Organization: Coffee Emergency, Lincoln, Nebraska
Coffee: Kenya Muthiani
Reviewed: October 2004
Overall Rating: 89 points
Roast (Agtron): Medium-Dark (40/49)
Estimated Price:
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Origin: South-central Kenya

Notes: Kenya is one of the world's most admired coffee origins. Coffee Emergency is a husband-and-wife-owned and operated small-batch roasting company and mobile coffee retailer with a modest but rather coffee-savvy website. Visit www.coffeeemergency.com or call 402-202-5336 for more information.

Blind Assessment: The roast dominates the coffee, but agreeably so. Co-cupper Christy Thorns: "Multi-layered with roasty bitter chocolate, stewed prunes, raisins, and sweet spice. (89)" Ken: "Rich, deeply roasty and bittersweet, excellent dimension, dry berry and floral tones shimmer behind the roastiness. Chocolate toward the finish. (88)" Christy concludes that, although the profile may lack top-notes, a "syrupy body makes for a powerhouse of a cup."

Who should drink it: Those who enjoy distinctive origins through the prism of a deep roast.

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