Today, Armeno Coffee Roasters will start our 2010 Featured Roast of the Week blog series with a coffee that has been hard to find in recent years, but was previously a favorite of our customers – Bali Blue Krishna. Bali Blue Krishna is one of our certified organic selections, and as rare as it has been in the U.S., you may not want to wait to try some.
Bali is a small island in Indonesia, located between the island of Java to the west and Lombok to the east. Bali is a unique province in Indonesia, and is home to most of Indonesia’s small Hindu minority.
NASA Generated Image
As you can see from this topographic image of Bali, the island is dominated by several volcanic mountains, the most active of which is Gunung Agung which erupted as recently as 1963. Gunung Agung is the lightly colored feature farthest to the right in this image.
The coffees of Bali are wet-processed and the Bali Blue Krishna offers a bright, clean cup while maintaining an earthy Indonesian island character. In recent years, most of this coffee has been traded to Japan, making it extremely hard to find in the U.S., and we are excited to be able to offer it again. Armeno Coffee roaster John Parks roasts this coffee to early second crack to bring out some of the more chocolaty characteristics and complimenting the coffee’s syrupy body and nutty finish. John says this coffee is great both for drip coffee makers and for espresso.
Photo by Sue Teplansky
When we took the pictures from today’s roasting session, I had the opportunity to sample the freshly roasted coffee, and I was impressed with how the fruity and nutty characteristics were so well balanced. In this photo series, you can see the green coffee beans, John Parks pouring the coffee beans into the roaster, and the roasted beans cooling after emerging from the roaster.
If you have tried Armeno Bali Blue Krishna in the past, post your thoughts and join the conversation using any or our social media tools: comment on this blog entry, post a comment on our Facebook Page, or reply to us on Twitter using @ArmenoCoffee.
Enjoy!
February 17, 2010 at 3:28 pm
Despite what anyone think, a french press is hands down better than any other brew of coffee I’ve ever tasted. If you have any of time, take a visit over to the how-to guide we’ve written at frenchpresshowto.com. Thanks a lot for the post!
February 17, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Thanks for the comment. Just my personal bias, but I agree completely. I use a regular drip coffee maker in the morning while I’m getting going, but my afternoon coffee – usually a more complex selection – is brewed using a French Press.