Thank you for attending on Saturday!

I would like to thank everyone who attended our Coffee & Chocolate tasting event last Saturday. It was a great time. Seneca picked out some chocolates to match the Ecco Caffe coffee we were tasting and it was amazing. Here's what we tried in order.

Organic Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Beloya - Abdullah Bagersh

Natural process . Sun dried

- Gorgeous apricot tones , elegantly sweet , strawberry noted finish . Mild rounded acidity .

Floral . sugarcane , berry basket aromatics .Rich syrupy body
Paired with Bittersweet Origins Puerto Plata Bar

Organic Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Konga Coop / Operation Cherry Red Reserve lot / special red ripe cherry sorting /preparation

Washed process

- Intoxicating floral, honey , stone fruit and jasmine aromatics segue into a gorgeously sweet and balanced cup. Very clean , long complex sugarcane finish . Notes of ginger . Rounded , balanced peak of season , stone fruit acidity

Paired with Republica Del Cacao Manabi Province 75% Dark Bar

Organic Ethiopia Korito Koran Cooperative - Sidamo Region / Dara District

Natural Process / Sun dried

- Tantalizing cassis/ currant, cocoa noted aromatics carry through to the cup . Very clean , sweet and balanced . Long lingering body , Medium - high , very balanced acidity .

Paired with Divine Dar Bar

Brazil Fazenda Cachoiera Yellow Bourbon - Taste of the Harvest Reserve Lot

Pulped natural process / Heirloom variety / Sun dried - African raised bed process

- Sugarcane , honey and caramel aromatics. Lovely notes of bittersweet chocolate buttery mouth feel ,caramel noted finish. Rounded. Very soft , sweet balanced acidity

Paired with El Rey Caoba Milk Chocolate Bar and Valrhona Palmira 2007


I would have never thought to pair a fuller bodied coffee with a milk chocolate bar, but it worked. For those of you who missed the fun we will be doing it again in the spring. What an eye opening event. I have a new appreciation for good coffee and how it can pair with chocolates and even a for a bar I didn't like before.

Again, thank you to all who attended and I look forward to our next event in February.