87	Muddy Waters Coffee Arcata, California Ethiopia Washed Sidamo, Vienna Roast Roast: NA Review Date: September 1999 Origin: Sidamo State, southern Ethiopia. Price: NA

Blind Assessment: Amazingly, behind the dampening effect of the aggressive dark roast a delicate, exquisite floral sweetness survives among the equally delicate charred, pungent notes. Think of a meadow that survived a forest fire.

Notes: Amazingly, behind the dampening effect of the aggressive dark roast a delicate, exquisite floral sweetness survives among the equally delicate charred, pungent notes The most famous Sidamo coffee is the breathtakingly floral Yirgacheffe, but almost all washed, or wet-processed, Sidamo coffees share the floral character of Yirgacheffe. Muddy Waters Coffee is located in Arcata, on the ruggedly windblown, fog-washed Nort

Who Should Drink It: Those who like dark-roast coffees have never struck me as admirers of the ethereal or delicate, but if some of you are out there, try this one.

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