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Category Rankings

December 2, 2015 by Ron Walters

Over the past couple years, Coffee Review’s annual “Top 30” ranking of the year’s most noteworthy coffees has attracted considerable attention.  As many readers have noted, our rankings tended to favor high-scoring coffees produced from botanical varieties of Arabica with striking sensory properties: coffees of the Gesha/Geisha variety, coffees from the distinctive traditional Ethiopian varieties, Kenyan coffees, and so on.

For 2015, we decided to create additional categories that will focus attention on fine coffees from other parts of the world and/or produced from less celebrated botanical varieties.  The coffees below may not have attracted superlative ratings of 95 points or more but we believe they merit recognition for their excellence nonetheless.

With some exceptions, coffees that appear in the Top 30 are not recognized in the expanded category lists.  For more information, visit our expanded rankings post.

 

Certified Coffees

Kakalove Cafe (Taiwan), Ethiopia Washed Yirgacheffe Alemu – 94 points
Victrola Coffee, Sumatra Aceh Adsenia Ketiara – 93 points
Kickapoo Coffee, Organic Colombia Fonda Paez – 93 points

 

Central America (Non-Gesha)

Old Soul Co, Panama Elida Natural #13 – 95 points
Bird Rock Coffee Roasters, El Salvador Finca Loma La Gloria – 94 points
Barrington Coffee Roasting Co, Guatemala El Diamante – 93 points

 

Single Origin Espressos

Simon Hsieh’s Aroma Roast Coffees, Ecuador “Mama Kilya” Espresso – 94 points
Paradise Roasters, Brazil Fazenda Santa Ines S.O. Espresso – 94 points
Cafe de Impression, Ethiopian Washed Kochere G1 SO Espresso – 94 points

 

Alternative Africas

Victrola Coffee Roasters, Burundi Kayanza Mpanga – 94 points (Top 30 No. 20)
Red Rooster Coffee, FTO Congo Sopacdi Cooperative – 92 points (Top 30 No. 30)
Cafe Grumpy, Mutawari Tanzania Peaberry – 93 points

 

Best Values (still available for sale as of December 7, 2015)

Willoughby’s Coffee & Tea, Kenya AA Kigwandi Estate, $17.99/16 oz. – 95 points
Ghost Town Coffee, Holiday Blend, $15.25/12 oz. – 95 points
JBC Coffee, Las Flores Espresso, $15.80/12 oz. – 95 points

 

Espresso Blends

Propeller Coffee, Ace Espresso – 94 points
Kean Coffee, Golden Mean Espresso – 94 points
Future Factory, Jazz Apricot Espresso (Taiwan) – 94 points

 

Non-Espresso Blends

Lab 146, Holiday Blend (Taiwan) – 95 points
Modern Times, Black House – 94 points
Noelia Coffee, Ari-Ari Seuri-Seuri (South Korea) – 94 points

 

South America

BeanFruit Coffee Co, Colombia Maximino Guitierrez – 93 points
Lexington Coffee Roasters, Huila Colombia – 93 points
Equator Coffees & Teas, Peru Cajamarca FTO – 92 points

 

Decaf

Old Soul Co, Decaf Ethiopia Sidamo – 93 points
PT’s Coffee Roasting Co, Mexico Decaf – 92 points
Caffe Luxxe, Decaf Classic House Blend – 91 points

 

Darker Roasts

Cafe de Fiore, Jacob’s Espresso – 93 points
Big Creek Coffee, Kenya Nyeri AA – 92 points
Starbucks Reserve, Pantheon Blend No. 1 – 92 points

 

Asia

Temple Coffee, Sumatra Ulos Batak – 94 points
Bootstrap Coffee, PNG Ulya Waghi Valley – 93 points
Moriah Coffee, Doi Chaang Arabica, Thailand – 92 points

 

 

 

 

 

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