Carta Coffee Latitude Dark 2020, Natural Process Darker Side

 

Carta Coffee Latitude Dark 2020, Natural Process Darker Side is a slight departure from the 2016 dark. Scott of Carta Coffee put a slight twist to his roasting profile, and I am lucky enough to get to taste it. I will do the same as I did in the Latitude Light. The twist being on both these coffees was done in the roasting.

Here is what I found

Aroma:

The aroma is big and fiery will fill up your kitchen. After a while I noticed the sweet smokey smell of tobacco fallowed by dark chocolate and fruit.

 

Latitude Dark 2016:

The Dark is big, bold, and rich. Filling the room with some spice and smokiness.

 

Flavor:

This coffee is naturally sweet with some complexity of earthiness, dark chocolate, followed by some smokiness making this a rich cup of flavors.

Latitude Dark 2016:

The Dark is sweeter and strong in flavor. Smooth and complex overall.

Body:

Full, well rounded, slightly juicy. I found this coffee to be smooth and gentle to drink with no bitter finish or aftertaste.

 

Latitude Dark 2016:

Full, very impressive to drink, heavy and thick. Very creamy mouth feel.

 

Acidity:

The acid in this coffee is low and naturally sweet. Has a long life in the cup with a smooth clean finish, not muddy at all.

Latitude Dark 2016:

Well balanced naturally sweet, smooth.

 

With dairy:

I did add dairy to this coffee, it was good without it, but to be consistent I did add some. This coffee became a dessert coffee, the dark chocolate took over as the main flavor and lent itself to a host of chocolate desserts. I consulted my notes from 2016 and I noticed the same opinion was there.

 

Overall:

This 2020 version of this coffee is just as good as the 2016, but with a richer pallet of flavor. Quite incredible coffee, both of them.