A Brazilian single estate coffee from the old fashioned Italian coffee makers Lavazza. The coffee has been ground too fine, so it is a little sludgy, even when plunged almost immediately (it needs stirring before plunging, otherwise there's a strong resistance, and if pushed too hard coffee will splash everywhere!). There's some chocolate notes, but on the whole it tastes like a cheap over-roasted blend of no character. I think this is more for espresso drinkers than coffee drinkers.
Lavazza was founded in Italy in 1895, and claim to have invented coffee blending.
Cereja Passita is from the Cerrado plateau in Brazil, which has a rich soil and dry climate that makes for easy drinking coffee of low acidity. The beans from this area are generally described as nutty, with hazelnut, chocolate, caramel and walnut flavours. That may be the case, but the roast and grind of this Lavazza coffee results in too much sludge for my taste. Yes, there are mild coffee flavours, but the darker roast counters that, so there's a sort of artificial balance.
I'm not impressed.
Score: 3
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