FLORES ISLAND: thick body, smooth low acidity, and slight earthiness.

DESCRIPTION: This coffee carries official fair trade organic certification and Rainforest Alliance certification.   The beans are perfectly sorted and of even size, with no defects or broken beans.  To get all of this in an Indonesian coffee is usually very expensive, but with Flores, it’s quite reasonable.  The complexity found in this bean is on par with that of a Sulawesi. Its flavor with pecan, black cherry, and chocolate, and tobacco; adding in a spiciness (black pepper?), nuttiness (hazelnut?), and a really full body.  Tobacco and leather are part of the equation -- it's still Indonesia-tasting. The kicker is the range of interesting notes that you are getting, all in one sip.  The sweetness, the roughness, the dryness, the spiciness, the smoothness -- there is so much going on that it makes your mouth immensely happy.  Just try not to smile while you drink this!

TASTING NOTES: A very mild chocolate, strong tobacco, spicy black peppery, smooth, full body, fairly sweet, nutty (hazelnut? pecan?), and a pine-like dryness on the sides of your mouth after swallowing that makes you long for another sip.