Last week I enjoyed one if the coffees of Mr Tetsu Kasuya who won the World coffee brewing championship back in 2016 and well, his coffee is excellent! But I like to have different coffees every week, so I wasn’t sure what I was going to enjoy this week. Luckily, I got this!
A quick visit with the children at the Specialty Coffee place in my city revealed a new star on the shelves. Misho has received a pretty special delivery - a coffee roasted by the World Roasting champion - Rubens Gardelli. He won his title almost 10 years ago, back in 2014, but it is the first time I got to know him and his achievements.
And yes, if the info on the label is right, Mr Rubens roasts his coffee on his own, which is a great compliment towards the customers. The Q score of this coffee is 88,5 and that means that it has to be almost completely flawless. The specialty coffee is usually graded with 80+ points, while 85+ coffees are even more unique and extraordinary. The samples which receive 90+ points are considered truly exceptional.
A special mention in my post today is the ecological side of this roaster. The packaging is made of only biodegradable materials, and can be composted quite easily. It is great that more and more businesses start to look towards the nature friendly packaging and production process.
Now let’s look what’s in the bag, shall we?
Phew, the beans are totally fine in their roast level. They even look pretty light roasted to me which is perfect! The first aroma to leave the bag is fruitful and quite typical for a coffee from Kenya.
The beans look totally fine. Time for a filter? Yes of course, let’s fill the grinder!
Grinding these beans releases another portion of pleasant fruity aromas. I wonder, if the world Barista champion brews the World roasting champion’s coffee what will be the final result? Maybe it wil send you straight into heaven!
The coffee peacefully waits for the hot water. Be careful, do not use boiling water! No one wants to be burned, right? 😁
A temperature about 90-92 degrees centigrade will be fine for light roasts. If you are brewing medium roasts, you better decrease it a bit more, like 85 degrees or so.
Coffee is ready! Time to try it…
This coffee totally tastes like a real Kenyan coffee, I mean… I remember these fine Kenyan fruitful coffee beans from other roasters too, but here the coffee is really flawless. It misses the bitter taste, it is only pleasure. I have tried a lot more coffees that are extraordinary and exquisite. Sour coffees, fermented coffees… but this one is just flawless. It is not a coffee which will make you say WOW after the forst sip, but the pleasure when you enjoy your cup just flows… and flows…
It is almost time to switch to christmas and winter decorations. It is not that time of the year yet, but Halloween is over so all the autumn decorations can gradually make space for winter ones.
I am not a fond of sweets during the coffee time, but my wife and the kids like to have some desserts from time to time. Now it is time for ginger sweets… do you want one?
I bet these little monsters wont miss…
Time to spend some time with the family. See you soon and have a wonderful weekend!
Bye!