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We found 11 reviews that match your search for July 2002. Coffees are listed in reverse chronological order by review date. Older reviews may no longer accurately reflect current versions of the same coffee. Click on roaster images to visit roaster websites.
Masterpiece of understated balance and completeness: sweetly acidy with a
slight edge of crisp roastiness. Some chocolate-toned fruit, but the main appeal of this coffee is
its resounding depth and flawless balance of roast and coffee. The finish is as long, rich and
quietly complex as any I can remember.
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Sweet floral and lemon tones shimmer above rather bitterly pungent bottom
notes. The combination of juicy sweetness and pungent bitterness nets a sensation almost
pineapple-like in its bracing contradiction. The pungent bottom notes, always present in
Sidamos, are heavier than usual here, perhaps owing to the vicissitudes of decaffeination, though
they settle and soften as the cup cools. | |
This extreme light-roasted coffee displays the nutty, brisk character of light to
medium roasts, but adds an impressive sweetness and richness that less skillfully executed light
roasts fail to deliver. Intensely but sweetly acidy; chocolate and nut notes in the aroma, dry fruit
and pipe tobacco in the finish. | |
Wonderfully robust balance of sweet, roasty, and roundly acidy tones, with
sweetness in the ascendancy. Some fruity complication, but the main appeal is pure, classic
Latin-America coffee expression. The dark roast rounds and sweetens the acidity but leaves little
bitterness behind. | |
Dryly acidy but sweet, expansively fruity, distinctly floral. A crisp roastiness
turns the fruit toward chocolate. Only a very slight bitter astringency mars this otherwise
luxuriously exotic cup. | |
Rich, almost disconcertingly distinct peanut tones dominate from aroma to
finish. Supporting sweetness turns the peanut character agreeably fruity and chocolaty in the
cup. | |
Intense, rich, straightforward. The aroma is deep-toned bittersweet chocolate with a slight roasty edge. Simplifies in the cup, perhaps under the impact of the roast, but expands again in the finish, with chocolate and hints of flowers. |  
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Simple in terms of nuance but splendid structure: rich and pleasing balance of
sweet and roasty tones with a pleasant shimmer of acidity and suggestions of citrus and
pineapple. The roast tones are rather heavily bitter when the cup is hot, but soften and round
beautifully as it cools. |
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Rich, round and balanced, with a sweetly understated acidity. Not a lot of
nuance, but a hint of mustiness reads as an agreeably peppery chocolate. The finish is smooth,
clean and long. | |
The darkish roast turns the fruit tones dry and crisply grapefruity. Some
charred and perhaps musty notes, but when juxtaposed with the sweet fruit they read as a sort of
pleasantly burned chocolate. | |
Dark roast in the classic bittersweet style, complicated by delicate floral, dry
fruit and pipe tobacco notes. A distracting astringency dampens an otherwise balanced, complex
dark-roast cup.
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