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We found 11 reviews that match your search for December 2003. 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.

93
Roast: Medium-Dark Review Date: December 2003
Origin: Wahgi Valley, Papua New Guinea, Indonesian Price: $13.95/16oz
Opens with a very sweet, very intense but balanced aroma complicated by apples and flowers. In the cup the gentle acidity subordinates itself to a melodic sweetness and a rich, deeply dimensioned chocolate- and apple-toned fruit. Lyric and seductive.
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AROMA:9
ACIDITY:8
BODY:7
FLAVOR:10
AFTERTASTE:9
AGTRON:38/45
92

  • The Roasterie

    Kansas City, Missouri

  • Papua New Guinea - Nadam Estate

Roast: Medium Review Date: December 2003
Origin: Papua New Guinea, Nadam Estate Price: $12.95/12oz
The aroma is high-toned but pungent, laced with caramel, cantaloupe and leather. In the cup a sweet, wine-toned fruit leads, with richly malty, bracingly bitter tones opening up behind. The bitterness dissolves in the long, clean, chocolate-toned finish.
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AROMA:8
ACIDITY:7
BODY:8
FLAVOR:8
AFTERTASTE:9
AGTRON:56/64
90
Roast: Medium-Dark Review Date: December 2003
Origin: Timor, Pacific, Maubesse Price: NA
A sweet, lyric coffee with remarkable complexity, starting with the aroma -- distinct leather notes, winy fruit, milk chocolate -- to the cup, where the wine tones deepen and take on an almost smoky edge. Clean, sweet, grape-like finish.
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AROMA:8
ACIDITY:8
BODY:6
FLAVOR:9
AFTERTASTE:8
AGTRON:37/59
89
Roast: Medium-Dark Review Date: December 2003
Origin: Papua New Guinea, Pacific Price: NA
Delicate apple, leather, and milk chocolate notes in the sweet, mid-toned aroma. The cup is explicit in its clear chocolate notes, complicated by dry fruit tones that suggest raisins or dates. Substantial body and a sweet, clean finish.
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AROMA:8
ACIDITY:7
BODY:8
FLAVOR:9
AFTERTASTE:7
AGTRON:38/49
89
Roast: Medium-Dark Review Date: December 2003
Origin: Blend Price: $7.95/8oz
The aroma is subdued but complex with leather, chocolate and apricot. In the cup a fine balance of bitter bite and seductive sweetness, complicated by an apricot-almond-toned fruit and a crisp bittersweet chocolate. Medium-bodied, gently rich.
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AROMA:7
ACIDITY:7
BODY:7
FLAVOR:8
AFTERTASTE:8
AGTRON:42/45
89
Roast: Medium Review Date: December 2003
Origin: Toraja, Kalossi, Celebes, Sulawesi, Indonesian Price: $11.95/12oz
Cinnamon, pumpkin, chocolate smeared on leather in the aroma. In the cup overripe, lush, half-rotting fruit and carnal melon tones eventually suggest chocolate, which sweetens and rounds in the long, surprisingly clean finish.
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AROMA:8
ACIDITY:7
BODY:7
FLAVOR:8
AFTERTASTE:7
AGTRON:51/61
88
Roast: Medium-Dark Review Date: December 2003
Origin: Lake Toba, Sumatra, Balige Estate, Indonesian Price: NA
Low-key, pungent aroma laced with cocoa and caramel. Sweet in the cup with enveloping bottom notes of overripe fruit and sweet humus. Surprising floral notes in the finish.
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AROMA:8
ACIDITY:7
BODY:7
FLAVOR:8
AFTERTASTE:7
AGTRON:41/47
87
Roast: Medium-Light Review Date: December 2003
Origin: Timor, Pacific, Maubesse Price: NA
Crisp, wine- and cherry-toned fruit dominate in both aroma and cup. A delicate mustiness reads as leather and sweet pipe tobacco. The rather heavy finish lightens and sweetens as the cup cools.
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AROMA:7
ACIDITY:7
BODY:7
FLAVOR:7
AFTERTASTE:7
AGTRON:57/68
87
Roast: Medium-Dark Review Date: December 2003
Origin: Papua New Guinea, Pacific Price: NA
The aroma is subdued and gently roasty. Clear, dry, deep-toned chocolate-fruit notes carry from aroma through cup to a slightly bitter but rich finish.
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AROMA:7
ACIDITY:6
BODY:8
FLAVOR:8
AFTERTASTE:7
AGTRON:37/45
86
Roast: Very-Dark Review Date: December 2003
Origin: Lake Toba, Sumatra, Indonesian Price: NA
A big-bodied, massively roasty coffee. Intense musty tones read as rosemary, cardamom perhaps, with a shimmer of chocolate. The intense, monumental character fades a bit as the cup cools.
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AROMA:7
BODY:8
FLAVOR:8
AFTERTASTE:7
AGTRON:29/38
86
Roast: Dark Review Date: December 2003
Origin: Price: NA
The sweet musty tones that run from aroma into cup read as distinctly nut-like -- walnuts perhaps -- with an edge of low-toned fruit: pumpkin and papaya. All of that detail fades in the finish, which is long, lush, and sweetly clean.
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AROMA:7
ACIDITY:7
BODY:7
FLAVOR:7
AFTERTASTE:8
AGTRON:35/46