Peru San Fernando - Heart Coffee Roasters - Feb 2016

There's a great multi-roaster cafe in town called Scout & Co. that features some of the best roasters in the country. I recently picked up the Peru San Fernando roasted by Heart Roasters out of Portland, Oregon. 

Heart Coffee is available at Scout & Co. in Winooski and Burlington

Peru isn't a country of origin I drink coffees from very often. I'm generalizing, but many coffees from Peru aren't outstanding due to agricultural/processing practices at origin. For that reason, you don't see specialty coffee shops with Peruvian offerings on their retail shelves nearly as often as you'll find an Ethiopian, Guatemalan or Costa Rican coffee.

Nevertheless, when I saw a Heart Peru available, I jumped at the chance to try their take on it. Heart has a reputation for sourcing and roasting phenomenal coffees from less sought after origins.

I brewed up the Peru San Fernando in a Chemex and Aeropress to evaluate it.

Tasting notes:

The San Fernando has a strong chocolatey aroma and chocolate-forward flavor profile. My first impressions as I sipped it were positive. I tasted sugary sweetness, cacao nib, hazelnut and subtle stone fruit acidity on the sides of my tongue.

As usual, Heart roasts in such a way as to minimize harsh, astringent and unpleasant characteristics and highlight sweetness. If you're looking for a comforting everyday drinker I'd highly recommend this coffee!