Organization: Zingerman's Coffee, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Coffee: Indian Natural Processed
Reviewed: October 2009
Overall Rating: 90 points
Roast (Agtron): Medium-Light (49/78)
Estimated Price:
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Origin: Karnataka State, southern India.

Notes: Grown on India's Sethuraman Estate, this coffee is dry- or "natural-" processed, meaning the beans were dried inside the fruit rather than after the fruit is removed, as is the case with the more typical wet-processed or "washed" coffees. Zingerman's Coffee is a specialty roasting company associated with Zingerman's Deli in Ann Arbor, praised as "one of the top 25 food markets in the world" by Food & Wine magazine. It offers a relatively small but sensitively sourced and roasted menu of specialty coffees. Visit www.zingermanscoffee.com or call 734-929-6060 for more information.

Blind Assessment: Aroma of fermented fruit that reads pleasantly as sweet berry, with soft wine and nut suggestions. In the cup bright toned acidity, medium-to-full body and smooth mouthfeel. Tart cherry softens and rounds toward the sweet berry noted in the aroma, balanced by pungent suggestions of aromatic wood. Fruit-toned sweetness carries into the long finish.

Who should drink it: An unusual balance of flavor notes in a traditionally dried-in-the-fruit coffee.

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