Buddy Brew's Kenya AA

"Wow!  Wow.  Oh my God."

This is my actual, unedited reaction to my first sip of this coffee.

Part of it was due to a bit of scalding of my tongue — the rest was a gut reaction to an incredible coffee flavor.

These beans from Buddy Brew Coffee were fired up only 4 days ago — the package features a hand-written date in pencil.  Done in small batches, these were hand-roasted to City +, cooled, bagged, packed in a Priority Mail envelope and sent out post-haste.  And here I am drinking it.

I haven’t had coffee this good in a long, long time.

It’s naturally sweet with very strong chocolate overtones, and a perfect balance of acidity — just enough there to sharpen the flavor, and that’s it.  The body is light, but the flavor is bold, washing across the palate and delivering a light, nutty aftertaste.

Instead of the winey acidic bite of Kenya AA roasts I’ve sampled in the past, this hits me more like an incredible chocolate-coffee liqueur.  I’m totally loving it, and I think the folks at Buddy Brew Coffee are my new favorite coffee roasters.

Look for more from them here over the next few weeks.  I have more beans on the way.