Review: Ethiopia Harrar Natural From Jitterz Cafe
About a week ago I was going through all the coffee blogs I follow catching up on anything I missed when I came across Kaye’s blog, Confessions Of A CoffeeJunkie. In Kaye’s blog I stumbled on a review about an Ethiopian Harrar she roasted up at different levels and comparing them to see what each roast level held as well as finding which roast level worked best with this particular coffee.The article is called Ethiopia Harrar: A Holy Ghost Rolling, Slap Yo Mama Coffee! which by the sound of the title is part of the reason I clicked on it because it grabbed my attention and made me want to read it.
After the reading the review I felt I needed to order this coffee right away. So, I ordered up some of this Ethiopian Harrar and before I knew it the coffee arrived safely at my doorstep.
This Ethiopia Harrar is said to have:
An electrifying wild fruit beauty layered with velvety chocolate and butter cream almond. City level roast features bright tangerine eclipsed by a hint of nut, an intense intimacy of boastful wild fruit, raspberry, mouth-watering chocolate and toffee nut.
From reading the article and looking at her store on this coffee, it seems that Kaye had a little trouble deciding whether or not to offer this at a City or Full City roast so she is offering the two options. You can choose whether or not you prefer City over Full City or vice versa.
I chose City as Ethiopian coffees always thrive better when roasted at a lighter roast such as a City roast.
When I opened the bag the beans didn’t give me much to go on, but that can happen. I’m more interested in seeing what the coffee tastes and smells like once ground, and brewed.
When I ground up the beans I started to notice a nice sweet nutty play going on which reminded me of peanut butter. Underneath that I could detect hints of lemon and some definite fruity notes which I couldn’t place.
The aroma carries a peanut like aroma which I have never experienced in an Ethiopian coffee. Underneath the peanut note I could detect lemon, raspberry, hints of tangerine, and chocolate.
The first sip was delightful, but each sip started to become better than the last. This roast didn’t bring an explosion of fruity or chocolate notes to the table, but instead a sweet nutty note, lemon, fruity notes of raspberry, hints of tangerine and a nice lingering chocolate note.
Each sip has a nice smooth, but velvety texture on your tongue and each sip is just plain delicious.
This was an interesting Ethiopian coffee. I can see why Kaye is using the catchphrase “Oh My Delicious Lord!” with this coffee.
I’m giving this a 4.25 out of 5 cups.
If you’d like to try some of this Ethiopian Harrar or some of Kaye’s other offerings you can do so by going 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...
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