Organization: Stone Cup Roasting, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Coffee: Costa Rica SHB, Central Valley Monte Crisol
Reviewed: August 2005
Overall Rating: 87 points
Roast (Agtron): Medium (46/56)
Estimated Price:
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Origin: West Central Valley growing region, Costa Rica

Notes: Shade-grown and produced by some of the 1,350 members of the Coopepalmares Cooperative. Stone Cup Roasting is a boutique roasting company in the reviving and attractive city of Chattanooga. Visit www.stonecup.com or call 888-698-4404 for more information.

Blind Assessment: In the aroma intense aromatic wood notes suggested cedar to Ken, pine to co-cupper Rodger Owen. The sweet spice and low-toned fruit notes fade in a roast-influenced, rather simple cup, balanced but limited. The sweet spice suggestions surfaced again in an admirably long, resonant finish.

Who should drink it: Those who enjoy an understated roast taste without bitterness.

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