Last month's Blue Batak was our first dark roast. October sits in the middle: a medium-roast Brazil that drinks easy, black or with milk.
It comes from Mogiana, the coffee country of north-eastern São Paulo along the Minas Gerais border. The region is named after the old Mogiana railway that served its coffee farms, and most of its coffee grows above 800 metres.
This lot is graded Fine Cup, the Brazilian trade grade for a coffee that has been cup-tested and found clean, with no off-flavours. It is also screened to a consistent bean size, which helps it roast evenly.
We have taken it to a medium. Milk chocolate, hazelnut and caramel, low acidity and a smooth, rounded body. Soft, mellow and easy to drink.
Roasted to order in NSW, this month only.