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Sweetly tart, complexly floral. Honey, honeysuckle, lavender, hints of barley and fir in aroma and cup. Soft but brisk acidity; light but very silky mouthfeel. The finish is flavor-saturated and quite rich and deep for such a delicate coffee.
Great range of aromatic and flavor sensation. Bright, sweet-toned and floral, but with molasses, mushroom, moist wood and rich musk notes deepening and complicating the profile. Delicate, brisk acidity; smoothly silky mouthfeel. Drying but sweet, mushroom-toned finish.
Evaluated as espresso. In the straight shot complex floral notes ranging from lavender to lily, honey, fresh-cut cedar, vanilla-toned dark chocolate. The mouthfeel is medium in weight and lightly syrupy in texture; the finish sweet and resonantly persistent. Preserves character in two parts milk with a zesty orange-toned chocolate and a continuing hint of flowers.
Evaluated as espresso. In the small cup complex aroma and flavor: dark chocolate, honey, night-florals, grape-like fruit, pungent cedar. Impressively syrupy mouthfeel. Flavor consolidates in a sweet though drying finish. Balanced and rather brisk in two parts milk: chocolate, cedar, flowers.
Evaluated as espresso. Soft, lush aroma: molasses, lilac-like flowers, chocolate crème. In the small cup full, syrupy mouthfeel and continued molasses, flowers and chocolate with a deep, black-cherry-like fruit. Sweet, chocolate-toned finish. Flavor loses some of its depth and intrigue in two parts milk, though the chocolate survives.
Evaluated as espresso. Crisp, lavender-like flowers, molasses sweetness, dark chocolate in aroma and small cup. Creamy mouthfeel. Flavor carries into a smooth finish. The chocolate sweetens and rounds but maintains a crisp complication of lavender in two parts milk.
Evaluated as espresso. Nut-toned chocolate, cedar, delicate florals, quiet vanilla in aroma and small cup. Smooth, creamy mouthfeel. Chocolate in particular persists in a sweet but drying finish. Flavor carries well in two parts milk.
Evaluated as espresso. In the small cup, richly and roundly bright without sharpness. Orange, apricot, dark chocolate, hints of fir and night-blooming flowers. Body is medium in weight but impressively velvety in texture. Flavor carries nicely into a sweet finish. In two parts milk delicately and briskly chocolaty with backgrounded hints of fir and fruit.
Intense, heady blueberry and lush, lily-like flowers with deepening suggestions of cedar and brandy in aroma and cup, and a savory hint in the cup. Impressive structure: sweet-toned acidity; full syrupy mouthfeel. The finish is sweet and blueberry-toned with a continuing savory edge.
Sweet but crisply dry in mouthfeel; complex. Tart berry, roasted cocoa nib, sweet coconut and night flowers, hints of mint and fir in aroma and cup. Sweetly tart, wine-toned acidity; lightly syrupy texture. Very sweet but gently drying in the finish.
Crisply sweet, extravagantly aromatic. Honey, rose-like flowers, orange, almond, a hint of fresh-cut cedar in aroma and cup. Delicate, balanced acidity; silky, lively mouthfeel. Floral notes in particular sustain in a flavor-saturated, slightly drying finish.
Complex, richly theatrical blend. Sweet, honeysuckle-like flowers, pronounced brandy-toned blueberry, hints of mint, dark chocolate, cedar. Round, crisply rich acidity; syrupy mouthfeel. Flavor sustains in the short finish, fades slightly in the long.
Round, sweet-toned, balanced. Apricot, orange, caramel, lily-like flowers and a hint of chocolate in aroma and cup. Softly tart acidity; plush mouthfeel. The chocolate hint in particular comes forward in a slightly drying finish.
Quiet and roundly deep. Night flowers, honey, plum, hints of roasted nut and chocolate. Crisp, backgrounded acidity; impressively full, syrupy mouthfeel. Nut, plum and chocolate in particular carry into a rich finish.
Delicate, soft, gently lively. Vanilla; lilac-like flowers; ripe, orangy citrus; sweet chocolate in aroma and cup. Soft, vibrant acidity; syrupy mouthfeel. Flavor persists in a long, resonant finish.
Honey, walnut, meadow flowers, tangerine in aroma and the cup, where the flowers deepen and the nut notes turn toward a crisp roasted cocoa nib. Brisk, rather pronounced acidity is softened by a floral sweetness. Silky mouthfeel. The tangerine-like citrus carries into a resonant, gently drying finish.
Honeysuckle, tangerine, roasted cocoa nib, honey in aroma and cup with a subtle brandyish hint. Tartly sweet, lyric acidity; very lightly syrupy mouthfeel. The finish is sweet and pleasantly drying, with the floral note persisting and the cocoa note softening toward chocolate.
Softly fragrant, balanced, pungently sweet. Complex chocolate (fudgy yet crisp) and fruit (lychee, orange zest) with complicating hints of lavender and musk. Gentle but crisp acidity; plush, velvety mouthfeel. The finish is deeply saturated with flavor.
Evaluated as espresso. Intense, complex aroma: cedar, dark chocolate, roasted nut, night-blooming flowers. The aromatics sharpen in the small cup; the flowers turn toward anise and the cedar note dominates. Lightly syrupy mouthfeel; rich, buttery finish. Paradoxically turns rather bitter and dry in two parts milk, but softens and sweetens in longer milk, which develops the dark chocolate note while maintaining some deepening memory of cedar and anise.
Syrupy mouthfeel, quietly vibrant acidity. Fir, molasses, orange zest, lush night-blooming flowers in aroma and cup. Flavor quiets and consolidates in a long, resonant finish.
