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To counteract my pricey purchase of the Panamania Esmeralda Gesha, I decided to get a few of the more affordable offerings that Sweet Maria’s had going on. One of these happened to be a pound of the Tanzania Blackburn Estate AA.  It was going for just over six bucks, yet still had a cuppers rating of 91 (just one point below the Gesha). I had not really explored the Tanzanian coffees all that much and decided to at least give this one a try. To my surprise, I ended up finding a coffee that I  like better than the pricey Gesha.

I roasted this bean to a full city ( around 24 minutes in the Nesco), up to the beginning of the second crack. The first time I tasted it, I had brewed it in my little budom single cup brewer, which I like to use when I am trying to cut down on my consumption. The taste was great, especially as the cup cooled.  The tanzanian is actually still good when it gets lukewarm (if not a bit better). This is a plus for me, since I usually end up getting sidetracked in the morning letting my coffee cool to room temperature before I finish it.  It has a strong bitter berry taste and left a nice dry winey aftertaste lingering in your maw for a long while.  I found myself savoring this Tanzanian more than  the Gesha which cost me almost triple.

Too bad that this is the only tanzanian that I could find at SM. I would like to explore more offerings from this country although according to Tom (the SM guy) Tanzanian coffee crops are plauged by drought and destructive water buffalo, and getting a good batch of beans from there is a bit rare. I guess I better stock up on this one then.

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