Gakuyini, Kenya - BOTZ

Roasted 05/29 - 340g

From BOTZ...

Variety: SL-28, SL-34, Ruiru 11

Process: Washed

'Black currant. It might be one of the more controversial flavor calls. We’ve tasted it in its fruit form (sour and bright), and we also memorized its scent from the Le Nez du Café kit when we were taking coffee tests (although we find it quite funny that its smell drastically changed from kit to kit…). But more than anything, we associate its flavor and essence with our favorite bags of Kenyan coffee from our past. Deep purple sweetness and a piercing brightness meet never-ending caramel. Always a purple label (across brands, hilariously enough). Always a memorable factory name. Always from a vintage UG Probat. Ever since we installed our own Emmerich-made UG-15, we’ve dreamed of Kenyan beans meeting the cast-iron faceplate to see if there was something to our memories. Ultimately, you, Brewer, will have to decipher if we’re chasing SL pipedreams or if there’s something particularly special about an awkwardly chubby-sized drum with a fat diameter (and Aroma Wheel that sits above a gaping, wide-open hole…one of the many design mysteries). Here’s our description from our production roasts, if it gives you any idea what we believe in.

Aromatically intense. Dark purple fruits like plum, blackberry, and black cherry. Memorable Kenyan “reek,” signifying blackcurrant flavor. Acidity blasts across the palette with intensity and weight and transitions into a deep saturated purple sweetness that melds with rich caramel. Pursue the things that move you most. Understand your personal legend."