{"id":607,"date":"2015-06-22T18:00:49","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T23:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=607"},"modified":"2015-08-24T20:30:12","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T01:30:12","slug":"review-stumptown-ecuador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=607","title":{"rendered":"Review: Stumptown Ecuador Cariamanga Organic (Portland, Oregon)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This bag of Stumptown beans was an impulse buy; it ended up being the final bag of coffee beans I purchased while in Seattle. I had never tried beans from Ecuador before but the description on the bag sounded good, and the beans were extremely fresh.<\/p>\n

Incidentally, almost all of the cafes I bought beans from on this trip offered me a free drink with\u00a0purchase of a bag of beans. Great… except I bought 4 bags in the same day. Even I can’t stomach that much coffee in 8\u00a0hours! Stumptown did let me have a small sample (about 2 oz) of their nitro cold brew on tap as my freebie, since I told them I couldn’t handle a full drink. Refreshing stuff. I’m not big on cold brew, but this was nice on a sunny, warm day. It reminded me of a craft beer\u00a0in texture.<\/p>\n

Anyway, back to the Ecuador Cariamanga…<\/p>\n

Whole beans: Tannic like tea… my throat tightened up once I smelled the beans. However, there was also a light, sweet note to these beans. You know those orange-slice jellied candies that are covered in granulated sugar and sold in bags at drugstores for 2\/$1? These beans smelled like those candies.<\/p>\n

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French press: Sweet but tart brew with plenty of tannins. Light golden color, even after 4 minutes of brewing. I was most reminded of orange juice with just a touch of honey, along with black tea. Pretty refreshing, actually! The tannins were bothering me enough that I wondered if adding just a bit of sugar would mitigate them. It did – but even just 1\/4 tsp of sugar made this brew much too cloyingly sweet for my taste. Blech.<\/p>\n

Chemex: Light body. Kind of bland. Where’s the orange character? This coffee was much subtler overall with almost no citrus. It smelled like almond shortbread.<\/p>\n

AeroPress: Ahhhh, here’s the orange flavor. Quite tart and brash. Full-bodied and assertive. I made this the traditional way as a concentrated coffee, and ended up not adding any hot water at all.<\/p>\n

V60: Super smooth and balanced in the cup. Sweet and citrusy and a little buttery. Much less tart than any of the other methods.<\/p>\n

Summary<\/strong>: Not bad at all! This is a very bright, lively coffee. It actually made 4 very different cups of coffee to my taste: French press – tea; Chemex – almond cookie; AeroPress: orange juice; V60: marmalade. Which is best? I liked the AeroPress and V60 versions best; I would probably opt for the V60 most days because I liked its balanced nature but the AeroPress kind of knocked me over with its intense flavors.<\/p>\n

From the roaster: Tangerine, butterscotch, almond<\/p>\n

This coffee does not appear to be sold online at the moment.<\/p>\n

Stumptown Coffee<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This bag of Stumptown beans was an impulse buy; it ended up being the final bag of coffee beans I purchased while in Seattle. I had never tried beans from Ecuador before but the description on the bag sounded good, and the beans were extremely fresh. Incidentally, almost all of the cafes I bought beans […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"This coffee is a chameleon. Tea? Almond cookie? Orange juice? Marmalade? 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