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The Devil's in the Details: Bird-Friendly and Shade-Grown Coffees

By Kenneth Davids
August 1st, 2009

92

Ecco Caffe

Brazil Santa Terezinha

Review Date: Aug 2009

Roundly nutty aroma, with suggestions of aromatic wood and caramel. Smooth and balanced, subtly complex. Notes of honeyed fruit, nut, cedar and orange zest. Delicate finish, with lingering hints of nut and chocolate softly lingering.

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92

Arbor Day Specialty Coffee

Mexico Ismam Co-op

Review Date: Aug 2009

Crisp, pungently sweet-toned aroma: caramel, pineapple, nut, a hint of aromatic wood. In the cup softly balanced acidity, medium body. The pungent fruit reads as a cocoaish chocolate in the cup, with hints of lavender and molasses. The cocoa in particular carries into a rich finish.

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92

Flying Goat Coffee

El Salvador Siberia

Review Date: Aug 2009

Complete and classic Central-American style cup, lively and delicately complex. Cherryish-chocolate fruit and a shimmering hint of flowers in the aroma. In the cup gentle acidity, tart cherry and milk chocolate notes, continuing hint of flowers. The surprisingly rich finish simplifies slightly as the cup cools.

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92

Counter Culture Coffee

Guatemala Huehuetenango

Review Date: Aug 2009

Very sweet-toned, cherryish, chocolate-leaning fruit in the aroma; butter and night flower complications. In the cup deeply acidy, full-bodied. The chocolate character deepens and sheds some fruit, but remains rich, sweet and buttery, with a slight herby/salty edge. The chocolate fruit outlasts a slight astringency in the finish.

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91

Barrington Coffee Roasting Co.

Nicaraguan Selva Negra Estate

Review Date: Aug 2009

Honey-sweet tangerine aroma, with hints of cantaloupe and strawberry. Bright fruit-toned acidity, medium body with a lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Tangy lime and lemon in front sweeten toward toast and honey, finishing cleanly with a mild suggestion of chocolate.

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91

Arbor Day Specialty Coffee

Mexico Nubes de Oro

Review Date: Aug 2009

Very deep-toned, balanced aroma: orangy citrus, nut, a hint of chocolate. In the cup rich, slightly wine-toned acidity, lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Sweet cocoa and nut notes richly dominate, with a hint of grapy fruit and a slight savory edge that balances the deep sweetness. Rich, savory-sweet, flavor-saturated finish.

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90

Wonderstate Coffee

Organic Bolivia CENAPROC Cooperative

Review Date: Aug 2009
Price: NA

Nut, flowers and blackberryish fruit in the balanced though slightly muted aroma. In the cup rich wine-toned acidity, silky mouthfeel, sweetly tart lemon and blackberry notes soften toward chocolate as the cup cools. The blackberry fruit nuance carries into a long, rich finish.

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90

Conscious Coffee

Organic Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Oromia Coffee Farmers Union

Review Date: Aug 2009

Intense aroma: flowers, bergamot, lemon, cocoa nib. In the cup gently tart with a lean but silky mouthfeel. The flowers carry lavishly into the cup with continued hints of lemon and bergamot and a cocoa that softens toward a dry chocolate. Clean, long, flavor-saturated finish.

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90

Klatch Coffee

Ethiopia Organic Wondo Bonko

Review Date: Aug 2009
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A rather wild fruit ferment reads in the aroma as deep-toned cherryish fruit with complicating hints of lemon and aromatic wood. In the cup muted acidity, fullish body, and a complexly savory-sweet fruit character suggesting brandy, cherry, and a slightly salty chocolate. Softens in a long, salty-sweet finish.

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90

Batdorf & Bronson

Guatemala Antigua Finca El Valle

Review Date: Aug 2009

Sweet-toned orange and lemon aroma, with soft hints of nuts, cherry and caramel. A bright acidity is softened and rounded by a suggestion of fruit. The balance continues in the cup with sweet lemon and honey in front, fading to a pleasant nuttiness. Hints of chocolate and aromatic wood linger in the long finish.

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89

Atomic Cafe Coffee Roasters

El Salvador Natural Santa Rita

Review Date: Aug 2009

A very slight fruit ferment both complicates and shadows the profile. A distinct orange-toned citrus and nut character dominates the aroma. In the cup round-toned acidity, syrupy mouthfeel, continued orange and nut notes sweeten and add a cocoa crispness. The finish is long and resonant, though the flavor fades rather quickly.

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89

Supreme Bean Coffee Roasters

Organic Java Taman Dadar

Review Date: Aug 2009

Deep, sweet aroma with roasty hints of grapefruit and night flowers. Smooth, full body, soft mouthfeel with a slight musty note that reads pleasantly as earth, nut and aromatic wood, complicated by hints of chocolate and cherryish fruit. Long, dry, earth- and dark-chocolate-toned finish.

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