Cameron's Hawaiian Blend Light roast whole bean coffee (revisited)
Cameron's Hawaiian Blend Light roast whole bean coffee(revisited)
This is a review of Cameron's Hawaiian Blend light roast whole bean coffee. I purchased a 4 pound bag that was on sale for $34.99 US on Amazon. Regular price is $41.49 on the Cameron's website. This coffee came packaged in a generic heavy weight resealable Mylar foil bag with a standard degassing valve. The package had just basic information about the coffee inside, roast type and expiration date. This is a blend of Arabica beans, 10% Hawaiian and the rest from Central and South America, more on this later. Upon opening the bag the fragrance of the whole beans was pleasant, nutty, Chocolatey and coffee like. Inspecting the beans I found a high-quality bean roasted to just passed a light roast in my opinion. This coffee had an expiration date of 9/2026 which was 10 months in the future. I ground 66 grams to approximately 770 microns or setting 14 on my Ollygrin BG710T comical burr grinder, again this coffee had a very pleasant fragrance. This 66 gram dose was brewed with 1.2 liters of cold filtered water in a Cuisinart Pure Precision CPO-850 automatic pour over coffee maker.
The aroma from this coffee while brewing was reminiscent of a typical South American Arabica coffee, smooth coffee aroma. Upon cupping I found this coffee to have a similar aroma, tasting this brewed coffee I found no acidity, no bitterness and a pleasant mouth feel. This coffee was delightful and bold on the palate with a slightly nutty Chocolaty coffee flavor. This is NOT 100% single origin Hawaiian coffee but a blend of different Arabica beans with 10% Hawaiian coffee thrown in. My uneducated guess Is Brazilian and some other very mild central American bean like Guatemalan. The SCA rates coffees with a cupping score of 80 or higher as specialty grade coffees. Using their scoring system I rate this coffee at 88. I am not a coffee expert or professional so these ratings are my personal opinion. Cameron's is known for their smooth never bitter specialty coffee. This Cameron's Hawaiian Blend is on par. This Cameron's Hawaiian made an excellent cup of coffee one of the best I have had. At a sale price of $34.99/or $8.75 per pound/55cents/ounce this falls into the middle of what I consider to be affordable coffee when purchased on Amazon while in sale for a 4 pound bag. Who is this coffee for, anyone who is looking for a significant upgrade from their daily supermarket brew. Cameron's Hawaiian Blend light roast whole bean coffee comes highly recommended.
