet, light (x2), medium (x3)
Aftertaste:
Chewy texture, faintly floral, floral, ashy, graveyard dirt, fall cocoa – tastes cozy, ?, grassy
Likes:
Everything was just ‘okay’, the taste and smells, after it cooled -better cooler- it tasted fresh and much better, distinct meaty hints, super unique – i like how different it is from other coffees i’ve had – crazy like apples like whoa
Dislikes:
Well – it was all just ‘okay’, it seemed like it really wanted to stand out but just falls to “ok”, after it cooled -better cooler- it tasted fresh and much better (same as likes above), while the hint of meat is unique (making me like that quality) it isn’t my favorite, flavor is pretty light.. i kinda wanted more oomph, blandness
Descriptions:
This coffee is a generally decent one. Tomatoes, the faint sweetness of buns, and hints of nuts make this a nice and approachable cup for anyone. The weighty medium body of this cup makes way for a mildly floral aftertaste.
This cup of coffee is sweet in its fragrance and flavor as well. The aroma is a delicious cherry cheesecake with toasted almonds and a hint of chocolate. This cup is to be enjoyed slowly with a book and a big fluffy fat black cat and a knitted blanket.
The pencil-woody fragrance, with similar aromas has an initial burnt-dull-tobacco flavor. Its body is light and unimpressive. The flavor is redeemed after it has cooled – with more of a mild green pea flavor.
This cup is full of veggie, earth and meaty scent and flavor. A medium coffee in brightness and body. The flavor is not as strong as I’d like.
This medium-bodied coffee is a delightful and unique experience. With strong notes of apple, warming spices, and cocoa, this cup is sure to warm you up on a dreary and cold day.
Promising aromas of autumn air and sweet treats do not follow through in this cup. The brew retains its acidity but does not give; distinguishing flavors and the aftertaste is similar to the first breath of the morning. Good? Bad? …Bad.
Strong flavors of candied fruit, honey cinnamon and cardamom in fragrance lead to a disappoint amount of flavor in the coffee itself. A grassy brightness with ghost notes of chocolate and orange, a medium body and a high key tingy aftertaste.
Jay’s Notes: