
kenya + colombia coffee
by brio coffeeworks · burlington, usa
you'll taste lemon before grapefruit. this is brio in bloom blend, a honey kenya + colombia from brio coffeeworks.
the cup leads with lemon, grapefruit, and citrus zest alongside jasmine and floral notes, then settles into honey, honeycomb, and both milk and dark chocolate. it covers a wide range from bright and aromatic through to sweet and gently bitter at the finish.
the blend draws from two origins, kenya and colombia, with both components processed using the honey method, where the fruit skin is removed but some sticky mucilage is left on the bean as it dries.
because honey processing adds body and residual sweetness, brewing methods that give you control over temperature and contact time, such as pour over or aeropress, will best separate the floral and citrus notes from the chocolate base. keep water temperature moderate to avoid pushing the citrus toward sourness.
walking into brio coffeeworks on pine street feels like finding burlington's best-kept secret, except 127 google reviewers and their collective 4.9-star rating suggest it's not so secret anymore. the single-origin beans tell their own stories here, roasted with the kind of attention that makes you understand why people drive across town for their morning ritual. you can hear the careful precision in every espresso pull, smell the bright acidity of beans that were probably cupped and selected with real thought. this isn't coffee as commodity. it's coffee as conversation between roaster and drinker, where each cup carries the weight of someone's genuine care. the regulars know what they're getting, and what they're getting is consistently excellent. no corporate formulas, no mass-market compromise. just specialty coffee done right in a city that appreciates the difference.
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