convincing cocoa and nut flavors at medium dark roast, sucanat, corn syrup, toasted sesame, with moderate tea-like acidity and buoyant body.
The Heights Coffee Estate is located in Karatu region, not far from the city of Arusha. The farm was planted in the 1930s on the southern edge of the Ngororero Crater, and benefits from nutrient rich volcanic soil. Most of the coffee planted at Heights Estate is called “N39”, an older Bourbon type selected for high yield by the Tanzanian Coffee Research Institute around the time Heights was established.
They only process coffee using the wet process method, depulping coffee cherry, fermenting under water in tanks, washing in clean water, and then drying on raised tables. “AA” refers to the grade and bean size, these being the largest, and generally commanding a higher premium. This coffee shared a lot of flavor characteristics with some of more balanced Guatemalan coffees. It shows convincing sweetness and roast bittering in the middle roasts, and with moderate acidity that’s mouth pleasing.
The smells in the dry fragrance are sweet, butter caramel, glazed nut, and with a toasted sesame seed note. The wet aroma has some chocolate roast smells with sweetness that’s a little more intense than the ground coffee, letting off a crisped toffee smell on the break. The acidity level is moderate and tea-like, with slight bittering in the finish. Heights Estate boasts body like a honey process coffee too, making dark roasts exceptional choices for espresso brewing.
- Origin: Tanzania
- Region: Karatu, Arusha
- Farm: Heights Coffee Estate
- Altitude: 1100-1800m
- Cultivar: Kent
- Grade: AA
- Processing: Wet Process (Washed)
- Drying: Raised Bed Sun-Dried
