Organization: 9 Bar Cafe, Gueishan Township, Taiwan
Coffee: Blend Miracle
Reviewed: April 2009
Overall Rating: 90 points
Aroma: 8
Acidity:
Body: 8
Flavor: 8
Aftertaste: 8
Roast (Agtron): Medium-Dark (42/56)
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Origin: Ethiopia, Brazil, Sumatra, Guatemala, Kenya.

Notes: 9 Bar Cafe is a small coffeehouse founded by Ping-Chao Chen located in Gueishan Township, Taiwan, that specializes in espresso blends, a variety of single-origin coffees and the creation of latte art. For more information, those fluent in Chinese can visit their lively blog: Visit tw.myblog.yahoo.com/9-bar/ for more information.

Blind Assessment: Aromatic notes of chocolate and toast, with hints of vanilla and flowers. In the small cup, a lightly syrupy body with complex flavors of berries, stone fruit, caramel, licorice and smoke and a long, mildly roasty, mildly astringent finish. Sweetens and simplifies in milk with pronounced caramel notes and hints of nut and milk chocolate.

Who should drink it: A versatile espresso: complex in the straight shot and sweetly balanced in milk.

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