Blind Assessment

Ken's favorite (rating 90) in the cupping: "Richly acidy and roundly sweet. Grace notes suggest cocoa swooning toward lushly fruity pipe tobacco." Kevin (rating 86) seems a bit put off by its departure from the Costa Rica norm: "Lovely caramel aroma, medium-full body, lush bittersweet chocolate flavors that made me wonder which part of Guatemala this Costa Rica was grown in. Hedonistic rather than cerebral in its appeal; delightfully atypical."

Notes

This coffee, from last year's crop, is grown on one of numerous small, well manicured farms on the eastern outskirts of San Jose, Costa Rica's capital. It came through rather well, perhaps because it was stored in the relatively cool, almost ideal coffee-storing climate of the San Francisco Bay Area. Flying Goat Coffee is a boutique retail/wholesale roaster located in the wine country of northern California. Visit www.flyinggoatcoffee.com or call 800-675-3599 for more info.

Who Should Drink It

Hedonists, obviously, and I guess I'm one, given my high rating of this sweet, complex coffee.

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