Organization: Paradise Roasters, Ramsey, Minnesota
Coffee: Espresso Classico
Reviewed: May 2009
Overall Rating: 90 points
Roast (Agtron): Medium-Dark (42/55)
Estimated Price:
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Origin: Not disclosed.

Notes: Paradise Roasters prides itself on roasting and shipping coffee only after orders are placed. Its metaphoric mission is to bring some paradisiacal warmth from the coffee-growing south to the cool environs of Minnesota. Visit www.paradiseroasters.com or call 763-433-0626 for more information.

Blind Assessment: A balanced, gently rich espresso. For co-taster Byron Holcomb (91) "red wine" in the aroma and tart jam and boysenberry in the flavor. Ken (89) read the sweetness as caramelly rather than fruit-toned and the dry notes as aromatic wood and leather. Both found the body on the light side but the mouthfeel pleasingly smooth. Rich finishing; Byron picked up lavender as the mouthfeel faded. Four parts milk plumped up the body; Byron read "granola with fruit, cranberry in particular."

Who should drink it: Sweetly tart, subtle in small cup and milk.

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