Rose • Cranberry • Milk Chocolate • Plum Origin: Rwenzori Mountains • Process: Natural • Variety: Mixed

The Four of Hearts brings us to Uganda’s Rwenzori Mountains, where the terrain is steep, the climate dramatic, and the coffee scouts apparently tough enough to climb spaceships. Long Miles calls this their Lunar Station, which sounds like the kind of branding NASA would use if NASA was into extremely delicate florals and stone-fruit nuance.

Opening the Bag: Fruit-Adjacent, but Not Loud

This is the first bag that doesn’t scream “light roast.” It leans medium, or medium-light, with a noticeably deeper tone to the beans. The aroma: fruit-adjacent, but not in an overripe or perfumey way. More like an underripe peach trying its best.

Not much floral upfront. No wild berry wafts. Just a calm, mild sweetness hovering like background music in a hotel lobby.

The first grind at –1 was too open, so you settled on –2. Still not enough resistance. Then –3, where everything clicked—beautiful flow, slower pull, and that perfect espresso-machine sigh of relief.

Dialing In: –3 for the Win

By day four, you’re clearly getting the hang of dialing these in. Negative five is now a forbidden relic. Negative three is today’s sweet spot—steady pressure, rich stream, just enough resistance to make the machine feel alive but not overworked.

The portion size again fits your one-hot / one-iced Americano flow perfectly. Whoever portioned the bags definitely lives in a warm climate and respects your desert-living commitment to iced coffee.

Tasting the Hot Shot: Blueberry-Plum Meets Hershey Kiss

The aroma in the hot cup stays subtle—barely floral, barely fruity—but the sip is where the profile wakes up.

Sweet start, not tart. Smooth body. Then the fruit arrives: raisin, blackberry, maybe even blueberry. Plum is probably the official name for whatever your palate detected, but “blueberry squish with a Hershey kiss” is honestly more accurate.

This is unmistakably milk chocolate, not cacao-rich artisan stuff. Think nostalgic, sweet, American milk chocolate—the kind that melts instantly and tastes like childhood.

The finish is surprisingly interesting: a lingering, fibrous, earthy note. Not peanut. The shell of a peanut. Or a sunflower shell. That slightly woody, salty, ballpark texture lingering gently at the edge of your tongue. Definitely unique, but pleasant.

The Iced Version: Steady, Mild, & Very Drinkable

Cold brings out a mild sweetness and smoothness but doesn’t dramatically alter the profile. This isn’t a fireworks coffee. It’s balanced, composed, and quietly consistent.

Verdict

A stable, reliable cup with dark-fruit warmth, milk-chocolate sweetness, and a charmingly earthy finish. It’s not flashy or wild—more of a “daily drinker that earns its keep” kind of roast.

Delicious in a grounded, dependable way.

Day four, complete. Bring on day five—we’re still one behind, but caffeination waits for no one.