Blind Assessment

Delicate, sweet, subtly structured. The alcohol reads more as brandy or cabernet than rum, but pleasingly so. Also cocoa powder, sweet wood, vanilla, dried strawberry in aroma and cup. Light-footed, sweet-toned acidity; very light but distinctly satiny mouthfeel. Rich, sweet, quietly flavor-saturated finish.

Notes

Produced on the high-elevation El Cipres farm by farmers Yader and Karen from trees of the Caturra and Catuai varieties of Arabica. Conditioned before roasting in a barrel previously used to age Jamaican rum and, before that, Tennessee whiskey. This coffee tied for the third-highest rating in a cupping of aged, casked and specially cured coffees for Coffee Review‘s May 2017 tasting report. Reprise Coffee is a quality-oriented small-batch roaster and café located in Lake Forest, Illinois, north of Chicago. Visit reprisecoffee.com for more information.

Bottom Line

This very sensitively light-roasted coffee offers a delicate, refreshing take on spirits barrel-conditioned coffee.

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