{"id":2197,"date":"2016-08-23T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=2197"},"modified":"2016-08-23T07:43:59","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T12:43:59","slug":"review-caffe-vita-east-timor-hatuhei-seattle-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=2197","title":{"rendered":"Review: Caffe Vita East Timor Hatuhei (Seattle, Washington)"},"content":{"rendered":"

On my recent trip to New York City, I told myself that I needed to limit my coffee purchasing to just two bags of coffee, and they needed to both be roasters which were new to me. Birch Coffee’s Emma Espresso<\/a> was the first, and this bag from Caffe Vita is the other. Now, I’ve actually had Caffe Vita before, so I feel like I am cheating just a tiny bit from my resolve. I had a cup from a storefront across the street from Voodoo Doughnuts in Portland, Oregon, and I had another cup at a corner cafe on a different trip to Portland. Both cups struck me as being on the darker side than I usually drink, and darker than I typically get from ubiquitous roasters like Heart and Stumptown. Is this bad? Not necessarily. I decided it warranted further investigation.<\/p>\n

Whole bean: The bag itself, once opened, has a pretty strong smell of plastic (perhaps it’s something to do with the inner coating?). However, the beans were rather fruity, like peaches and cherries.<\/p>\n

V60: Toasty and milk chocolaty flavors at the start, but on the finish, this brew tasted like nail polish smells. Terribly astringent. I don’t know what it was about this, but it tasted\u00a0like chemicals and rubbing alcohol. Not my favorite! Surprisingly though, when I came back to this cup after it had cooled down, it smelled JUST like french vanilla ice cream.<\/p>\n

AeroPress: Slightly burnt tasting when consumed straight; I had to add water. Once the water was added, it was a pleasant, if slightly generic tasting coffee.<\/p>\n

Chemex: Same notes as the V60 method, but even more objectionable. Something about the pourover method must just bring out notes in this coffee that overpower the cup and make it smell\/taste strange.<\/p>\n

French press: This was the best method for this coffee, in my opinion. The\u00a0coffee\u00a0had a nice deep toasty flavor that was accented by a slight hint of nectarine.<\/p>\n

Summary<\/strong>: Coffee from this region of the world is not my personal favorite and I don’t drink much of it, so take my opinion for what it’s worth ($0.02?), but I think this particular bean is best suited to being brewed in a french press. Back when I used to drink Sumatran coffee more regularly, the french press was my favorite brewing method for that bean, and I do think it coaxes out the best flavors for beans similar to it. This coffee is fruitier than most Sumatrans, but it shares many of the same characteristics in the cup.<\/p>\n

From the roaster: Maplewood, toffee, marionberry, black tea<\/p>\n

Caffe Vita East Timor Hatuhei<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On my recent trip to New York City, I told myself that I needed to limit my coffee purchasing to just two bags of coffee, and they needed to both be roasters which were new to me. Birch Coffee’s Emma Espresso was the first, and this bag from Caffe Vita is the other. Now, I’ve […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"Nice in a french press, but DO NOT brew in a pourover method. 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