IS IT MILKY CAKE ENOUGH?｜Colombia Cauca, Castillo Advanced Fermentation【DAK】

Harvest to harvest, small shifts are expected. Coffee is an agricultural product and no two seasons are identical. With Milky Cake, we hold the variation to a tighter range because the profile is specific and people return to it for that reason. This lot sits slightly outside that range. The core is there: creamy body, vanilla, cardamom. But the acidity is more present than usual and there's a fruitiness running through it that previous batches didn't have. A little less spice, more brightness. It's Milky Cake. Our team is split on whether this batch sits close enough to the profile or whether the shift is big enough to notice. Some of us taste the same coffee we've always had. Others pick up on the extra acidity and miss the intense spiciness. We decided to release it and let you weigh in. Nonetheless, it tastes delicious. This lot costs more than previous years. The producer raised the price significantly, and we chose to keep buying it.