Brazil - Santa Lúcia

Origin

• 🇧🇷 Brazil

Tasting notes

Santa Lúcia returns to our menu for a third year with a delicious fresh harvest of yellow bourbonBourbonOne of the two foundational arabica varieties (with Typica), named after Île Bourbon (Réunion). Sweet, balanced, caramel-leaning; parent of countless modern cultivars.. We visited this farm for the first time last October and are thrilled to have their coffee in stock once again. Expect a sweet and comforting cup with a heavier bodyBodyThe weight and texture of coffee in the mouth, from tea-like and delicate to syrupy and heavy. Driven by process, roast, variety, and brew method. and relatively low acidityAcidityThe bright, lively, fruit-like sensation in coffee — praise, not a flaw. Citric sparkle, malic apple-crispness, tartaric wine notes; light roasts preserve more of it.—on the cuppingCuppingThe standardized tasting ritual — coarse grounds steeped in hot water, crust broken, slurped from a spoon — used to score and compare coffees. table we tasted milk chocolate and cocoa, peanut butter, hazelnut, dried apricot, date, and cherry.