Sunday, April 20, 2025

Specialty Coffee Association of Uzbekistan / Kenya / Gicherori / Washed

The notes of this coffee, which you most likely cannot read, are "black tea, earl grey, raspberry, and apricot sorbet." It did actually taste like many of these things, although I probably would have cut raspberry in favor of "red fruit." Raspberry feels too specific. 

I did not expect to be able to get specialty coffee in Uzbekistan, let alone find one of the three specialty cafes in Tashkent in the ground floor of my Airbnb. That was a pleasant surprise. They let you order any of their coffees, of which they must have had at least fifteen, in any brew method (which feels risky). I picked mine off the shelf because I had never had the origin, and it was a plus that it had a high number on it. I ordered an AeroPress. I was surprised to find the coffee to actually be very fruity and good. It was also about $2.31 — expensive for Uzbekistan (about two rideshare trips), but a great price for me!

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