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85

Pannikin Coffee & Tea

Best of Africa Blend

Roaster Location: San Diego, California
Roast Level: Very Dark
Agtron: 32/34
Review Date: June 1999
Aroma: 7
Acidity: 5
Body: 5
Flavor: 6

Blind Assessment

Strikingly sweet, with virtually no dark-roast bitterness. The sweetness is agreeably complicated by tart berryish or citrusy tones, but overall the profile seems a bit restrained, a touch limited in range and dimension.

Notes

Strikingly sweet, with virtually no dark-roast bitterness. Over the years this has been one of my favorite dark-roast blends. It remains impressive this time around, though perhaps less authoritative than in cuppings past.

Who Should Drink It

Admirers of sweetness without sentiment.

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This review originally appeared in the June, 1999 tasting report: Extreme and Not-So-Extreme Dark Roasts

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