Home Roasting: Nicaragua Nueva Segovia from Sweet Maria’s




  • I cannot believe how long it has been since I’ve done a home roast. Well, I am not here to disappoint. I am back in full coffee roasting force and I’ve got a Nicaragua Nueva Segovia from Sweet Maria’s that I roasted up to review here.

    This coffee, Nicaragua Nueva Segovia is said to be a

    Complex cup with cinnamon, spiced cider, dark caramel, wild flowers, mint, & sage blossom.

    I roasted this coffee to a Full City + which I later found out on Sweet Maria’s that Full City was the “sweet spot” for this coffee. I roasted this a tad darker but let’s see how it holds up.

    Aroma:
    Very quickly a beautiful aroma arose. Wild flowers jumped out of the cup along with caramel hints, spice, and dried raisin.

    Taste:
    Cup starts of with an explosion of acidity and wild flowers then moves to an intense sweetness, chocolate, and caramel notes. As the coffee cools a dried raisin note can be found.

    After each sip I do get a bit of a caramel chocolate mix lingering on my tongue. Overall, the coffee has a nice medium body and leaves me with a clean crisp feeling.

    Thoughts:
    I think roasting between a Full City and a Full City + is definitely best. If you go any lighter it will probably end in a bitter cup.

    Information:
    Country: Nicaragua
    Grade: SHG (Strictly Hard Bean)
    Region: Mozonte/Nueva Segovia
    Processing: Wet-Process
    Varietal: Catuai, Yellow and Red

    Rating: 85/100pts



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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://coffeefolk.wordpress.com/ Matt C. Reynolds

    Two things I like here, home roasting AND the 100points scale you are using.
    Nice work.

    • http://thecoffeeadventures.com Jamie Ferguson

      Thanks, Matt. I am trying to incorporate the 100 point scale for my home roasts. Let me say that was not easy. I am using a cupping score sheet designed by Sweet Maria’s. Very nice.