83	Ethiopian Highland Coffee Washington, DC Ethiopia Washed Sidamo - Green Roast: NA Review Date: October 1999 Origin: Sidamo Province, southern Ethiopia. Price: NA

Blind Assessment: A pleasantly sweet, balanced coffee free of vices but short on virtues: "sweet, not overpowering, but clean and bright," wrote one panelist. Best in the aroma, ornamented by agreeable innuendoes panelists variously described as herb, nut and spice. I found this coffee displayed an impressive chocolaty sweetness if approached with patience, but lacked range and dimension.

Notes: A pleasantly sweet, balanced coffee free of vices but short on virtues. Ethiopian Highland Coffee Company is a vertically integrated exporter/importer dedicated to "Rebuilding Ethiopia one bean at a time." "Washed" means that this Sidamo coffee had the fruit removed from the beans by a series of complex, water-driven operatio

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