Blind Assessment

Pungent but delicately sweet. Molasses, hazelnut, fresh-cut redwood, sweet tobacco, magnolia-like flowers in aroma and cup. Juicy-tart acidity; smoothly silky mouthfeel. Finishes with hazelnut and sweet, molasses-inflected tobacco notes.

Notes

Processed by the honey (also called pulped natural) method, in which the fruit skin is removed as it is in the wet or “washed” process, but some of the sticky fruit residue is allowed to dry on the bean and later removed by machine along with the parchment skin. This coffee tied for the second-highest rating in a cupping of Sumatra coffees for Coffee Review‘s July 2016 tasting report. Once N Cafe Etude is a roaster and Internet retailer in Taiwan. For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/OnceNCafeEtude or email OnceNCafeEtude@gmail.com.

Bottom Line

Quiet oppositions: A sweet floral character pleasantly overlays a ground of tobacco and nut.

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