Way Down Among Brazilians: Superior From Cafe Tabom
The Drink: Superior From Cafe Tabom
Type: Whole Bean Blend
Overall Rating: 3.5 Out Of 5 Coffee Mugs
Way down among Brazilians / coffee beans grow by the billions / So they’ve got to find those extra cups to fill / They’ve got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil
If you didn’t already guess it, today’s coffee comes from Brazil. There’s a whole lot of coffee beans grown in Brazil. A lot of it ends up in those big blue plastic tubs that you see at the grocery store, but I’ve had a few coffees from Brazil that was nothing like their mass produced brothers.
The coffee is called Superior and the name of the producer is Cafe Tabom. It’s blend of Brazilian beans that is 80% arabica and 20% robusta. Before you run away screaming, I’ve had a few good blends that include robusta beans, mostly from Barista On Duty. If it’s anything like those beans, I’m in for a good thing.
Smooth flavor and body. Pleasant aroma with a full crema in a well-balanced cup.
-Cafe Tabom description
In the aroma department, I picked up on some deliciousness that was filled with scents of chocolate cake, a little bit of spiciness (imagine opening up your spice cabinet and taking in a big sniff) and a little bit of earthiness (like putting a shovel into the dirt and flipping it over).
I was a little worried about the robusta beans giving a bitter taste the coffee, but it was mostly smooth up front with just a hint of bitterness in the tail end.
It did have a light body, lighter then I expected from a South American coffee, but I’m not taking any points off for that.
As far as flavor, it started with a whole of chocolate and spice in the start of the sip. A nutty flavor came out after that and it was a little bland, although very drinkable.
Unrelated to the taste or smell, two things caught my attention right away about Cafe Tabom. The first is they roast their coffee at origin, meaning that the beans are not roasted thousands of miles away and months after they’ve been picked at the far. Also, they have an environmental management system (ISO 14001 and CarbonNeutral Certified) to minimize their impact, by reducing waste, packaging and energy consumption.
Overall, Superior from Cafe Tabom earned an above average 3.5 on the Daily Shot Of Coffee scale. It’s a great every day kind of coffee, the kind I could drink a lot of through out the morning.
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Category: Coffee Reviews
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i like the way their blending lets you choose 3 simple bean
blends Mike… no fooling around here. i guess we know
the more Robusta in it, the finer the sip.
it looks like a well grown and crafted coffee.
not sure i’d run out and buy it but if someone had it
on hand, enjoy -> also it’s Kosher!
GOURMET
100% Arabica
Smooth flavor and body. Pleasant aroma with a full crema in a well- balanced cup.
SUPERIOR
80% Arabica – 20% Robusta
Smooth flavor and body. Pleasant aroma with a full crema in a well- balanced cup.
TRADICIONAL
30% Arabica – 70% Robusta
Smooth flavor and body. Pleasant aroma with a full crema in a well- balanced cup.
CERTIFICATIONS
ISO 9001
The internationally recognized standard for quality of management systems (accredited by ABS Quality Evaluations, Inc.)
ISO 14001
The internationally recognized standard for environmental management systems (accredited by ABS Quality Evaluations, Inc.)
ISO 22000
The internationally recognized standard for food safety management systems (accredited by ABS Quality Evaluations, Inc.)
CarbonNeutral® Certified
Assurance that carbon emissions at our Brazil facility have been independently measured and have been reduced and offset by 100% (accredited by the CarbonNeutral Company)
ABIC
Associação Brasileira da Industria de Café Certification ensures that Brazilian coffees meet the highest standards for sustainability practices and quality control.
Orthodox Union (OU) Kosher
Accreditation from the world’s most recognized provider of kosher certification (from the Orthodox Union)
In my opinion, of the coffees I’ve had, generally the more arabica, the better. Of course, I would be willing to bet there’s some arabicas and robustas that don’t play by the rules like that.