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Sharply and richly pungent. Scorched cedar, rosemary-like herb, hidey leather, with hints of floral top notes. Bittersweet, backgrounded acidity; very lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Flavor almost resolves into chocolate in a sweet but heavily astringent finish.
Very atypical aroma and flavor. Richly charred oak, overripe tomato, musk and faint floral and pear notes point toward a sort of minty, vegetal dark chocolate. Muted acidity; rather lean mouthfeel. A drying astringency dominates in the finish, drowning out sweetness and flavor.
Deep, sweet, complex. Crisp dark chocolate, brandy, lily-like flowers, apricot in aroma and cup. Round, fruit-toned acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Rich, resonant short finish, chocolaty and drying in the long.
Sweet and honeyish. Honey, tangerine, peach, prairie flowers, hints of fir and nut in aroma and cup. Very sweet, rich acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Flavor saturates a rich finish.
Crisp, balanced, roasty. Dark chocolate, raisin, peppery aromatic wood, a hint of flowers in aroma and cup. Acidity is round and roast-muted; mouthfeel is medium in weight but slightly lean in texture. Chocolate prevails in a sweet-toned, balanced finish.
(As brewed in a Keurig B70 Platinum single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce a 6-ounce serving): Sweet and caramelly in the aroma with faint hints of flowers and chocolate; in the cup the chocolate, caramel and floral notes are more distinct. Brisk acidity; silky but very light mouthfeel. A slight woody astringency mars an otherwise sweet, chocolate-toned finish.
Evaluated as espresso. Rich, deep, complex. In the small cup aromatic wood, apricot-like fruit, dark chocolate, night-blooming flowers and a hint of lemony citrus in aroma and flavor. Big, velvety mouthfeel. Flavor persists deep in a richly drying finish. Presents a crisply dry, forceful dark chocolate in two parts milk.
A remarkably sweet, spicy aromatic wood note – think sandalwood – leads the usual intense array of Gesha aromatic excitement: complex floral notes, honey, crisp baker’s chocolate, tartly ripe raspberry. Round, rich acidity; lively, lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Chocolate in particular surfaces in a long, balanced, flavor-saturated finish.
Rich, deep, sweet. Night flowers, honey, almost marmalade-like orange and berry. Round, balanced acidity; syrupy mouthfeel. Resonant, quietly flavor-saturated finish.
Dark chocolate, flowers (lily, lavender), blueberry, brandy, cedar in aroma and cup. Slight savory hint in the cup. Rich, round acidity; syrupy mouthfeel. Dry but flavor-saturated finish.
Crisp yet lush. Honey, roasted cocoa nib, ripe blueberry, a hint of savory herb in aroma and cup. Balanced, richly bright acidity; lightly syrupy, lively mouthfeel. Flavor quiets and consolidates in a roundly sweet finish.
Crisp, meadowy, floral. Particularly sweet, complex floral notes plus molasses, hazelnut and a hint of chocolate in aroma and cup. Delicately brisk acidity; light but lively, silky mouthfeel. Sweetness and considerable flavor carry into a gently drying finish.
Evaluated as espresso. In the small cup richly complex aroma and flavor: mixed fruit (currant, grape, banana), moist forest wood, caramelly chocolate, vanilla. Full, buoyantly creamy mouthfeel; chocolate dominates in a richly drying finish. Flavor carries with authority into two parts milk: pungent fruit and chocolate with a long, resonant finish.
Evaluated as espresso. Impressive aroma: rich, buttery dark chocolate, backgrounded orange and plum with a hint of flowers. Full, syrupy mouthfeel. The sweetness recedes in flavor and finish, however, and a bitterish, zesty orange and pungent cedar move forward. Powerful, richly chocolaty presence in two to four parts milk, with a continued underlying zesty dryness.
Poised and balanced; sweet-toned. Nut-toned chocolate, caramel and vanilla notes dominate, but a sweet, rather opulent table grape sensation deepens and complicates the profile. Gentle, delicate acidity; round, rather creamy-textured mouthfeel. The essential sweetness of this coffee carries far into the long finish.
Solid, comfortable cup. Black-currant crispness and gently pungent cedar rounded by honey and a hint of chocolate in aroma and flavor. Brisk, floral-toned acidity; silky mouthfeel. Straightforward, quietly rich finish.
Comfortable, inviting cup combines a cedary black-currant pungency, dark chocolate sweetness and a vanilla-like floral freshness. Delicate, crisply balanced acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Quietly sweet-toned, resonant finish.
Delicate, balanced, crisply sweet. Honey, lavender-toned flowers, hints of roasted cocoa nib and fresh fig in aroma and cup. Gently brisk acidity; light but silky and lively mouthfeel. Pleasing floral-toned short finish tends to fade in the long.
Crisply tart black currant and blackberry in aroma and cup, enveloped in floral sweetness and pungent fresh-cut cedar. Round, balanced acidity; syrupy mouthfeel. Impressively rich, deep, complexly flavor-saturated finish.
Lush honey and blueberry balanced by crisper notes of roasted cocoa nib and fresh-cut cedar. A hint of flowers. Sweetly bright acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Round, gently flavor-saturated finish.
