89	Flying Goat Coffee Healdsberg, California Los Lajones Natural Panama Roast: Medium Review Date: November 2007 Origin: Boquete growing region, western Panama Price: NA

Blind Assessment: Co-cupper Miguel Meza's (88) description is succinct: "Cherry liqueur, smoke and chocolate." Ken (90) finds a similar palette: dark raisin-toned chocolate, red wine, cherry, flowers. Ken interprets Miguel's smoke notes as a slight hint of complicating mustiness. Altogether a quiet, wood-panels and leather easy chair sort of coffee.

Notes: This interesting coffee is a deliberate effort by innovative Panama farmer Graciano Cruz to develop some of the fruity complexity of the new dry-processed coffees of southern Ethiopia by drying ripe fruit on East-African-style raised drying beds in Panama. Co-cupper for this review, Miguel Meza, calls this "an intriguing coffee that seems more driven by the process than [terroir] or [botanical] varietal." He continues: "... a better example of the classic Yemeni Harrar ... profile than many of the examples from these regions." Flying Goat Coffee is a leading boutique retail/wholesale roaster located in the wine country of northern California. Visit www.flyinggoatcoffee.com or call 800-675-3599 for more information.

Who Should Drink It: Should resonate well with the cigars and brandy set.

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