our second week of the coffee cupping challenge takes us to a land of beauty and war, strife and diversity, and some of the best coffee on the planet. i think i read somewhere that this country has a stretch of land 80 miles across that contains the highest number of distinct microclimates in the entire world.
so here are the clues – you guess the country (and specific region if you are feeling lucky). the answer to last weeks challenge is at the bottom of this post.
aroma: butter and dark chocolate – think ganache.
body: medium
acidity: moderately bright
flavor profile: deep cacao, sun-dried cherries, nougat.
hint: this country is the birthplace of the nobel prize winning novelist that is considered the father of magical realism.
last week… the answer:
a fine coffee from the mogiana region of brazil – in the sate of sao paolo and bordering minas gerais. the singer songwriter gilberto gil was thrown in jail in the 1968 (a fateful year) for anti-government activity – now he is the brazil’s minister of culture. for more on the vita/one pot trip to brazil click here
