Simon Hsieh's Aroma Roast Coffees
Kenya AA Top Single Origin Espresso
| Roaster Location: | Taoyuan City, Taiwan. |
| Coffee Origin: | Central Kenya. |
| Roast Level: | Medium |
| Agtron: | 47/59 |
| Est. Price: | NT$1400/16 ounces |
| Review Date: | February 2012 |
| Aroma: | 9 |
| Body: | 9 |
| Flavor: | 10 |
| Aftertaste: | 9 |
| With Milk: | 9 |
Blind Assessment
Evaluated as espresso. Impressive range and complexity. Pungently sweet grapefruit, blackberry, rose-like flowers, fresh-cut fir in aroma and small cup. Full, buttery mouthfeel. Rich, flavor-saturated finish; a hint of astringency in the short smoothes out to cocoaish chocolate in the long. Delicate, berryish fruit and sweet milk chocolate dominate in two parts milk.
Notes
In addition to his retail roasting operation Aroma Roast Coffees, Simon Hsieh also runs Soaring Phoenix Trading, a business focused on high quality green single-origin coffees and commercial espresso blends. Visit www.facebook.com/4ArtsZeroDefectCoffees or call 886-0983-749876 for more information.
Who Should Drink It
Impressive complexity and completeness in a single-origin espresso, both as straight shot and in milk.
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