Ethiopia Dry Process Benti Nenka

Impressive fruit flavors are juicy and sweet, and when roasted light, yields the fragrant aromatics of high caliber Guji coffee. We actually thought it could almost pass for a wet process coffee in a blind tasting if not for the hefty, sticky-type dried fruit flavors. The dry fragrance shows complex dried fruit sweetness, mango and peach, accented by dark honey, and aromatic accents. Adding hot water to the grounds brings up a very nice depth of sweetness, panela raw sugar, apricot, and dried tropical fruits. Running my spoon through the wetted crust released a fragrant red honey note. City roasts are aromatic, and even slightly floral, adding a graceful side to heavier impressions of fruit. Fragrant stone fruits and dried berry flavors find solid footing in the brew, but manage to leave room for more delicate, aromatic aspects of the cup profile. Natural dried peach and apricot came up as the coffee cooled, along with hints of blueberry, and fig. The profile is quite expansive, and opens up to notes of fragrant spice, red berries, tangy orange glaze, with tea-like aspect in the finish. Very nice dry process for light roasting, and based on cup flavors and our previous experience with Benti, I'm certain the fruits will stand up to Full City roasting, albeit with a bittersweet base note.