Planet Bean, Guelph based roaster of Fair Trade and Organic certified coffees has just launched and brand new roast. From the ‘Cooperativa Café Timor’, this dark roast has been a few years in the making.

Planet Bean has been trying to source a great coffee from East Timor for a few years now, and in November of 2008, that coffee was finally found. Planet Bean Roastmaster Dave Barrett decided on a dark roast after sample roasting a dozen or so batches in his Hottop sample roasterand cupping those samples. Acidity in the coffee was retained quite nicely in a darker roast, which was a little unusual in comparison to other coffees roasted at Planet Bean.

So, how about the flavour then…..

Nutty, like toasted cashews with a very pleasant dark chocolate finish. That’s the simple way of putting it. But to get into more detail, here’s my cupping information for this coffee.
• Roast: Cinnamon
• Origin: East Timor – CCT
• Crop: Current (2008)
Aroma: floral, berry, smokey, vanilla

Wet Fragrance (crust): Black forest cake, sweet, fruity, nutty

Acidity: tangy, high, sweet

Body: medium-heavy

Flavour: sweet, nutty, spicey

Aftertaste: Long, pleasant aftertaste

I rate this coffee 87/100 on my cupping sheet.

This coffee comes with a limited supply, so get it while you can!