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Counter Culture Coffee

Organic CO2 Decaf Peru

Roaster Location:Durham, North Carolina
Roast Level:Dark
Agtron:39/31
Review Date:May 1999
Aroma:8
Acidity:5
Body:8
Flavor:8

Blind Assessment: A coffee that rewards deliberation. The sweet nut tones that are the glory of many softer Latin-America coffees run luxuriantly through the profile from aroma to finish, taking on a distinct chocolate cast in the cup. A coffee whose richness reads more as resonance than heaviness.

Notes: In this dark-roasted decaf, sweet nut tones run luxuriantly through the profile from aroma to finish, taking on a distinct chocolate cast in the cup. Decaffeinated by a variation of the direct CO2 method. The CO2 replaces the caffeine in the green beans. One of Counter Culture's line of Sanctuary shade-grown coffees, this coffee is produced by a cooperative of peasant farmers.

Who Should Drink It: Those willing to slow down (the absence of caffeine should help) and let the sweetness come to them.

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This review originally appeared in the May, 1999 tasting report: A Dozen Keepers

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