Orange Coffee from Peru

My thanks to Mr. & Mrs. Payn for bringing back some roasted coffee beans from their trip to Peru.Interestingly and a first for me the coffee had been roasted with Orange peel.

Having experienced some home roasted coffee in Colombia recently it came as no surprise when I saw that the beans were very black and oily. Rather than the even roast we get on commercial roasters, domestic roasting tends to roast dark on the outside, whilst the core of the coffee remains relatively light.

From a taste perspective I was surprised at how strongly the citrus orange flavour came through and how highly aromatic it was. The coffee itself was quite drinkable, we made it in a "French press" or Cafetiere.

For those of you interested in some more facts about the coffee it came from a small farm in the Sacred Valley county of Cuzco, Peru.