Sweet Sweet Brown!

Old Brown Java!

I have a bit more to cover this week, so lets get started. I have had a few people ask me about the rating system and how I rate the coffee's, It's simple, the categories are Bitterness, Richness and Aroma. Each of these are rated out of 5, Bitterness is rated on 1 being really Bitter and 5 being little to no bitterness, Richness is done by 1 being not very rich in flavour and 5 being full of flavour and Aroma is done the same by 1 being not very fulfilling to 5 being you want to shove your face in it. Now these are very rough evaluations on the ratings, there is a lot more thought and process goes into it but this is a simplistic view on it.

Now moving on to the most important part, THE COFFEE! This weeks coffee is Old Brown Java, and this coffee has no hidden speciality to it, its just pure java at the heart. This coffee gets its name Old Brown Java because the coffee is matured, giving it a very intense and pure coffee taste along with smell.

The lack of Bitterness in this matured coffee is interesting, I would have thought a matured coffee to have a lot more bitterness to it. You seem to get the bitter sense after you swallow leaving you with a very (and I mean minute (my-nute for the dyslexics)) slight lingering of bitterness on the tongue. This makes it a lovely combination with the Rich and intense matured flavour.

The Richness of this matured coffee is definitely top notch. Even from the smell of the coffee you can tell that it is intense and full of flavour. This is not me saying that it is a very strong coffee and unappealing for the one off coffee drinker, this coffee has a strange combination of intense, full-bodied, smooth and inviting while maintaining very little bitterness to disrupt your taste buds. This coffee is so smooth to drink that I have had a few cups black without milk just to try it, and you wouldn't believe how easy it is to drink (Very easy encase you couldn't believe it).

On to my favourite section the Aroma! The aroma you get of the coffee from the bag is intense and even smells as though it would be matured, although this seems to fade once you make the coffee. That intense and matured smell that you got from the bag vanished, leaving behind a natural coffee smell with a slightly inviting sense to it, making you want to take sip after sip. I love it!

Now I would say I'm running out of ways to introduce my judges ... but I'm not. Welcome the BEANS GOT TALENT JUDGES!

Bitterness - 4 out of 5 Beans

Richness - 4 out of 5 Beans

Aroma - 4 out of 5 Beans

**A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.**