Cameron's Costa Rican Blend whole bean medium roast
This is a review of Cameron's Costa Rican medium roast whole bean coffee. I purchased a 4 pound bag that was on sale for $39.49 US online at Amazon. Regular price is $45.98 US.. This coffee came packaged in a heavy weight non-resealable Mylar foil bag with a standard degasing valve. The package had some basic information about the coffee inside, roast type and expiration date. This is a blend of Arabica beans, 40% Costa Rican and the rest from Central and South America, more on this later. Upon opening the bag the fragrance of the whole beans was pleasant, nutty, fresh cut wood, leather and coffee like. Inspecting the beans I found a high-quality bean roasted to just passed medium but not a medium dark in my opinion. This coffee had an expiration date of 9/2026. I ground 66 grams to approximately 800 microns on my Ollygrin BG710T conical burr grinder, again this coffee had a very pleasant fragrance. This 66 gram dose was brewed with 1.2 liters of cold filtered water in a Cuisinart Pure Precision CPO-850 automatic pour over coffee maker.The aroma from this coffee while brewing was reminiscent of a typical South American Arabica coffee, smooth coffee aroma. Upon cupping I found this coffee to have an aroma of roasted nuts and burnt caramel, tasting this brewed coffee I found bright acidity, no bitterness and a pleasant mouth feel. This coffee was delightful and bold on the palate with a smooth nutty coffee flavor. This is NOT 100% single origin Costa Rican coffee but a blend of different Arabica beans with 40% high quality Costa Rican beans blended with various other Arabica beans. My uneducated guess would be Honduran and Guatemalan. The SCA rates coffees with a cupping score of 80 or higher as specialty grade coffees. Using their scoring system I rate this coffee at 88.75. Cameron's is known for their smooth never bitter specialty coffee. This Cameron's Costa Rican Blend is on par. This Cameron's Costa Rican made an excellent cup of coffee one of the best I have had. At a sale price of $9.87/pound or 62 cents/ounce this falls into the middle of what I consider to be affordable coffee. Who is this coffee for, anyone who is looking for a substantial upgrade from their daily supermarket brew. Cameron's Costa Rican Blend medium roast whole bean coffee comes highly recommended.