The Aroma of Dominican Coffee!!

[NALs]

Dominican coffee is stronger that what is found in the USA or Canada, but it also ranges in aroma, texture, etc. This variety of Dominican coffee brands may not be known since Café Santo Domingo is the most consumed coffee brand nationwide and the most readily available. At over 90% of the Dominican market share, they have a virtual monopoly. Café Santo Domingo is readily available at resorts too. In fact, I think all of them have Café Santo Domingo packets in each hotel room.

I have to give props to Café Monte Alto from Jarabacoa. Now that's what's called a good tasting coffee.

What Dominican coffee brand(s) do you drink?

Maybe you don't know except Café Santo Domingo (though the coffee shelf in Dominican supermarkets tend to be full of local brands in addition to the imported brands)?​

Some Dominican coffee brands.

 

[DR_Guy]

My vote goes to Monte Real which has a hint of cacao.

 

[CristoRey]

I rotate between Mama Ines (have a jar full in the cupboard now) and Cafe Mocano.

 

[malko]

Santo Domingo all the way..... Strayed away for a bit, went with Monte Alto ( there were 2 different ones, if I recall rightly ), then with Cibao, then tried Puro and another brand which name escapes me ).

Maybe I just associate Cafe Santo Domingo taste and smell with the DR, back when I first arrived a decade + ago.

 

[AlterEgo]

We only buy roasted beans/en grano. Induban, Santo Domingo Espresso usually, but we also really like the house brand at Bravo, rich and flavorful.

 

[NanSanPedro]

If I could get the other stuff easily I would. We only have Ole here in BC so I buy Santo Domingo or Ole house brand.

When I was in PP I visited a local coffee shop but couldn't get back there to buy anything. I tasted it and like it.

 

[Drperson]

The best smell ever is the smell or roasting coffee. We did that on our stove . Imade a few mistakes at first but then loved it. I can smell roasting coffee amile away. Local dominicans here roast the coffe super black and add alot of sugar into the roast. I roast it normallly without sugar and they couldnt believe it. We buy coffee most of th time though, I want to try Monte ALto and the others if I can find them.

 

[tht]

Café Santo Domingo most, Monte Alto is my favorite. Brewed on my own Greca.

 

[JD Jones]

What a short list!! lol

Grupo Ramos has a new (I think) house brand of coffee. Can't tell you the name because I threw the bag away but it's pretty good.. and strong.

 

[cavok]

Monte Perello Estate is very good. I buy it "en grano". In Super Pola today they had some new "connoisseur" Santo Domingo coffees in 3 or four different blends - 370 pesos for a 12oz bag.

 

[CristoRey]

Café Santo Domingo most, Monte Alto is my favorite. Brewed on my own Greca.

Always brew on a Greca as well.

 

[AlterEgo]

Always brew on a Greca as well.

Best coffee I ever had was made with the “sock” setup.

 

[JD Jones]

Best coffee I ever had was made with the “sock” setup.

My favorite as well, but has pretty much stopped since I stopped using cream and sugar. That produces some pretty strong coffee.

 

[Auryn]

Superstore regularly stocked Cafe Santo Domingo for about 2 years here in Canada. It disappeared either right after the coffee blight or right before the pandemic.
The only place that I know of to buy it online is from Amigo Foods out of Miami.

When we were there in September, my mother in law made us freshly ground Cafe SD each morning and it was heaven. ☕️

I like Dominican coffee better than anything I’ve had in Colombia.

 

[Northern Coast Diver]

Monte Perello Estate is very good. I buy it "en grano". In Super Pola today they had some new "connoisseur" Santo Domingo coffees in 3 or four different blends - 370 pesos for a 12oz bag.

I tried a bag of the new Santo Domingo Perla Roja. What a disappointment! I found it weak, even though I fully packed the greca. At almost 500RD a pound, not worth it to me. If anyone tries the other varieties, please let us know.

 

[bob saunders]

My MIL mixes Cafe Santo Domingo with Pilon or Cafe Tostao. A good coffee in Jarabacoa is Cafe Don Alfredo. We get little batches of campo coffee from time to time from fincas of clients. Usually very strong and pure.

 

[Drperson]

Best coffee I ever had was made with the “sock” setup.

ok I give up what is thesock set up.

 

[JD Jones]

ok I give up what is thesock set up.

It's a colador, or a flannel cloth coffee strainer. Typically you boil water in a pan, throw some coffee in and let it come up to a boil.

Then you pour the coffee through the strainer to filter out the grounds. The longer you use it, the better the coffee tastes.

Search for "Coffee cloth strainer" on Amazon and you'll see lots of varieties.

 

[JD Jones]

I tried a bag of the new Santo Domingo Perla Roja. What a disappointment! I found it weak, even though I fully packed the greca. At almost 500RD a pound, not worth it to me. If anyone tries the other varieties, please let us know.

You may want to try Cafe Santo Domingo's "Caracolillo" variety of coffee.

This is the best of the best of the beans used to produce Cafe Santo Domingo. Very good stuff.

Before the coffee rust blight came along, the producers of Cafe Monte Alto also used to have a similar "best of the best" coffee for their brand as well (I forgot the name) that we got from a board member here. Some of the best coffee I've ever had, IMHO.

Monte Alto coffee comes from Jarabacoa and was recently ranked among the 30 best coffees in the world according to Coffee Review.

 

[AlterEgo]

It's a colador, or a flannel cloth coffee strainer. Typically you boil water in a pan, throw some coffee in and let it come up to a boil.

Then you pour the coffee through the strainer to filter out the grounds. The longer you use it, the better the coffee tastes.

Search for "Coffee cloth strainer" on Amazon and you'll see lots of varieties.

Exactly, except I’ve always seen the coffee boiled with the sugar. They sell a metal frame that the strainer hangs from. Aluminum cup with a handle below. Typically, they pour the coffee through the strainer, then have a second metal cup and pour it through again.

Okay, time for a cup of coffee ☕️