Another prized gift I picked up from my best friend of yesteryears while we were in Australia was this bag of coffee. Australia is not very famous for coffee production (has a very high consumption of coffee though). Most of today’s coffee plantations are not even 50 years old and are in a small area in Queensland and New South Wales.

Opened the coffee today. It is less acidic and bit on the sweeter side. Loved the fresh aroma.

Distinct aroma of stronger coffee

Costa Rica!

The first coffee plantation I ever visited was in Costa Rica. Learnt there for the first time how a coffee berry has two beans in it. And the sheath inside actually tastes sweet! It is the roasting that makes the coffee bean bitter!

Got this gift of coffee packet from Nikita who recently came back from her internship in Uganda. Had to do some research on the coffee source. One thing it exposed is how little geography I know.

This coffee is grown in the mountains of Bugisu area bordering on Kenya. Most of the coffee is arabica in style and is grown in small plots by farmers on the volcanic loams surrounding Mt. Elgon. This packet is dark roasted but the beans look surprising lighter in color. The coffee is lower on the acidity scale.

You think she might notice?