Big Island Coffee Roasters - Puna Kazumura, Hawai'i - Inverted Aeropress

We are stuck in a west rut. First, with the Papua New Guinea, now with some Hawai'i. I guess we'd actually need a third to have a trend.

Brent brought this one, as one of three coffees from Hawai'i by Big Island Coffee Roasters. The label and description caught my eye immediately: tasting notes of sandalwood?? We generally get stuff with sweet, citrus, nutty, or otherwise, but this is probably the first herbal coffee we have tried. I also noted the javalina on the cover, with the quote: "Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it." attributed to George Bernard Shaw. As someone who holds a bottle opener made from a boar tusk, it made me hungry.

The foam on this was great, though not as thick as with the New Guinea.

The flavor was amazingly different, not too darkly roasted. I definitely agree with the sandalwood reference, though it smelled strongly of chocolate when ground, but this wasn't an really sweet or juicy coffee. I'd say nutty and herbal, but light enough to drink consistently without getting burned out. As it cooled, it shifted from having one strong flavor to three-dimensional. If we've got any cologne nerds out there (again, on the sandalwood reference), you may love this stuff.

Jay's Rating: 8.5
Brent's Rating: 9

As Brent pointed out, we've been drinking too good of coffees recently. Perhaps we will need worse coffee or to add elements of new measurement to distinguish these better. Or maybe you should just drink what we do.