GreenAlives
Fragrance of Tranquility
Roaster Location: | New Taipei City, Taiwan |
Coffee Origin: | Yirgacheffe growing region, southern Ethiopia; Kenya; Mandheling growing region of Sumatra, Indonesia; other undisclosed origins. |
Roast Level: | Medium |
Agtron: | 50/54 |
Est. Price: | NT $400/8 ounces |
Review Date: | February 2014 |
Aroma: | 9 |
Acidity: | 8 |
Body: | 8 |
Flavor: | 9 |
Aftertaste: | 8 |
Blind Assessment: Softly pungent; delicately complex. Honey, roasted cacao nib, vanilla, cherry- and peach-like fruit in aroma and cup. Smooth, poised acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Flavor consolidates but persists in a round, deep, gently drying finish.
Notes: This blend is a mélange, a blend in which constituent green coffees are brought to distinctly different roast levels or colors. GreenAlives is a Taiwan small-batch roasting company located in the Taishan District of New Taipei City that pursues quality in every act of coffee production from green coffee selection through storage, roasting and educating customers in optimum brewing practice. Visit
Who Should Drink It: A very comprehensive cup: well-structured, crisply sweet, with a wide range of aromatic intrigue.
This review originally appeared in the February, 2014 tasting report: State of the Blend 2014