• Starmaya AA
  • Starmaya AA

Starmaya AA

White Wine, Raisin, Molasses

 

This May, we’re proud to feature a remarkable Zambian coffee, the roastery team loved the sound of light sweet tasting notes! We cannot wait to share it with you!
Origin: Zambia
Variety: Starmaya
Process: Washed
Size:
Grind:

Pickup available at Blend Contemporary

Tasting notes

A fresh crisp mouth feel, with soft fruit cake sweetness with bright dried-fruit tones

Origin

Zambia - Sourced from Mount Sunzu, located in Mbala, Zambia, at the foot of the country’s highest mountain

Variety

Starmaya

Process

This coffee was processed on-site at Mount Sunzu’s own wet and dry mill. After selective picking, ripe cherries were floated, before being pulped and dry fermented for 24 hours (’dry’ meaning not submerged in water). Fermentation took place in 1000ml tanks with naturally occurring yeast and bacteria.

After fermentation, the coffee was spread out on raised drying beds which got covered during the night, taking 10 days total to dry. Following this, the coffee was hulled, graded, and hand sorted in Mount Sunzu’s dry processing facilities.

The coffee is off beautiful quality, all full, whole beans, brilliantly roasted. They taste great as espresso, sublime as flat white or iced latte. Lovely.

- Karl P

After being recommend to try Stewarts coffee roast, I bought the Raisin, Chocolate, Peanut espresso beans. I had regular updates from them while my beans were being roasted, packed and dispatched, with tracking available and the whole ordering process was so easy (just like it should be). On to the beans... Lightly roasted (light brown), not dark and shiny like a lot of dark-roasted beans I've tried before... and the smell when I opened the bag was incredible! Definitely the best-smelling coffee I've had. Taste-wise, I tried my usual 2-shot Americano and was very pleased with the smooth, robust taste. You can actually taste the notes described... but I wasn't "blown away" (although it was definitely up there with the best). Then I tried a quad-espresso. Espresso is what these beans are roasted for. A literal taste explosion, not bitter at all, but a delicious, nutty flavour with an overtone of peanut and chocolate and a back note of raisins. A beautiful hit of coffee on the palate. You've got yourself a subscriber.

- Chris Pegg

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