91	Zingerman's Coffee Ann Arbor, Michigan Espresso Blend #1 Roast: Medium-Dark Review Date: May 2009 Origin: Cerrado growing region, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Price: NA

Blind Assessment: Co-taster Byron Holcomb (92) found more going on aromatically in this poised, balanced espresso than did Ken (89). Byron: "Aroma notes of brandy, honey and walnut yielded [to] flavors of passion fruit and orange bitters. The aftertaste was ? dry with notes of bakers' cocoa. In milk, some of the great spice notes showed: cinnamon, coriander, allspice."

Notes: Zingerman's Espresso Blend #1 is made up of a blend of coffees from the celebrated Daterra farms in Brazil's Cerrado growing region. Zingerman's Coffee is a specialty roasting company associated with Zingerman's Deli in Ann Arbor, praised as "one of the top 25 food markets in the world" by Food & Wine magazine. It offers a relatively small but sensitively sourced and roasted menu of specialty coffees. Visit www.zingermanscoffee.com or call 734-929-6060 for more information.

Who Should Drink It: Elegant, understated espresso with quiet authority and complexity.

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