Gatomboya AB #027 - Traditional Washed - Kenya
19,95
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Traditional Washed, SL-28, SL-34, Batian, Ruiru 11, Lightest Roaster Influence - Best brewed with Filter
3 key notes: [Yellow Plum, Mulberries, Darjeeling]
Turning in a staple of our yearly Kenyan offer, we've always been massive fans of the outturns from Gatomboya factory, for many years before we started Scenery. It's a pleasure to see this coffee return each year; this year we've chosen a different profile - an AB lot with singing acidity and complex top notes, as we had a few heavy purple Kenyans already booked. We think you can split Kenya into 3 distinct "colours" now - Purple (the classic savoury rich currant/tomato vibe), Red (lighter red fruits and jammy but perhaps not quite as umami or rich), and Yellow (stonefruit, citrus and florals). This lot is emphatically the last,
We're tasting:
This year's Gatomboya lot is a little more of the modern "yellow fruit Kenya" style - we're finding floral and citric aromatics that remind us of darjeeling tea and lemon. In the cup there's yellow plum, nectarine and white mulberries as the dominant note, with a tart gooseberry esq acidity. As it cools we get lime curd, white grape, rosehip and oolong in a bright and complex cup.
Coffee information
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Origin
Kenya
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Roastlevel
Light
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Roastdate
Recipe
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RECIPE
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RECIPE DETAILS
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Best Brewed with
Filter
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Lightest Roaster Influence
We've eased off the heat a little, subjecting these slightly smaller beans to a slightly less intense blast than we do for AA's. This has extended the overall roast time a little, but with good results - we found when we yeeted it on our standard Kenyan sample roast profile, it wanted to come out a little under & more malty tea-like than we'd prefer. A fractional more roaster influence perhaps in the cup, but all the better for it and still miles off what we'd call "Light"
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Best Rested
4+ weeks.
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Filter
64g/L, 96°C when fresh; 92°C & 62g/L when rested
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Espresso
18g/48g/18-22s
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We're tasting
This year's Gatomboya lot is a little more of the modern "yellow fruit Kenya" style - we're finding floral and citric aromatics that remind us of darjeeling tea and lemon. In the cup there's yellow plum, nectarine and white mulberries as the dominant note, with a tart gooseberry esq acidity. As it cools we get lime curd, white grape, rosehip and oolong in a bright and complex cup.
