Starbucks Reserve Bali Mount Batur Coffee Review
Wow wow wow. Using rare coffee beans always brightens your day. Whether you like Starbucks or not, these beans are fantastic. You can easily get them at any Starbucks Reserve location. Just to clarify, this isn't a sponsored post for Starbucks, just an honest review.
These beans are tough to find online, so it's better to visit a local Starbucks. If they don't have them, the baristas can usually tell you if another nearby Starbucks does.
This coffee was truly delicious. A treat. Immediately upon reading the description of this coffee on the card attached to the bag, I knew it was going to be special.
This roast was one of the best I’ve had in a while.
ABOUT
On the Starbucks website, they offer the following small write-up about this roast:
“Aromatic and herbal notes of lemon leaves and sweet marzipan with a dusted-cocoa finish. The Indonesian island of Bali is paradise for growing coffee. On the slopes of Mt. Batur, coffee plants are shaded by orange trees and intercropped with taro and cassava root. The result is a harmony of lemon leaves, sweet marzipan and dusted-cocoa notes.”
Starbucks indicates that this coffee is from the volcanic slopes of Mt. Batur region of Colombia, and offers the following details about the roast:
Roast Level: Medium
Processing: Semi-Washed (Wet Hulled)
Regarding this coffee, Starbucks offered the generous write-up on the back of the card:
“Bali, an Indonesian island known for its pristine beaches and lush bamboo groves, is paradise for growing coffee. On the volcanic slopes of Mt. Batur, coffee plants are shaded by orange trees that protect them from direct sunlight and intercropped with taro and cassava root. Fallen leaves from high-reaching canopies provide the soil with organic matter and essential nutrients, creating balance in the ecosystem. This lot is the product of 393 smallholder farms and brought to life using a traditional wet-hulled processing method. The result is an aromatic harmony of lemon leaves and sweet marzipan notes, finishing with notes of dusted cocoa.”
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REVIEW
This coffee grew on the side of a volcanic mountain in the shade of orange trees. It has chocolate, lemon, and marzipan notes. How could this not be one of the best coffee roasts?
When I opened the bag I knew this was a memorable roast. This is what all coffee should smell like.
According to Starbucks, this coffee has “aromatic and herbal notes of lemon leaves and sweet marzipan with a dusted-cocoa finish.”
In certain regards this roast tasted more like chocolate milk than coffee. With just a hint of sweet lemon. I used the beans from this roast to make Americanos (iced and hot), cappuccino, latte, flat white, cold brew, and an affogato. All were delightful.
Should you try this coffee? Yes. You’d be crazy not to. After trying it for a few drinks I went back and bought 5 more bags.
Rating: 9.8/10
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