Boston, MA Reviews

Deep, complex, resonant. Butter, almond, caramelly chocolate, night-blooming flowers, ripe orange in aroma and cup. Round, richly expressed acidity; syrupy mouthfeel. Flavor consolidates but persists in a roundly drying finish.

Round, gently rich. Fresh-cut cedar, hazelnut, dark chocolate, a hint of orangy citrus in aroma and cup. Delicate, soft acidity; leanish but lively mouthfeel. Sweet chocolate in particular sustains in a quiet but long finish.

Sweetly bright, gently rich. Green grape, black currant, honey, lilac in aroma and cup. Classically bright acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Flavor consolidates in a long, tartly sweet finish.

Pungent, deep, richly sweet. Aromatic wood (cedar, oak), flowers, plum, dark chocolate in aroma and cup. Round, resonant acidity; syrupy mouthfeel. Flavor consolidates in a deep though slightly drying finish.

Quiet, sweetly crisp. Honey, milk chocolate, nut, a hint of night-blooming flowers in aroma and cup. Soft, gently juicy acidity; balanced mouthfeel. Nut and chocolate carry into a sweet-toned finish.

Intensely sweet, complex fruit (marmalade-like orange, plum, blackberry) and flowers (rose, lavender) in aroma and particularly cup. Lushly bright, juicy acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Flavor consolidates but sustains in a long, deep finish.

Delicate but lush; piercingly sweet. Honey, jasmine-like flowers, tangelo-like citrus, hints of chocolate and fresh-cut fir in aroma and cup. Lyric, flower-saturated acidity; full but lively mouthfeel. The tangelo note in particular resonates inside immense sweetness in the finish.

Honey, walnut, meadow flowers, tangerine in aroma and the cup, where the flowers deepen and the nut notes turn toward a crisp roasted cocoa nib. Brisk, rather pronounced acidity is softened by a floral sweetness. Silky mouthfeel. The tangerine-like citrus carries into a resonant, gently drying finish.

Big, sweetly bright, classic. Honey, tangerine, rose-like flowers, a hint of roasted cocoa nib in aroma and cup. Grand, lushly bright acidity; light, silky mouthfeel. Rich, resonant, floral-toned finish.

Crisp, sweetly pungent, elegant. Guava, citrus, backgrounded caramel and dark chocolate in aroma and cup. Rich, active, juicy acidity; syrupy but lively mouthfeel. Very sweet, long, flavor-saturated finish.

Dry and brisk yet juicy. Layered dark berry and tamarind notes in aroma and cup, with hints of orange and cocoa. Crisp acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. The dry berry note carries deep into the finish.

Round, full, deeply layered complexity: orange, plum, night flowers, all wrapped in caramelly sweetness. Smooth, balanced acidity; syrupy mouthfeel. Flavor simplifies, or perhaps condenses, in a rich, sweet finish.

Delicate, crisply sweet but authoritative. Nut-toned cocoa, caramel, ripe orange, flowers in aroma and cup. Soft acidity; plushly silky mouthfeel. Long, deeply flavor-saturated finish.

Intense, rich, roundly tart: honey, lemon, black currant, flowers, flowering grass. Delicate, sweetly bright acidity; silky mouthfeel. Honey and ripe lemon saturate a long, rich finish.

Big, bright, lushly complex. Fragrant eucalyptus, dark chocolate, jammy black currant, white flowers in aroma and cup. Very sweet acidity, tart yet pure and smooth. Syrupy mouthfeel. Exquisitely clean, deep, juicy finish.

Evaluated as espresso. Crisp, sweetly gentle, suave. Honey, orange, grapefruity citrus, fresh-cut fir in the aroma. Light, silky mouthfeel. Turns chocolaty and more distinctly citrusy in the light-bodied, silky cup. Superb flavor-saturated, sweetly clean finish. In two parts milk the chocolate is nuanced by ripe citrus and a deeper, apricot-toned fruit.

Honey, sweet clover and multi-layered, grapefruit-like citrus in aroma and cup. Brightly tart acidity; light but silky mouthfeel. Suggestions of berry complicate the cup. The finish is rich, with a zesty citrus enveloped by continued honeyish sweetness.

Evaluated as espresso. Co-taster Sean Kohmescher (94) and Ken (94) both admired this sample’s refined complexity and chocolate-toned depth. Ken cited crisp fir and lemon complication, whereas Sean’s reading of nuance inclined more toward berry and wine. Both found the sample slightly more impressive in the small cup than in milk, but nevertheless honored its sweet chocolaty balance in two parts milk, nuanced (for Ken) by hints of flowers and lemon.

Low-toned, balanced aroma: nut, ripe citrus, flowers. Tart, lemony acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Aromatics turn rounder and riper in the cup: sweet citrus, gently tart berry, nut-toned cocoa. The cocoa and lemon in particular linger in a rich, clean finish.

Complex and almost giddily sweet-toned. Flowers, crisp black currant, lemon, blackberry, roasted nut carry from aroma to cup. Sweetly tart, refined acidity; light body but very smooth, silky mouthfeel. Resonant, flavor-saturated short finish simplifies just a bit in the long.