Counter Culture Coffee: Bourbon Variety


  • Counter Culture Coffee


    While searching for coffee for the week, I had come across Counter Culture’s Variety: Bourbon… I was getting ready to click on it anyways to see what it was all about when I read the excerpt and saw “a first of its kind.” From there I knew I had to know what this was exactly.

    Variety: Bourbon is the first-ever curated variety-specific coffee in the marketplace ….. The composition of Variety: Bourbon will change over time, featuring different coffees from different farms, but always of the Bourbon coffee variety – exploring the full expression of flavor possible from this, the most influential and celebrated coffee variety in the world.

    This particular Bourbon variety consists of 70% Finca Santa Elena, El Salvador, and 30% Finca Nueva Armenia, Guatemala.

    If you’re lost, don’t worry because I am still wrapping my head around this. I could have sworn I have seen this being done before, but maybe I was just dreaming.

    Let’s see what this bad boy has to offer.

    Thoughts

    Woodneck Dripper:
    27/340g • Grind beans on fine side or #20 on Preciso • Time: 2:30 including 30 second bloom (enough water to saturate)

    Aroma is very balanced with a moderate chocolate note, and a light cherry note underneath. Kind of disappointed that the aroma doesn’t give out much, but I hope that the taste will change that.

    Seems that my wish has come true. A buttery/chocolate sweetness fils every crevice of my tastebuds. For awhile that’s all I taste, but as cup cools a fruit play comes slowly gushing out. Its like a juicy cherry, and then its strawberries, and then then a wine-like play comes through with notes of tart white grapes. A light acidity hits your tongue before this wine-like dry finish finishes the coffee off.

    A first of its kind – a single-variety coffee, dedicated to Bourbon, the king of the heirloom coffee varieties. Connoisseurs treasure the Bourbon variety for its deep, buttery chocolate and coffee flavor, its unique sweetness, and its gentle fruit overtones. ~ Counter Culture Coffee

    Verdict
    I won’t go as far as to say this is mind blowing since its a “first of its kind,” but I can say I am definitely enjoying this coffee. I played with this in the Aeropress as well and didn’t get much of a change from what I found in the Woodneck. However, either methods were very good for this coffee.

    Info About This Coffee
    Varietal: Bourbon

    You can read more about this coffee and purchase here.



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Jamie Ferguson

From sunny Sarasota Florida, Jamie Ferguson has been drinking coffee since a very young age. Jamie is just your average jane who has a serious addiction to coffee, but more so has a bigger love for the heart, and the dedication that is put into growing, processing and roasting coffee. Come and join the adventures...

  • http://twitter.com/cornerofthecafe Drew Moody

    I agree with you. Counter Culture has yet to really “wow” me with one of their coffees. Finca Nueva Armenia was really good, but I wasn’t blown away by it. They seem consistently good, though. I mean, I’ve only had one or two from them that I didn’t like at all—I usually walk away from the cup thinking “Okay. That was pretty good.”

    I consider Counter Culture the gateway into the specialty coffee world. For people who love Starbucks and want to learn more about specialty coffee, Counter Culture is the place I would send them.

    • http://thecoffeeadventures.com Jamie Ferguson

      Drew, I just now saw this comment.. So sorry!

      Yeah agree about Counter Culture being the gateway into specialty coffee. After Starbucks, and deciding to get into coffee, Counter Culture was probably one of the first names in coffee that came to mind.

  • http://thecoffeeadventures.com Jamie Ferguson

    Nathan,

    Thanks for clarifying that. I was just a tad confused at what that referred too.