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Win Some, Lose Some: Decaffeinated Coffees

By Kenneth Davids
June 4th, 2005

91

Don Francisco's Coffee

Decaffeinated Colombian

Review Date: Jun 2005

A lush and coherent cup. Caramel and chocolate in the aroma. The caramel sweetness deepens in the cup, complicated by a wine- or apple-cider-toned fruit and continued hints of chocolate. Full, round mouthfeel.

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90

The Roasterie

Decaf Colombia Supremo Pitalito Estate

Review Date: Jun 2005

Mid-toned but rich, deep aroma, with fresh leather, pear, peach and milk chocolate suggestions. Simplifies a bit in the cup, undercurrents of pipe tobacco and a tartly refreshing, sweet fruit, pie cherries perhaps or kiwi.

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89

CC's Coffee

Colombia Dark Roast Decaf

Review Date: Jun 2005

Dominated by a low-toned but richly intense fruit complex that in the aroma clearly and pleasurably reads as semi-sweet chocolate. In the cup turns toward something less chocolate and more cherry perhaps, with a little pungent lean toward Mediterranean herbs. Full-bodied and deeply dimensioned throughout.

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88

Flying Goat Coffee

Organic Fair-Trade Decaf Mexico

Review Date: Jun 2005

An intense, high-toned coffee with almost African character: distinct orange notes and hints of sweet spice, chocolate and flowers, lavender perhaps, in the aroma. The citrus, chocolate and lavender tones are sharper and simpler in the cup, though still intense. A tingle of astringency persists, not unpleasantly, into the finish.

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88

Counter Culture Coffee Roasters

Decaf Organic Peru Chanchamayo

Review Date: Jun 2005

Lively aroma, with fresh-cut cedar and cherry-chocolate notes. In the cup simple but deeply resonant, with hints of flowers, chocolate and cherry-leaning fruit shimmering through the gentle roastiness.

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87

Intelligentsia Coffee

Decaf Librarian’s Blend

Review Date: Jun 2005

A light-bodied, sweetly crisp coffee. Suggestions of leather, spice and a dry, fruity chocolate in the aroma. Melodic in the cup, with sweet citrus top notes and a hint of chocolate balanced by a slight tart sharpness.

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86

Orleans Coffee Exchange

Decaf French Roast Blend

Review Date: Jun 2005

Pungent and smoky throughout the profile, with some suggestions of semi-sweet chocolate, cedar and rosemary. In the cup the mouthfeel is lightly and pleasantly astringent, bracing rather than bitter or heavy.

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85

Allegro Coffee

Indonesia Malacca Straights Pure Water Decaf

Review Date: Jun 2005

A very heavy-bodied coffee, roasty but not burned, low-toned to the point of bluntness, with pungent cedar notes that approach semi-sweet chocolate and a hint of Mediterranean herb.

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85

Daybreak Coffee Roasters

Midnight Obsession

Review Date: Jun 2005

The aroma is rather flat, though complicated by an interesting walnut- or maple-toned caramel character, perhaps with a hint of anise. The maple-nut-caramel character carries into the simple but balanced cup.

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84

Higher Grounds Trading Company

Fair-Trade Mexican Decaf

Review Date: Jun 2005

A profile so delicate it has difficulty asserting itself. Gentle and lyric in the aroma, with sweet nut and a cherryish fruit that carry into the cup but remain subdued and without authority, a charming but distant warble in the woods.

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