Competition Entry Combo

Now you can try our entry for the 2024 A Shot In The Dark coffee roasting competition! This coffee is sold as a combo including 250g of the single origin Rwanda Kigasali we roasted for the competition and 250g of our unique entry for the 2024 Espresso Blend section of the competition (2024) coffee. 
 
About the coffees:
Origin: Rwanda
Region: Kigasali Washing Station (Kigali)
Varietals: SL28
 
Tasting Notes: Gentle citrus-like acidity, Sweet fruit aroma, Stone Fruit flavour (think Apricot), Medium Sweetness, Smooth Body, low bitterness
 
A Shot In The Dark Espresso Blend 2024 - notes from the roaster:
As part of the coffee roasting competition, I was provided with two additional coffees to roast - a Colombian coffee and Ugandan Coffee (more details below). Together with the Rwanda Kigasali, entrants were instructed to create an espresso blend with all three coffees. I was provided with parameters as to how the coffee would be judged but how I was to blend the coffee was up to me!
 
So here is what I did. Each coffee was roasted to a medium-light roast to preserve the inherant quality of each. Once roasted, these coffees were evaluated to establish their inherant flavour characteristics through a process called "cupping".
After understanding the potetial of the coffee, I tried each coffee as an espresso on it's own to establish what the coffee tasted like through this brewing method. I then started experimenting with certain blend percentages for each coffee and settled on the following recipe:
 
40% Colombia Antioquia Bolivar Crecer (Washed)
40% Rwanda Kigasali (Washed)
20% Uganda Bulambuli (Washed)
 
Tasting notes: Orange Citrus, Stone Fruit, Dark Chocolate