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Top-Rated Coffees (94+ points)

We found 1479 coffees and espressos that earned an outstanding score of 94 points or higher. The reviews below appear in reverse chronological order by review date. Older reviews may no longer accurately reflect current versions of the same coffee.


94

Cherry Smile

Stars of Formosa Blend

Review Date: Jan 2011
Price: NT$600/8 ounces

Delicate hints of orange, flowers and roasted nut in the aroma. Gently bright-toned acidity, lightly syrupy mouthfeel with juicy suggestions of lemon, orange, stone fruit and more flowers with a pungent hint of fresh-cut fir. Superb finish: Long, sweet, complex, fruit-toned.

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95

Temple Coffee and Tea

Kenya Kagongo Peaberry

Review Date: Jan 2011
Price: $19.00/12 ounces.
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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.

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95

Atomic Cafe Coffee Roasters

Kenya Peaberry Muthunzunni Estate

Review Date: Jan 2011
Price: $13.95/12 ounces

Delicate, sweet-toned, giddily bright. Honey and rose-like flowers dominate in aroma in cup, with hints of ripe orange and moist pipe tobacco. Fruit-saturated acidity, light but very smooth mouthfeel, richly resonant finish in which the honey and floral notes turn vaguely but pleasingly toward milk chocolate.

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95

Terroir Coffee

Kenya Kangunu

Review Date: Jan 2011
Price: $21.00/12 ounces

Grandly pure and sweetly acidy. Symphonic citrus notes range from ripe orange to tart lemon to pungent bergamot, with a softening hint of flowers and a rounding hint of cocoaish nut. Lightly syrupy mouthfeel. The cocoa note turns decisively chocolate in a richly dry finish.

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95

Terroir Coffee

Ethiopia Konga Co-op Yirgacheffe

Review Date: Jan 2011
Price: $15.95/12 ounces

Depth and syrupy opulence in an extravagant aromatic profile: heavy-scented dusk flowers, rich, almost carnal fruit (apricot, plum, cherry), a brightening hint of lemon, crisp cocoa intensifying toward a resonantly flavor-saturated finish.

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94

Coava Coffee Roasters

Honduras David Mancia

Review Date: Dec 2010
Price: $10.50/250 grams (8.8 oz.)

Deep, rich and pungent in aroma and cup. Roundly sweet with flavors that layer dried berries, apricot and spicy tea rose atop dark chocolate. Flavors penetrate deep into a long, resonant finish.

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94

PT's Coffee Roasting Co.

Hawaii Isla Kona Mauka

Review Date: Dec 2010
Price: $45.19/12 ounces

Bright and crisp, with aroma and flavor notes that balance honey and lavender with tartly sweet lemon and bergamot. Fruit and flowers gently linger in a long, clean finish.

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94

Coffea Roasterie

Ethiopia Nekisse Espresso

Review Date: Dec 2010
Price: $37.95/12 ounces

Notes of tea rose, honey and orange in the aroma. Long, sustained flavors in the small cup, displaying a deeper, more complex variation of the aroma profile (including brandied fruit, flowers and chocolate) with the flavors persisting in the long, sweet-toned finish. Lean but smooth mouthfeel. Retains impressive complexity in two parts milk: lemon and flowers softly layered on deeper chocolate, nut and caramel tones.

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95

Paradise Roasters

Panama Mama Cata Geisha

Review Date: Dec 2010
Price: $43.95/10 ounces

Balanced, complete, yet wildly distinctive. Very sweet-toned aroma: table grape, spicy nut, flowers. All carry into the cup, where a crisp cocoa (dry, nut-toned chocolate) contributes complication and depth. Tart but softly fruit-toned acidity, lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Nut and cocoa in particular carry into the finish.

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94

JBC Coffee Roasters

El Salvador Pacamara Finca Los Alpes The Bank

Review Date: Dec 2010
Price: $14.95/12 ounces
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Deep, complex and layered. Night flowers, molasses, lemon, crisp cocoa in aroma and cup. Sweetly tart acidity, smooth, lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Richly balanced, flavor-saturated finish.

