Reviews for The Coffee Academics
Price: $32.50/165 grams
Evaluated as espresso. Vibrantly rich, roundly bright. Orange, strawberry, lily-like flowers, dark chocolate, a hint of brandy in aroma and small cup. Full, syrupy mouthfeel; dry but profoundly flavor-saturated finish. A tart, orangy chocolate and flowers dominate in three parts milk. Softens and rounds in slightly taller milk.
Price: $32.50/165 grams
Deep, sweet, complexly fruit-toned. Musky lily, dark chocolate, strawberry, watermelon, roasted almond in aroma and cup. Round, vibrant acidity; full, syrupy mouthfeel. Fruit and almond carry into a richly drying finish.
Evaluated as espresso. Rich, tartly sweet. Wisteria, ripe passion-fruit, dark chocolate, a hint of fresh turmeric in aroma and small cup. Lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Long, flavor-saturated, gently drying finish. In two- to four-parts milk, continuing suggestions of chocolate and crisp passion-fruit balance a cooling hint of mint or tumeric.
Evaluated as espresso. Intricate and lush; tartly sweet. Caramel, hibiscus and rose, candied ginger, honeydew melon in aroma and small cup. Lean though smooth mouthfeel. Floral notes in particular carry into a remarkably long, complex finish. Flavor carries intact into two parts milk, where a hint of grapefruity acidity is juxtaposed with the milky sweetness.
Intensely and extravagantly aromatic. Lavender, honey, mango, crisp roasted cocoa nib in aroma and cup. Brisk, delicately tart acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Flavor carries deep into a long, balanced finish.
Evaluated as espresso. Rich, balanced, tart. Sweet dark chocolate and deep, almost savory floral tones balanced by tart berry in aroma and small cup. Smooth, lightly creamy mouthfeel. A buttery chocolate dominates in the finish and carries with pungent authority into two parts milk.
Evaluated as espresso. Impressively sweet and complex. Roundly low-acid fruit (plum, banana, and grape), crisp citrus and earthy chocolate in aroma and small cup. Balanced, lightly creamy mouthfeel; rich, bittersweet fruit in the finish. Pungently authoritative in two parts milk with continuing suggestions of fruit, chocolate and citrus.