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Beyond Antigua: The "Other" Guatemalas

By Kenneth Davids
September 8th, 2003

90

Torreo Coffee

Guatemala

Review Date: Sep 2003

A delicate, exquisite coffee, sweetly and gently acidy, light-bodied but buoyant, with a subtle shimmer of floral-toned fruit - violets and apples on the morning I cupped it.

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90

Kaffe Magnum Opus

Organic Guatemalan SWP Decaf

Review Date: Sep 2003

The most impressive aspect of this sweet, balanced, gently acidy cup is a tactful roast that turns the fruit richly chocolate. The chocolate tones carry elegantly from aroma through a quietly opulent finish.

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88

Supreme Bean Coffee Roasters

Guatemala Huehuetenango

Review Date: Sep 2003

This voluptuously round dark roast is a tribute to the roastmaster's art. Opulently and robustly roasty, sweet, and utterly without burned bitterness. Not much nuance, but plenty of sweet, resonant depth and smoky-spicy tones.

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87

PT's Coffee Roasting Co.

Guatemala Atitlan Estate

Review Date: Sep 2003

A balanced, smoothly full-bodied cup with a sweet acidity and a subdued roastiness that turns the fruit toward cantaloupe and black cherry.

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87

Santa Cruz Coffee Roasting

Organic Fair Trade Huehuetenango

Review Date: Sep 2003

When hot, complexly and giddily floral and fruity - caramel in the aroma, suggestions of lilac and violet, papaya and cantaloupe in the cup. The extravagantly fruity character of the cup hints at sweet ferment, which in fact emerges as the cup cools, hardening the profile a bit and turning it slightly salty. But try it; no one drinks coffee cold anyhow except coffee reviewers.

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87

Kaffe Magnum Opus

Organic Guatemalan Santiago Atitlan

Review Date: Sep 2003

Delicate, gently and elegantly acidy, complicated by a discreetly rich cherry fruit leaning toward chocolate. The acidity is sweet and exquisitely balanced, though slightly astringent in the finish.

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87

New Harvest Coffee Roasters

Organic Guatemalan Huehuetenango

Review Date: Sep 2003

High-toned, rather delicate, with a crisply dry but sweet acidity. Raisins and vanilla, in the aroma, tart tropical fruit tones - tamarind or passion fruit - in the cup.

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87

Neighbors Coffee

Guatemalan Huehuetenango

Review Date: Sep 2003

Splendid aroma: sweet, smoky/spicy, cantaloupe notes. In the cup brightly acidy, the cantaloupe notes turning tart and tamarind-toned.

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86

Intelligentsia Coffee Roasters

Guatemala Fraijanes El Cuervo

Review Date: Sep 2003

A powerfully acidy coffee, sharply rich and winy. Beneath the acidy assertion patient drinking reveals subdued but seductive floral undertones. The aromatics are splendid but the mouthfeel is a bit too astringent for my taste.

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85

Green Mountain Coffee

Guatemalan Finca Dos Marias

Review Date: Sep 2003

The cup is dominated by a simple, rich acidity. The acidy sensation is rather sharp and overbearing when the cup is hot, though it rounds and sweetens as the cup cools, revealing wine-toned fruit and a resonance that could only be guessed at when the cup was hot.

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85

White Horse Coffee & Tea

Guatemala Huehuetenango

Review Date: Sep 2003

The good news is this moderately dark roast displays a rich depth of sensation and spicy, smoky notes in the nose. The bad news: The roast also imposes a rather gritty, astringent finish.

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85

White Horse Coffee & Tea

Guatemala Lago Atitlan

Review Date: Sep 2003

The roast dominates this rather delicate coffee, though cleanly and without introducing burned or bitter notes. Roasty, mildly rich, subdued, slightly astringent in the finish.

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