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Big, complex but balanced dried-in-the-fruit profile. Honey, nectarine, fresh blueberry, hints of milk chocolate, fir and walnut in aroma and cup. Rich, lyrically sweet acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Juicy finish.
Amazingly and giddily sweet. Honey, lush night-blooming flowers and ripe orange in aroma and cup. Juicy, lyric acidity; syrupy mouthfeel. Flavor consolidates more than fades in a remarkably rich, honey-toned finish.
Sweetly pungent, intensely complex dried-in-the-fruit profile. Notes range from a honey eucalyptus note with a slight savory edge, through very complex floral notes including sweet (honeysuckle) and bittersweet (lavender) to zesty tangerine and crisp roasted cocoa nib. Rich, deep acidity; silky/syrupy mouthfeel. Impressively long, resonant finish.
Delicate, crisp, vibrantly complex. Floral suggestions range from honeysuckle to rose to lavender. Honey, cocoa-nib, almond in aroma and cup. Gently and sweetly brisk acidity; quite light but very silky mouthfeel. Flavor-saturated finish has deep and lasting persistence despite the delicacy of the cup.
Exhilaratingly complex; flawlessly balanced and complete. Black currant, blackberry, grapefruit and flowers in aroma and cup; lushly tart, sweetly lively acidity. Buoyant, active mouthfeel; long, resonantly flavor-saturated finish.
Fresh, lyric, exceptional. Honey, flowers (lavender, violets), raw baker’s chocolate, and a lavish fruit sensation suggesting nectarine, guava, peach and doubtless much more. The acidity is gentle and backgrounded but vibrant; the mouthfeel smoothly syrupy but buoyant. Almost everything in the cup is hinted at in the rich finish.
This extraordinary coffee almost defies description with its aromatic complexity while retaining a classic clarity of structure. The fruit notes suggest in particular tartly sweet tropical fruit like guava, passion fruit or fresh lychee. The floral notes are almost as complex, provoking associations ranging from bitter lavender to lush honeysuckle. Additional complications include a lightly fermented brandy note and crisp roasted cocoa nib. The acidity is rich and juicy, the mouthfeel syrupy yet buoyantly lively. The finish is long and deeply flavor-saturated.
Zesty, pungent, deep. Cedar, hazelnut, zesty lemon, honey, dark chocolate in aroma and cup. Slight savory hint in the cup. Gently tart, smoothly integrated acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Clean, rather simple finish.
Big, sweetly bright, classic. Honey, tangerine, rose-like flowers, a hint of roasted cocoa nib in aroma and cup. Grand, lushly bright acidity; light, silky mouthfeel. Rich, resonant, floral-toned finish.
Evaluated as espresso. Rich, balanced, deep. In the small cup dark chocolate, apricot-like fruit, almond, a hint of flowers. Full, soft-textured mouthfeel; chocolaty though mildly drying finish. The chocolate, apricot and almond notes mute and soften but maintain character in two parts milk.
Evaluated as espresso. Brisk, zesty, floral. Anise, flowers, prune, orange zest in aroma and small cup. Smooth, lightly syrupy mouthfeel; gently tart, richly flavor-saturated finish. Orange zest, a hint of flowers and a crisp, cocoaish chocolate in two parts milk.
Softly tart, round, gentle. Prairie flowers, quiet citrus, carob-like chocolate in aroma and cup. Light but silky mouthfeel. Chocolate carries into a clean, balanced finish.
Evaluated as espresso. In the small cup sweetly tart fruit – passion fruit, ripe lemon – rounded by dark chocolate and oak-like wood. Lightly syrupy mouthfeel; chocolate and a little lemony brightness carry into a rich, balanced finish and round and sweeten in two parts milk.
Complex, brandy-like fruit. Distinct lychee and ripe grape notes in aroma and cup, rounded with dark chocolate and sandalwood. Roundly bright acidity; full, syrupy mouthfeel. The finish is flavor-saturated and sweet, with a faint clove-like crispness.
Grandly and exhilaratingly complex. A bouquet of floral notes both meadowy and deep; grape and ripe mango-like fruit; crisp roasted cocoa nib in aroma and cup. Sweetly bright, balanced acidity; lightly syrupy and buoyantly lively mouthfeel. Long, super-flavor-saturated finish.
Gently intense, original. Complex, lavender-toned flowers, honey, crisp roasted cocoa nib, sweet orange zest in aroma and cup. Delicate acidity; very smooth, silky/syrupy mouthfeel. Resonant, quietly flavor-saturated finish.
Very sweet yet richly dry, elegant. Fragrant, fresh-cut cedar, orange, blackberry, crisp chocolate in aroma and cup. Tartly sweet acidity; light but silky mouthfeel. Sweet, berry-toned, balanced finish.
Intense, sweet, deep. Honey, dark chocolate, bourbon whisky, hints of flowers in aroma and cup. Roundly rich acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Resonant, long, slightly drying finish.
Sweet-toned, delicate. Distinct honey, plus dried apricot, violet-like flowers, a hint of baking spice in aroma and cup. Lyrically sweet and juicy acidity; buoyant, lightly syrupy mouthfeel. The violet-like floral note in particular lingers in a sweet, gently tart finish.
(As brewed in a Keurig B70 Platinum single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce a 6-ounce serving) Honey, crisp, caramelly chocolate, hints of flowers, apricot and mango in the aroma. Sweet and juicy in the cup: apricot, mango, hints of flowers and chocolate. Balanced, delicately juicy acidity; smooth, silky mouthfeel. Sweet-toned, rich, gently drying finish.
