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93

Green Mountain Coffee

Kona Mountain Estate

Roaster Location: Waterbury, Vermont
Roast Level: NA
Agtron: /
Review Date: December 1998
Aroma: 8
Acidity: 8
Body: 7
Flavor: 8

Blind Assessment

An elegant, extraordinary tribute to the pleasures of the sensation coffee people call acidity. Here the acidity is robustly dry yet alive with a full, fragrant sweetness. Everything dances and rings in this coffee.

Notes

The quintessential American breakfast cup. An elegant, extraordinary tribute to the pleasures of the sensation coffee people call acidity. Here the acidity is robustly dry yet alive with a full, fragrant sweetness. Everything dances and rings in this c One of Green Mountain's "Stewardship" coffees, meaning it fulfills Green Mountain's criteria for agricultural sustainability. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters is one of the country's leading specialty roasters, offering a particularly wide-ranging variety of origins and roast styles, including one of America's largest selections of single-origin coffees. Visit www.greenmountaincoffee.com or call 888-879-4627 for more information.

Who Should Drink It

The holiday factor:If there ever was a holiday gift for lovers of the quintessential American breakfast cup, this is it. Fuses acidy authority with supple sweetness in a way that distinguishes only the very best Konas.

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This review originally appeared in the December, 1998 tasting report: Holiday Gift Coffees

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