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Paradise Roasters

Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Espresso Mekuriya Gobena

Roaster Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Coffee Origin: Yirgacheffe growing region, southern Ethiopia
Roast Level: Medium
Agtron: 46/62
Est. Price: $19.95/12 ounces
Review Date: January 2020
Aroma: 9
Body: 8
Flavor: 9
Aftertaste: 8
With Milk: 9

Blind Assessment

Evaluated as espresso. Bright, sweetly tart, high-toned. Black cherry, chocolate fudge, almond butter, freesia-like flowers, sandalwood in aroma and small cup. Crisp, satiny mouthfeel; resonant fruit-toned finish. Particularly floral-saturated in three parts milk, with dark chocolate and cherry undertones.

Notes

Produced by Mekuriya Gobena in the Yirgacheffe growing region of Ethiopia on his 12-acre farm. This is a dry-processed or “natural” coffee, meaning the beans were dried inside the fruit rather than after the fruit has been removed, as is the case with wet-processed or “washed” coffees. Paradise Roasters specializes in micro-lot Arabica and Robusta coffees from Asia and other emerging origins. The company prides itself on quality and freshness, craft-roasting coffees in small batches only after orders are placed. Visit www.paradiseroasters.com or call 763-433-0626 for more information.

Bottom Line

A richly sweet, delicately tart natural-process Yirgacheffe cup, deftly roasted toward the darker end of medium to develop chocolate notes without dampening the bright fruit and sweet flowers.

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