Organization: The Coffee Beanery, Flushing, Michigan
Coffee: Costa Rican La Minita
Reviewed: June 1998
Overall Rating: 84 points
Roast (Agtron): Medium (55/61)
Estimated Price:
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Origin: Costa Rica

Notes: A medium-bodied, delicate coffee which combines clarity with understated substance. Balanced, refined, exquisitely complete, with mild pungent tones softened by sweetness. La Minita is one of the world's most respected coffee estates.

Blind Assessment: Balanced, refined, exquisitely complete, though a bit underpowered. Mild pungent tones are softened and rounded by sweetness. Clean yet resonant straight through to aftertaste.

Who should drink it: If La Minita defines classic, then this version of classic is more Ionic than Doric: medium-bodied, on the delicate side of elegant, combining clarity with understated substance.

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