Peace Coffee Guatemalan

After a break from updating Luxurious Liquids due to many moves I felt it was imperative to start again with a fine choice. So I chose a coffee I found excellent from Peace Coffee that was just roasted lighter. So here are my thoughts on a freshly french-pressed Guatemalan bean from Peace Coffee:

Even before tasting it I could tell this wasn't a "light" roast, just lighter than the Guatemalan Dark Roast. It has a great balance of acidity with it strong enough to be noted but nowhere near the point where it can be a little disturbing such as some Columbian coffees. Nutty is the prime note here though. I can smell pecans and peanuts (along with some chocolaty notes like the dark roast), and taste hazelnut. Do NOT let that statement alarm you! It doesn't parallel the flavored 'coffees' labeled French Vanilla. You're left with the chocolate taste in the aftertaste.

"Aahhhhhhhhh" *sigh of pleasure* I give Peace Coffee's Guatemalan a B (good).

I'll be doing this more often now with an internet connection, all of my tea tins, coffee beans, bar-ware, wine rack, and fine liquors (nothing in plastic), unpacked. Beer will be involved as well because I'm in Portland, Maine now and as some of you may have noticed, there are many fine breweries around.

Peace Coffee Snowshoe Brew

It can be restraining to identify coffee sometimes because it’ll keep you from trying a blend with a name you don’t know. “Ethiopian beans are on the crisp side and Sumatran tends to be earthy-dark, but what is a snowshoe brew?” So for those that know coffee jargon and even those that don’t, I’m discovering Peace Coffee’s Snowshoe Brew.

Sniffing above my coffee’s foam rimming the cup, (a benefit of using a french press), I detected a “seasoned smoke”. This was rather unique because it wasn’t deep or earthy like a Sumatran bean. Taking a sip the coffee brought to me a slight spice and sweetness to the light roast. I must note that when I say sweet it’s nothing like the pre-sweetened beans of Dunkin’ Donuts. Snowshoe Brew also had a light body and left a sturdy, lingering aftertaste.

Now I’ve given lighter roasts such as Green Mountain’s Organic lower ratings but I enjoyed this light roast very much, which defines a B (good). It may be towards the end of winter but I’d recommend that many go out and get this coffee while it’s available because it’ll be a great way to start spring days as well

Peace Coffee Guatemalan Dark Roast

The name of this brand makes it obvious that it's a fair trade product and with a quick inspection of the label you find it's also organic, as most fair trade coffees are. This is all a great thing supporting the world market to have standards like those within America as well as keeping the unnatural pieces away. But you may have read before that I'm more concerned with how much I like it. So here are my thoughts on Peace Coffee's taste.

Wow, this may be my new coffee of choice. This coffee gives an inviting aura of dark chocolate with no bitter or sweet. There is also a smokiness with the chocolate but a "dark" nutty note also exists. The smoky chocolate returns in the taste but this time the bitterness of dark chocolate seems to have replaced coffees. Something else is there but it's hard to find any words that describe it. The best I could say is a "caramelized roast". Its aftertaste leaves you with the dark chocolate, but I want to say this is nothing like a flavored coffee.

I give Peace Coffee's Guatemalan Dark Roast an A (excellent) and will be a coffee I'll try to keep on hand (but I have 5 lbs of coffee already!) This is a great choice for those who want to ease into darker roasts because I found it easy to drink. There is little acidity.