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1 lb. - 10 lbs. Zambia Mafinga Peaberry NCCL Estate Fresh 100% Arabica Coffee Beans @ Various Roast Levels

1 lb. - 10 lbs. Zambia Mafinga Peaberry NCCL Estate Fresh 100% Arabica Coffee Beans @ Various Roast Levels

Regular price $30.00 CAD
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Roast Profile
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Remember to store properly. Brew & Enjoy!

Please store properly in an air-tight container, away from light, moisture, extreme temperatures, & oxygen. Once the beans are transferred into an air-tight container, please store in a dark pantry or kitchen cupboard for maximum freshness dating to up to 8 weeks.

Lots of fun and serious discussions in cupping here to offer you our take on what we taste as prevalent in the final cup, roasted at medium, cupped black, absolutely no additives with a cupping score 85 due to the clean washed milling and fermentation.

Cupping Notes: Chewy, luscious bitter-sweetness, molasses, cocoa powder, Tootsie Roll taffy, subtle hints of fruit and fresh herbs, with moderate acidity level. Best @ City (light) through  Full City+(medium/dark). Great for espresso. Excellent @ fine, espresso, and Turkish grinds.

The dry fragrance has a pleasant bittersweet core, with a faint fruit note, and toffee-like sweetness. The wet aroma has similar toffee/caramel appeal, with substantial cocoa roast tones behind it, and an herbal accent that twists through the steam.

The flavors are well balanced, and this Zambia peaberry lot has a moderate level of acidity which adds to the base flavors. After cooling off a little, the cup offers a subtle dried fruit note, and an herbal hint comes into play in aroma. While light (city) and medium (full city) roasts capture the acidity/bittersweet combo, this Zambia peaberry also makes a delicious dark/espresso coffee with a medium body, smooth finish, citrus and chocolate notes. 

This Zambian Mafinga Peaberry coffee comes from the NCCL Estate, located in the Kasama region of Zambia. With farms on elevations between 1300 and 1600 MASL, this region is ideal for high quality coffee. Through the milling and washing process, the best cherries are carefully selected with double handpicking (ensuring a consistency of over 98% of fully formed red ripe cherries) before being mechanically dried. This high quality milling standards make this a very nice heirloom quality peaberry coffee.

Cupping score: 85

Estate: NCCL, Kasama Zambia

Body: Balanced and Smooth 

Acidity:  Bright, crisp

Processing: Wet Process (Washed)

Cultivar: Heirloom Types

MASL: 1300m

Processing Details: Double picked, washed, with specific import markings and milling standards. 

Along with efforts to continuously improve quality, NCCL is dedicated to the future of coffee growing in the region through a wide variety of social and economic initiatives.

 

Customer Reviews

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Kara Trushkov
Read return policy....1st

Can not return based on your personal dislike of the flavor. I oerder 3 different kinds from here and all have a taste that is super bitter. I remember what real fresh coffee tasted like and this isnt it. I spent around 120$ and i almost cant even force myself to drink it.
Im sad to write a bad review but this is my only way to feel like im not throwing 120$ away so other dont do the same.

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Daniel A
Excellent dark roast

This is an outstanding dark roast. Rates with best Central Americans.

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greg east
Zambia espresso

Love it for my cafe Americanos

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GBH-ATL
Nice & mild

At "Full City/Medium Roast" I used it both in French Press (nice results) and in my GCP for Espresso (not ideal beans for espresso. The balance leaned too acidic for me). Overall, nice beans, properly roasted, delivering decent, if somewhat non-descript results to the cup.

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Michael Sanford
Another Peaberry

I had been ordering the Module estate peaberry, but after being retired and the price is going up, I had to try a different African coffee. I saved a few dollars with this order and the quality and taste were quite good.

Thank you for your feedback! We're glad you found our Zambia Mafinga Peaberry NCCL Estate Fresh 100% Arabica Coffee Beans @ Various Roast Levels to be a good quality and tasty coffee.
Unfortunately, some peaberry pricing has increased due to a rise in export costs at origin, though farm and export costs have stabilized now, and we do no expect any further increases for these bean types for the remainder of 2023. Thank you for your continued business!

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