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Roast: Medium Review Date: March 2008
Origin: Yirgacheffe growing region, Sidamo Province, southern Ethiopia. Price: $8.49/10oz
 

Blind Assessment: This coffee declares its essential Yirgacheffe character immediately: perfumy and pungently menthol-toned in the aroma, shimmering with floral and lemon notes. The aromatic drama carries without loss or simplification into a gently bright cup, light-bodied but silky in mouthfeel. The finish is thinnish but long, sweet, and flower-saturated.

Notes: Certified organically grown and Fair Trade, meaning it was purchased from small-holding farmers at a "fair" or economically sustainable price. Green Mountain is one of the country's leading specialty roasters, offering a particularly wide-ranging variety of origins and roast styles. Visit www.greenmountaincoffee.com or call 800-223-6768 for more information.

Who Should Drink It: For those who know coffee, an archetypally floral-toned Yirgacheffe. For those who don't, buy it if you enjoy Rieslings and intense but delicate floral-toned whites. Impeccable social and environmental credentials.

AROMA:8
ACIDITY:8
BODY:7
FLAVOR:8
AFTERTASTE:8
AGTRON:52/65


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