Sacramento Reviews

Evaluated as espresso. Sweet-toned and balanced in the small cup; heady floral notes anchored by pungent cedar and anise and a hint of nut-nuanced chocolate. Lightly syrupy mouthfeel; excellent flavor persistence in a slightly drying finish. In two parts milk pronounced presence with a complex, bittersweet chocolate dominating.

Unusual profile; gentle, round, with a soft, almost creamy mouthfeel and quiet, complex aromatics: orangy citrus, cocoa, flowers, pine, rosemary. Sweet, with a slight salty/savory edge particularly prominent in the long finish.

Evaluated as espresso. Crisp, bright, complex. Vanilla, butter, caramelly milk chocolate, citrus, stone fruit all carry from aroma to small cup. Medium body, lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Sweet, rich finish with fine flavor saturation. In two parts milk delicate but continued complex, with the vanilla and caramelly milk chocolate notes particularly prominent.

Deep, complex, pungent. Sweetly tart grapefruit and enveloping fresh-turned, moist earth in aroma and cup, with grace notes ranging from flowers to cedar. Rich acidity, lightly syrupy mouthfeel. The grapefruit and earth notes carry deep into the finish.

Tartly lemony with a rounding cherryish sweetness and hints of nut-toned cocoa in aroma and cup. Bright acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. The lemon and cocoa notes carry into a crisp finish.

Rich, round, deep. Roasted nut, dusk flowers, cocoaish dark chocolate, melon-like fruit with a hint of citrus in aroma and cup. Wine-toned acidity; silky mouthfeel. The dry chocolate and melon suggestions carry into a long, resonant finish.

Refined earth tones turn berry- and orange-toned fruit deep and pungent. Richly tart, well-integrated acidity, lightly syrupy mouthfeel. The pungent fruit carries into a long, resonant finish.

Soft, sweet-toned aroma: fir, milk chocolate. In the cup gentle but impressively deep acidity, lightly syrupy mouthfeel, continued balance of pungent fir with roundly sweet milk chocolate and apricot notes. Gently rich finish.

Sweet, intense, cherry-toned, with a clear nut note that turns rather woody in the cup. Nevertheless, a rich sweetness resonates from aroma through finish. Round, deep acidity.

Very deep, sweet, cherry-toned. Additional hints of brandy, minty dark chocolate, anise, cedar, flowers in aroma and small cup. Syrupy mouthfeel; chocolate in particular lingers in a richly long finish. The complexity mutes in two parts milk, though the minty chocolate persists.

Bright, balanced, delicate. Tart cherry, peach, black currant, rose-like flowers in aroma and cup. Giddily and sweetly bright acidity; light, silky-textured mouthfeel. Sweet, gently rich finish deeply saturated with flavor.

Spicy tea rose, gentle citrus and sweet berries in aroma and cup. A juicy and bright coffee that simplifies slightly in the rather clean and sweet-toned finish.

Sweet-toned, crisp, low in acidity, balanced. Distinct nut tones, fresh-cut fir, caramel, orangy fruit in aroma and cup. Lean but smooth mouthfeel. Rich, quietly flavor-saturated finish.

Flowers balanced by crisp cocoa and fresh-cut fir. Brisk acidity. Smooth mouthfeel just a little fatter than silky. Deep, flavor-saturated finish.

Aroma and flavor are lush yet crisply authoritative. Tartly sweet notes of berry and lemon, white floral notes and a hint of milk chocolate in both aroma and cup. Buoyantly juicy acidity, syrupy mouthfeel, long, sweet finish with continued suggestions of berry and milk chocolate.

Soft and balanced in the aroma with toasty notes of caramel, milk chocolate and nut. Rich acidity, silky mouthfeel and flavors that balance the sweet milk chocolate and nut complex with a softly tart, citrus-infused cocoa. Not a long finish, but a sweet one.

Nut and fresh-cut wood dominate the delicate aroma, softened by a hint of chocolate. In cup and finish the cocoaish chocolate becomes richer and more explicit, though a faint woody flatness (probably decaffeination-related) continues to haunt the cup. Attractive, lightly syrupy mouthfeel.

Rich, sweet-toned aroma: flowers, hints of earth, aromatic wood, nut-toned chocolate. In the cup low-toned but vibrant acidity, silky mouthfeel, continued earth tones that take on a grapefruit-like pungency under the impact of the acidity. Some continuing hints of flowers and nut. Rich, simple finish with a hint of astringency.

Delicately lush, very sweet-toned aroma: flowering grass, honey, molasses. In the cup sweet but intense acidity, light body, silky mouthfeel, flowers, pipe-tobacco, lemon notes. Sweet, rich, nut-toned finish.