Being occupied with other matters have really made it harder for to post about non-priority items. This was April’s Trade Coffee.

March’s DrinkTrade comes from Novo Coffee. The beans I recieved are from Nicaragua. It’s been a nice change of pace of receiving beans from non-African producers. I noticed after having a Columbian grown beans then Costa Rican grown beans and now Nicaraguan grown beans, there’s a lack of floral notes in these Central/South American beans that seems predominant in African grown beans. I’ve been enjoying the lattes as there’s a strong fruit forward flavor.

And just like that, I’m way behind again with my coffee updates. March’s Angels Cup comes from Evans Brothers Coffee Roasters. The beans are look like a light/medium roast from Costa Rica’s Diego Abarca (a farmer/producer/single origin?). It’s a small lot and was super enjoyable to drink. The beans had this slight fermented smell that was strong enough to be also be tasted in my latte. To be honest, I was a little disappointed that it seemed to disappear so fast.

Trying to get both subscriptions back into sync, I paused Angels Cup in January/February. This February Drink Trade offering comes from Good Citizen Coffee Company. From Columbia’s Huila (website description) region, these light roast beans were delicious. The sweet fruity flavors came through in the latte. On some days I ended up making two cups because it tasted so delicious.

After restarting my coffee subscriptions to Drink Trade and Angels Cup, one of the first bags to drop from Drink Trade was this medium roast from Drink Coffee Do Stuff Specialty Coffee. This single origin from Peru was amazing. It was sweet, caramelly and gone very quickly. I was also pretty happy they included a sticker!

Going to Asia means getting to buy Taiwan grown and roasted beans. These beans are from the Hualien area. I definitely enjoy buying and trying Taiwan grown and Taiwan roasted coffee. They always have this faux-Kona like flavor profile which I really love in a latte.

During my travels, I had the pleasure of drinking a normal latte and a Kyoto latte from this Japanese coffee chain called %Arabica. Both lattes were very delicious.

To my surprise, they also have an outlet at The Grove. Although I made the mistake to visit during the Christmas shopping crush, the latte I ordered was just as good as the Asian latte. I also bought a bag of beans. They didn’t have any region specific beans so I had to settle with their blend. The quality of these beans really stood out when I made my latte by tasting very similar to a %Arabica made latte!

It’s been a while. It’s been busy. I’m very behind with my coffee posts. Since the new year, I’ve gone through quite a few bags from different roasters. I have taken pictures but haven’t really posted about my experience drinking them. I’ll just leave you with the picture of the bag.

October’s Trade Coffee comes from Equator Coffees. It looks like Equator Coffee roasted this single origin beans from Kenya specifically for Trade Coffee. It’s pretty amazing to know that there’s Trade Coffee subscription to be able to have roasters roast beans. I’m curious how that worked though. Did Trade buy their own bag of beans and asked different roasters to roast on behalf of Trade?

Taking a sip of my latte, I’m greeted with a fruity berry flavors. It also has a very subtle sweet milk chocolate after taste. I find that I enjoy the latte more when it’s cold either from refrigeration or adding milk to a cooled down aeropress shot. Because of this insight, I’ve been making a 2nd cup almost shortly after finishing the first.

September’s Angels Cup comes from Black Oak Coffee Roaster. This single origin from Tanzania smells amazing. I was also excited to taste these beans since it’s rare to get beans from Tanzania.

Making my latte, I taste a pleasant sweet caramel mixed in with a berry/fruit flavors with each sip. There’s a nice chocolate aftertaste that lingers right at the back of the tongue. I have at times gone for a 2nd cup because of this pleasant after taste. I really enjoyed this bag of beans.