Brazil COCO - experimental

by Rum Baba

3.1(7 votes)
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Roastery
Rum Baba
Coffee Origin
Brazil specialty coffee Brazil
Region
Minas Gerais
Variety
Catuai
Roast Type
Filter
Process
Experimental
Flavour Profile
Milk chocolate, Pineapple, Coconut, White flowers
Roast Level
Light to Medium Light
Brewing Method
Aeropress, Chemex, Clever dripper, French Press, Hario V60, Vacuum Pot

About Rum Baba

Rum Baba Coffee Roasters is a dutch coffee roastery, whose master craft you can witness with your own eyes at their coffee shop in Amsterdam where they also roast all their own coffee. The goal of this roastery is to continually perfect their relationships with farmers across all the continents and to source the highest-quality coffee beans available on the market. 

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Reviews (7x)

Reviews Total
3.1 / 5
Recommended by
29%
2 out of 7 users
Mario Sklenka Verified Customer Show Original 2 weeks ago
Does not recommend
200g
Coconut scent
Pavel Verified Customer Show Original August 6
Does not recommend
200g
Nice to try
It can be used for iced coffee, where it can probably be used
it's just not good coffee
I wouldn't call it a coconut flavor, but an overly coconut weirdly artificial flavor
it doesn't smell, it doesn't taste good, the aroma overwhelms anything else that might be in the coffee
Recipe
Preparation method: espresso
Coffee (g):
Water (g):
The water temperature:
Grinder (settings):
Process:
Nina Verified Customer July 30
Recommends
200g
Dmytro Verified Customer Show Original July 28
Does not recommend
200g
If you know that you like "coconut" coffees, you are in the right place. If you're not looking for this taste, or you don't know about it, I would rather not recommend it. Ever since my first taste of Beansmiths's COCADA last year, I've been in love with "coconut" coffees.
Upon first opening and sniffing, this coffee instantly reminded me of something. Yes, I already had "her" last year, it's Rafael Vinhal from Brazil, last year Beansmith's had a lot from Mr. Farmer as COCADA with a slightly different description (coconut, cinnamon, wild strawberries VS this year coconut, milk chocolate, etc.).
When done right, it's not bitter, it's coconutty, sweet, reminiscent of a bounty bar. But unfortunately there is no additional bonus acidity.
Really light roast. We used it cautiously with 93° and rather medium coarse grinding, it tasted unsatisfactory. At 96° and quite finely ground, it creates a miracle in a cup.
I disagree with the first commenter. Yes, the beans are small and peaberries, with the occasional lighter "quakers", which I also see in other coffees, e.g. Ethiopia by Coffee Collective which I have now. I don't have broken grains any less, and the visual of the grains doesn't have to affect the taste to an extreme. Even "nasty" looking grains can taste fantastic.
You probably don't like it. It's a very specific coffee/flavor profile.
It's not DAK's Coco Bongo, but it's good too. It's not overwhelming with lots of flavor, but it's consistently pleasantly coconutty/bounty.
If you want to drink it straight and it is very fresh, unfortunately you will not enjoy it as much. You have to let it sit for 2-3 weeks.
I would have liked some extra acidity, unfortunately I didn't find that pineapple there.
With the wrong recipe, it is rather bitter, dense/earthy in a bad way.
Recipe
Preparation method: V60
Coffee (g): 15
Water (g): 250
Water temperature: 96
Grinder (setting): Fellow Ode Gen.2 (4)
Process: 50g bloom, wait a minute, 200g slow single pour
Slavka Verified Customer Show Original July 25
Does not recommend
200g
A whiff of coconut (but only on the fifth attempt at V60 switch with a ratio of 70g/l)
we couldn't find our way to each other - I tried different preparation methods, but it didn't look like the described profile (I don't have such a problem with other coffees)
In the background, an unpleasant grassy aftertaste that I couldn't get rid of
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