Organization: Terroir Coffee, Acton, Massachusetts
Coffee: La Minita Costa Rica
Reviewed: December 2007
Overall Rating: 94 points
Roast (Agtron): Medium-Light (59/79)
Estimated Price:
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Origin: Tarrazu growing region, central Costa Rica.

Notes: La Minita Estate is perhaps the most consistently celebrated of single farm or "estate" coffees, and the one that some two decades ago, under the leadership of William McAlpin, pioneered the concept of single-estate coffees. This seems a particularly and impressively nuanced version of the great La Minita profile. Terroir is a microroaster selling only elite single-origin coffees, no blends. It specializes in medium roast styles designed to foreground the character of the green coffee. Terroir is the creation of George Howell, one of the world's leading coffee visionaries. Visit www.terroircoffee.com or call 866-444-5282 for more information.

Blind Assessment: Delicately but richly nuanced throughout the profile with cherryish fruit, flowers, honey, milk chocolate. In the cup the acidity is tart but luxuriously sweet and the mouthfeel lightly syrupy. Flavor saturated and flawless finish.

Who should drink it: A discreetly lavish coffee, understated yet opulent.

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