Organization: Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Waterbury, Vermont
Coffee: Organic, Fair-Trade Ethiopia Yirgacheffe
Reviewed: March 2008
Overall Rating: 93 points
Aroma: 8
Acidity: 8
Body: 7
Flavor: 8
Aftertaste: 8
Roast (Agtron): Medium (52/65)
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Origin: Yirgacheffe growing region, Sidamo Province, southern Ethiopia.

Notes: Certified organically grown and Fair Trade, meaning it was purchased from small-holding farmers at a "fair" or economically sustainable price. Green Mountain is one of the country's leading specialty roasters, offering a particularly wide-ranging variety of origins and roast styles. Visit www.greenmountaincoffee.com or call 800-223-6768 for more information.

Blind Assessment: This coffee declares its essential Yirgacheffe character immediately: perfumy and pungently menthol-toned in the aroma, shimmering with floral and lemon notes. The aromatic drama carries without loss or simplification into a gently bright cup, light-bodied but silky in mouthfeel. The finish is thinnish but long, sweet, and flower-saturated.

Who should drink it: For those who know coffee, an archetypally floral-toned Yirgacheffe. For those who don't, buy it if you enjoy Rieslings and intense but delicate floral-toned whites. Impeccable social and environmental credentials.

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