Cafe Aromec - Rwandan coffee

There is something peculiar about this coffee which I am not able to identify clearly, but also this is the first time I am drinking this type of coffee. 

This coffee is from Rwanda, and it grows on the volcanic soil. Also it is been categorized under as 'bourbon' coffee. Chotu (Varun Nagda) had got this coffee for me, from there. 

Roast and tastes notes are not mentioned on the packet, making it harder for me to understand this coffee. But it seems from the colour, taste and smell that it is a dark roast. The smell of the grinded coffee is that of a dark chocolate. The peculiar thing about the coffee is it's flatness in it's first part of the sip. It tastes very oaky and earthly, and has a very dark (that is strong caeffeine) flavour, but at the same time it also seems to be a bit flat - its not acidic and has no kind of pungent taste to it, it has no sharp tastes. But it also leaves a sweet creamy choclaty after taste, which for me seems the best part because it brings such a good compliment to the oakiness of it. Also, it has a good caeffeine level, enough to make you anxious :p

Also when brewing this coffee, the colour was of nothing I had ever seen before. It's very brown (a bit vibrant) with no yellowness in it (other coffee which I have tasted usually have a kind of yellowness). 

This has been my first 'bourbon' coffee as well as first African coffee. I have little to no knowledge about coffee from Africa. 

Koinonia - Amrut Casked Aged

• Tasted in pour over

Tastes a bit sour-bitter (bitterness because of its ageing in rum barrels mostly), has a bit bland taste, but complex because a lot is going on - a very little sweet taste with a bitter-sour taste. But for some reason I found it a bit bland because and would wish for a bit more deep taste (may be I will have to try it with more amount on coffee to water).

Koinonia - Orchardale

Tasted in pour over

This has a very strong sour taste and quite good caffeine. Leaves a very acidic sour after taste. It also tastes a but nutty which compliments the sour taste of coffee. It says apple but it was a bit difficult for me to get an apple flavour it was a bit fruity (maybe the sour and fruity taste is what gives it a tag of apple). Gives a quite good caeffeine hit and is very refreshing.

Quick brown coffee roasters - Baarbara Baba Budangiri

Tasted in pour over

Light brown in colour, sour,fruity and sweet taste. Not very strong caffeine. Leaves a very sweet after taste in mouth. In comparison to Koinonia , this coffee tastes of very sweet fruit(because it is sun dried and light rosted) Beans smell very aromatic, light rosted, fruit and sweet. Caeffeine is very subtle and would be good for on the go coffee in between day as it also has a very good fruity sweet taste.