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We found 8 reviews that match your search for island joe's. 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.

91
Roast: Medium-Dark Review Date: January 2009
Origin: Espresso Price: NA
Produced from an ESE pod on a FrancisFrancis! pod brewer. Sweet, juicy-impressioned fruit dominates in the aroma (papaya? cherry?) with a hints of fir and leather. Syrupy mouthfeel and great richness and depth of sensation in the small cup, with continued low-acid fruit and fresh-cut fir notes. Superb finish: long, deep. In two parts milk good presence and chocolate-toned fruit, though just a touch flat and woody.
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AROMA:8
BODY:8
FLAVOR:9
AFTERTASTE:9
WITH MILK:7
AGTRON:0/42
91
Roast: Medium-Dark Review Date: February 2008
Origin: Colombia Price: NA
Very sweet-toned aroma: distinct cocoaish chocolate notes with hints of walnut and a black-cherry inclined fruit. In the cup the cocoa and walnut notes simplify and amplify, supported by a sweet, crisp acidity. Flavor fades rather quickly in the finish but the chocolate and walnut have the last word.
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AROMA:9
ACIDITY:8
BODY:7
FLAVOR:8
AFTERTASTE:8
AGTRON:37/49
87
Roast: Medium-Dark Review Date: June 2007
Origin: Indonesia, South America Price: NA
Very sweet-toned aroma with a muted, pungent complexity: hints of semi-sweet chocolate, cedar, cardamom, honey, orange. In the cup simple, gently rich, with distinct semi-sweet chocolate notes and a hint of honey and caramel. Cleanly rich finish.
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AROMA:8
ACIDITY:7
BODY:7
FLAVOR:7
AFTERTASTE:8
AGTRON:39/46
88
Roast: Medium-Dark Review Date: March 2007
Origin: Blend Price: NA
Sweet-toned, deep aroma with gingery cedar and banana- and cherry-toned fruit notes and a hint of lemon at the top. In the cup big bodied, softly acidy, with very sweet, pungent fruit notes - grapefruit perhaps, and a spicy cedar. This deeply complex, quite attractive 90+ profile was marred by one bad cup: rubbery herb notes. I decided not to push down the rating too severely, given the originality and charm of the other four cups.
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AROMA:8
ACIDITY:7
BODY:8
FLAVOR:8
AFTERTASTE:7
AGTRON:42/57
90
Roast: Medium-Dark Review Date: October 2006
Origin: Espresso Price: NA
Very sweet-toned aroma with floral hints. In the small cup medium-bodied and slightly lean in mouthfeel, crisp, cedary, with raisiny, licorice-toned fruit. Slightly heavy finish but excellent flavor persistence, with the fruit turning toward chocolate. Comes into its own in milk, where it is balanced and roundly rich, with deep semi-sweet chocolate character.
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AROMA:8
BODY:7
FLAVOR:7
AFTERTASTE:8
WITH MILK:9
AGTRON:38/47
90
Roast: Dark Review Date: August 2006
Origin: Blend Price: NA
Cocoa, banana and a hint of cedar in the fine aroma. In the small cup big-bodied, gently and sweetly pungent, with a rich, orange-toned cedar character and cocoa notes that round toward chocolate. Rich short finish, very slightly astringent in the long, but sweet chocolate suggestions persist throughout. Remains in sturdy control in milk, though it never quite sweetens and blossoms.
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AROMA:8
ACIDITY:8
BODY:8
FLAVOR:8
WITH MILK:7
AGTRON:34/45
91
Roast: Medium Review Date: March 2006
Origin: Papua New Guinea Price: NA
Delicate aroma with softly pungent cedar and sweet tomato notes. In the cup gently and crisply acidy, with distinct floral notes and coffee fruit that reads as a tart, chocolate-toned cherry. A simple but very pure coffee expression.
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AROMA:7
ACIDITY:8
BODY:7
FLAVOR:8
AFTERTASTE:8
AGTRON:43/60
88
Roast: Medium-Dark Review Date: October 2005
Origin: Blend Price: NA
Very impressive aroma: deep and lush with low-toned fruit (banana?) notes and hints of cedar and chocolate. In the cup crisp and roasty but still sweet with floral notes and a rich fruit that reads as semi-sweet chocolate. Simple but cleanly sweet finish.
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AROMA:9
BODY:6
FLAVOR:8
AFTERTASTE:7
AGTRON:42/53