Panther Coffee

And this was my first delivery. It is from Panther Coffee and they're out of Miami. And this is a Borbonne varietal from Rwanda. So double. And they actually have a lot of information on the producer and all of the great things they're doing on the farm that this is from. And if you look at the beans. And this is a varietal that, Borbonne that is that originates from an island off of Madagascar. And it's a common varietal in Yemen. So I was just doing a little bit of research on it because this is a varietal that I run into every now and again and just wanted to know a little bit more about it. So the coffee itself really has a nice smoky aroma to it. Not really floral I would say but really more on the chalky smoky end of things. So it's nice. It's really nice when I first got it. Obviously closer to the roast date. But I'm at the tail end of this and I'm just about to brew my last cup of coffee. And I'll come back with that in a second. Alright so I brewed up a cup with the AeroPress and you can see not a whole lot of body. I only had 10 grams of coffee left so I scaled down my ratio. And about 12 to 1 inverted method. When I ground the coffee the aromas I was picking up were more along the lines of kind of what they described here in terms of baking spice. Well I don't know what baking spice really means. That's a pretty broad description but I was picking up something reminiscent of cookie dough. I even picked up a little bit of tomato soup. I don't know how those two contrasts in aromas somehow peaked but they were there. And as far as the brewed aroma goes it's more So it really varies from pre-brew to post-brew. Sorry I'm getting distracted by something nasty in my cup. Hopefully I don't drink it. Let's talk about how it tastes. There we go. This is a keep cup by the way. It's got a lid and I really hate the lid. It seems to seep into the coffee. So bombs away. So it's very reminiscent of a bright cherry in the beginning. Then as it moves into the after taste it's more This was a coffee that I had a lot of time pinpointing what the specific flavors I was picking up from brewed or brewer. I also wasn't very iterative when I was brewing. I kind of just this was a copy that I just threw in the brewer and wasn't really taking careful notes on. But what I did love about it was that I found it to be very forgiving. It seemed to come out well no matter what I did. And while I can't say that I was picking up the complexities that they described here on the bag. So I didn't read those. This black cherry apricot, conquered grape sweetness, silky body with baking spice. I guess maybe some grape sweetness but apricot and whatever baking spice is I couldn'tell you much about the complexity here. So definitely a balanced cup of coffee. I want to say it's versatile because I did use a bunch of brewed methods and they all worked out. It's also forgiving. Same reason. Could just throw it in without worrying too much about measurements and it came out great. So I don't know if I would get it again because it didn't really wow me but it was definitely a pleasurable experience the whole time I had this bag of coffee. So it's a solid choice and that's from Panther Coffee out of Miami, Florida. And I might as well say the name now because I didn't earlier. Ducunde Cawa Musasa from Rwanda. So pick up a bag. Maybe you'll end up with it if you try Mista Box which so far I'm really liking. And let me know if you have any questions. I'll try and answer them on the other end. If you