TANZANIA - ACACIA HILLS

After a long search, and many months of impatient waiting, we could not be more eager to welcome this one of a kind washed pacamara offering from Leon Christianakis’ farm, Acacia Hills, onto our menu. With his work at Acacia Hills, Leon is producing not only the best, most vibrant lots in Tanzania, but some of the most exquisite coffee coming out of Africa at the moment. This is an unusually complex cup, offering up layers of fruit, both in aroma and taste. Immediately, we notice the sweet, crisp juiciness of just-ripe pink and orange fruits, putting us in the space of papaya and guava. To tame and add further complexity to this sweetness, in comes a hit of bright, lively, effervescent lime at the top of the palette, which is then mellowed and brought into balance with the cup as a whole by a dark, round, syrupy note of stewed blueberry. It is truly a wild trip and an absolute pleasure to sip on this coffee.