An extreme dark roast that preserves impressive depth and complexity. Intense, deeply pungent aroma: toast, smoky cedar, rosemary, lemon notes. In the cup, medium body, smooth mouthfeel, sweetly roasty, with continued hints of lemon and herb and a smoky semi-sweet chocolate. In the finish rich sweetness upstages a hint of heavy astringency.

June 21st, 2007
In the aroma sweet-toned, deeply but gently roasty, with unusual lemon-floral character and background hints of chocolate and smooth, banana-like fruit. The cup displays a delicately pungent, roast-rounded acidity, rather lean mouthfeel, richly crisp lemon and background chocolate notes. The finish hovers on the rich side of astringent.
Very sweet-toned aroma, intense though simple: hints of potato, orange and nut. As straight espresso medium body but syrupy mouthfeel with a smoothly pungent character and a quiet complexity: molasses, orange, nut and a hint of semi-sweet chocolate. Full, deep, slightly salty finish. In milk displays a rich semi-sweet chocolate, but a bit light on sweetness and presence.