Fidalgo Bay Coffee
Decaf Roastmaster’s Choice Espresso
| Roaster Location: | Burlington, Washington |
| Coffee Origin: | Central America and Africa |
| Roast Level: | Medium |
| Agtron: | 45/69 |
| Review Date: | March 2007 |
| Aroma: | 9 |
| Body: | 8 |
| Flavor: | 8 |
| Aftertaste: | 8 |
| With Milk: | 7 |
Blind Assessment
A fine fruity-fermented style espresso in decaffeinated format. The sweet fermented fruit notes (I would guess from a dried-in-the-fruit East African green coffee component) read as blueberry with chocolate and ripe banana tones in both aroma and small cup. Excellent body, rich chocolate in the finish. A slight salty sensation that often accompanies fruity ferment hardly matters in the small cup, but seems to dampen sweetness in milk, where this exciting espresso doesn?t quite live up to its full chocolate-blueberry promise.
Notes
Fidalgo Bay is a wholesale and online retail specialty coffee roaster with a thoughtfully designed menu of coffees and a concise but effective personal roast profiling tool on its website. Visit
Who Should Drink It
As a straight shot definitely exotic and distinctive, and well worth trying in milk.
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This review originally appeared in the March, 2007 tasting report: Better Than You Think: Decaffeinated Espressos
