Rwanda Cyato

Country: Rwanda

Regions: Cyato Sector, Nyamasheke District

Producer: Abadatezuka Coop, delivering to Cyato washing station

Altitude: 1850 - 2200 masl

Varietal: Bourbon

Process: Natural

Roaster: White Label Coffee

Price: 18 SGD per 250g

Tasting Notes: Elderflower, Galia Melon and Gummy Bears

_________Intensity____Quality

Aroma_____ ⚅__________⚅

Distinct, clear white floral scent of elderflowers first comes to the fore, before then giving way to develop into a burst of richly fragrant sweet melons.

Acidity ____ ⚅__________⚃

A vivid bright acidity fronts the drink, accompanied by sparkling textures. Together, the crisp and bubbly notes tamper down the intenseness of the aroma and acidity, allowing for a nice connection through to the rest of the profile of the drink.

Sweetness ⚄__________⚃

An open sweetness best characterized by gummy bears, imagined to be an assortment of the various flavors - strawberry, pineapple, raspberry - that linger at the back of the throat.

Body _____ ⚃__________⚃

Round and smooth, the coffee was not tacky nor washed out, but retained a rather luscious mouthfeel that is easy down the throat through to the finish

Finish_____ ⚅__________⚅

Packed intensely with flavors of dense sweetness of honeydews, within this musky sweetness were clean tints of a fruit-packed finish. Remarkably honeyed and smooth.

Notes

As with the other coffee from the same roaster, this coffee is similarly distinctive in that a completely different approach was adopted to brew what would be considered ideal flavors and extraction: A 25g dose, ground at 22 clicks on Comandante MKIII, brewed at 86°C

This coffee impresses to be crisp and fresh, combined with a juicy, almost perfume-like body of honeydewed sweetness, and the combination of white floral scents of elderflower, intense sparkly brightness, and densely fragrant sweetness seems to remind one of the experience of drinking a Prosecco.

While the coffee may perhaps have benefitted from having a slightly more complex sweetness, for what its worth, I found this coffee to be highly enjoyable for its well performing individual aspects that come together to be no less than it was alone.

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