So today is the first taste test of Counter Culture's Ethiopian Shakisso - Sidamo.
Opening the bag gave off a familiar strong, good coffee smell. It even made it through my somewhat stuffed up nose.
I'm back from a weekend with the family, where a nephew passed on his cold to me. So my taste buds are not 100%.
The roast is a medium roast like Intelli's. The grind smell was very good. And the cup itself is strong and well rounded. I'm not currently tasting all the little nuances, but upfront is a subtle organic earthy flavor, that develops into a strong fruity flavor and lingers with a kind of flowery glow. (Imagine a flavor like orchids smell, not sweet like honey suckle). At least that's what I get out of it.
Lawton may be able to fully flavor test it when he arrives.
So far I say it's a pretty good coffee.
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So to add on to the flavor cycle of the Ethiopian, it also has a long term acidic taste. It kind of lingers if you don't take a new sip. And can stay around for a minute or so.
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On deck right now we also have Intelli Bolivian and Ethiopian. Just from a quick smell test the Bolivian has a good strong mellow smell.
The Ethiopian is good, it's pretty smooth on initial taste, but has an acidic after taste. pretty good, but still not as good as the Rwandan
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