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94

Café Grumpy

Honduras Fernandez Farm

Review Date: Dec 2010
Price: $18.00/8 ounces

Symphonically fruit-toned and shimmeringly bright. An “underlying crushed grape sweetness” (co-cupper Wendy De Jong, 94) supported an array of lemon and berry suggestions. Ken (94) found deepening hints of fresh-cut fir and dark chocolate as well. Forward but accessible acidity, silky mouthfeel, sweetly tart finish.

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94

Canterbury Coffee

Resiprocate Verita Espresso

Review Date: Dec 2010
Price: CAD $44.07/1 kg. (2.2 lbs.)

Evaluated as espresso. Savory-sweet, syrupy and deep in the small cup: cherryish fruit, dark chocolate, brandy, aromatic wood. Simplifies a bit but remains rich in two parts milk: Dark chocolate and aromatic wood dominate; the fruit rounds toward apricot.

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95

Rusty's Hawaiian Coffee

Ka’u Coffee Natural Dried

Review Date: Nov 2010
Price: $27.00/8 oz.

Complex and balanced flavor and aroma: orange-toned citrus, cherry, cedary aromatic wood, a hint of baking spice. The acidity is extraordinary: deep, powerful yet roundly rich and sweet. The mouthfeel is full and syrupy, the finish long and fruit-saturated.

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96

Cherry Smile Specialty Coffee

Stars of Italy Espresso

Review Date: Oct 2010
Price: NT$600/8 oz.

Evaluated as espresso. Opulent, complex and big-bodied. Night flowers and a pronounced brandy-like fruit dominate aroma and the small cup, with a crisp, drying hint of cedar. Plump, syrupy mouthfeel. Long, flavor-saturated finish. Two parts milk turns the brandied fruit toward a minty dark chocolate with a continuing floral complication.

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97

Temple Coffee and Tea

Guatemala Hunapu Antigua Bourbon

Review Date: Oct 2010
Price: $15.00/12 oz.
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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.

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94

Cherry Smile

Kenya Bourbon French Mission

Review Date: Sep 2010
Price: NT$600/8 oz.

A juicy fruit-toned cup, combining notes of black currant and citrus with honey and butter. Intense, penetrating acidity, syrupy body and long lasting flavors. The fruit flavors continue into the finish, taking on a tartly-sweet quality.

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94

JBC Coffee Roasters

Kenya Peaberry Kirinyaga Kii

Review Date: Sep 2010
Price: $14.95/12 oz.
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An essay in refined acidity: balanced, tartly sweet, nuanced by ripe tomato and apricot. Further complications of nut and perhaps milk chocolate. Particularly impressive finish: sweet, long, saturated with apricot-toned fruit.

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94

JBC Coffee Roasters

El Salvador Pacamara Finca Los Alpes Tierra Fertil

Review Date: Aug 2010
Price: $11.95/12 oz.
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Round, sweet and balanced. Deeply complex, lasting notes of citrus, nut, caramel and baking spices. Refined acidity, silky mouthfeel and a finish that rounds toward a rich milk chocolate, making the whispers of astringency easy to overlook.

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94

Paradise Roasters

Panama Esmeralda Mario Carnival

Review Date: Aug 2010
Price: $43.95/10 oz.

Juicy and sweet both in aroma and cup: pungent notes of citrus and cocoa with soft hints of lavender flowers and honey. Assertive but smooth acidity and a lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Clean finish: gentle cocoa character complicated by continuing fruit and floral hints.

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94

Bird Rock Coffee Roasters

Panama La Esmeralda Especial Mario San Jose

Review Date: Aug 2010
Price: $28.00/8 oz.
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In the aroma lemon, berry, and above all, delicate flowers - jasmine and lavender. In the cup crisp, floral-toned acidity, silky mouthfeel. The flowers and lemon deepen and turn richly pungent, sustaining into a long, deep finish.

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