Brazil Esperanca Estate

Brazil coffee first and foremost shines as espresso. If you have an aeropress or espresso machine, Brazil should be one of the coffees you keep around. But not all Brazils are equal, and the nicer Brazils are also enjoyable as drip coffee or as part of a coffee blend. This Brazil comes from a single estate in the Minas Gerais region, which is a bit north of the common Mogiana and Cerrado regions. It has a softer, less harsh presence in coffee blends, offering some notes of cherry and milk chocolate and brown sugar to your espresso or coffee blends, along with a full body, and not as much earthy character as the cheaper Brazils. It still has a definite Brazil coffee character, you'll note it in the aftertaste, that flavor you just don't pick up from other origins -- but it's not as harsh and earthy and thin as the cheaper Brazilian coffees. This is a natural-processed coffee which gives it more complexity, but you don't roast it like a natural process -- you still crank it up and take