Product Description

Gitesi continues to produce some of the best coffee we see from the region, and this year's lot is of significant quality. Right from the get-go, Gitesi has such an attractive set of perfumed aromatics, with dried wildflowers, red honey, and clove spice in the ground coffee, and deeper roasts have a malt syrup and grape smells. Aspects of sugar browning come into full view when you add the hot water, a rich sweetness of butterscotch and cinnamon candies hanging heavy in the air, and with Darjeeling tea released on the break. City+ roasts are intensely sweet, demurara sugar providing the backdrop to baking spice complexity, all-spice and cinnamon stick to name a couple. Golden raisin and dried apple tartness note comes up as the coffee cools, with beautiful lemon oil and orange blossom-like florals accenting the cup. Fruits are more in focus at lower temperatures, and showcased best at City+ to Full City roast levels, with hints of pear and nectarine juice. Gitesi brews so well, and will also make for a great SO espresso showing depth in sweetness. This description is from the cupping notes of our coffee importer, Coffee Shrub

Cupping Score: 93
Region: Karongi
Grade: A1
Appearance: .2 d/300gr, 15+ Screen
Importer: Coffee Shrub
Elevation: 1,740 - 2,000 m