Reviews for Gridge's Coffee & Roasting
Co-cupper Danny O'Neill calls this coffee "a solid cup, well-balanced ... fruity up the middle" (84). Ken found it balanced as well, though he reads the fruit as "a dry, fruit-toned chocolate that wants to be rich but is a bit too lean and simple" (85). Both were disappointed by a mildly astringent finish.
Low-key but quietly complex aroma: mild chocolate, richly spicy fruit that reads perhaps as papaya. In the cup good body, round mouthfeel, quietly balanced. The fruit and chocolate sharpens a bit from sweet to bittersweet, influenced by a slight mustiness that reads legitimately as a nutty spice. Rich short finish, slightly astringent long.