Roast-toned flavors of chocolate and toasted nut are the stars of the show, with creamy body, and mild acidity. The kind of balanced bittersweetness that’s sure to please the crowd. City+ to French. Good for espresso.

Full Cupping Notes:
Cafetales de Dota makes a very nice everyday coffee and has the kind of balanced bittersweet base flavor that’s sure to please the crowd. It’s a lower acid cup that trades sharpness for rounded mouthfeel, and roast-toned flavors of chocolate and toasted nut are the stars of the show. The smells showed bittersweet and malty notes, with a muted hint of brûléed suger. The City+/Full City roasts showed a range of cocoa cup flavors, semi-sweet chocolate in the lighter roasts, dark cocoa powder in medium, to brooding baking chocolate at FC+ (likely into French for those desiring a really dark roast). As the coffee cools off some, I picked up on a soft hint of caramel, pistachio, almond, and chocolate biscuit. At darker roast levels, especially FC or FC+, the cup has a really nice