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(As brewed in a Keurig B70 Platinum single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce a 6-ounce serving size): Soft, caramel-like aroma with hints of milk chocolate and toast. An uncomplicated cup, medium body, flavor notes of cedar, caramel, nut and orange-toned citrus. Sweetness carries into the mildly nutty finish, with distant suggestions of molasses and chocolate.
Intense flavor and aroma. Rich acidity, silky body, flavor combining sweet grapefruit and tart lime with aromatic wood and flowers. The flavor notes stretch into the long, dry finish.
Pungent, earth and aromatic-wood character with undercurrents of chocolaty, prune-like sweetness carrying from aroma into cup. Hints of orange and grapefruit; medium to full body.
Round aroma of bitter-sweet and milk chocolate with soft hints of orange, cinnamon and toast. Mild fruit-toned acidity, medium body and flavor notes of lemon, lime, nut, wood and more chocolate. The wood notes become more prominent in the long, sweet finish.
Intense, sweetly pungent aroma: fir, cocoaish, fruit-toned chocolate. In the cup delicate, wine-like acidity, lightly silky mouthfeel and good sweetness with continued pungent, almost spicy fir character and fruit notes that suggest tangerine and apricot. Rich finish with a touch of astringency in the long.
The aroma is delicate, balanced, with nut, molasses, moist pipe tobacco, a hint of tart fruit. Soft acidity, silky mouthfeel, quietly distinctive flavor: continued nut and molasses notes, a hint of fir. The fruit notes are pungent and deep: black current, black cherry. A dry fruit-toned finish stays on the rich side of astringent.
Explosive aroma of tangerine and flowers. In the cup smooth mouthfeel, bright-toned yet balanced acidity and an extravagant fruit character with shifting cherry, stone fruit, floral and berry nuance. The fruit and sweetness prevail over a hint of salty astringency in the finish.
Finely balanced aroma; delicate fruit and floral notes are complicated by toast and caramel. In the cup bright fruit-toned acidity, lightly syrupy mouthfeel, and a soft orangy citrus with hints of flowers and stone fruit carrying into a gently rich finish.
Deep, rich aroma: smoky cedar and nut notes, hints of stone fruit, dark chocolate. In the cup dullish acidity; full, syrupy mouthfeel; rich salty sweet character with distinct dark chocolate and astringent nut notes. Remains rich and nut-like in the finish. Not a typical coffee profile. Turns rather aggressively astringent as the cup cools.
Soft round aroma of nut and aromatic wood, with a balancing roughly musty hint. In the cup full body and notes of sweet chocolate, pungent cedar and a hint of vanilla. The chocolate turns mildly bittersweet in the finish.
Deep aroma with soft notes of chocolate, nut and fruit. In the cup, gentle acidity, full body and simple, sweet-toned flavors of coffee fruit, honey and nut. The sweetness lingers in a finish that turns a touch dry and tight in the long.
Unusual profile. Attractive, complex aroma: sweetly balanced, delicate, tart coffee fruit, dusk flowers. In the cup, soft acidity; smooth mouthfeel, verging on syrupy; quite sweet with a salty, spicy edge; continued lush lilyish floral notes. The salty sweet character carries into a rich finish.
A sweet mustiness and a hint of fruit ferment read convincingly as caramel, perhaps dark chocolate, complicated by dry aromatic wood notes. Rounded acidity, medium body. The rich finish borders on heavy, but the flavor notes prolong nicely.
Intensely sweet aroma of caramel, peanut and roasted corn. Heavy body, syrupy mouthfeel, soft acidity, and big, thick flavors of malt, toasted grain and nut with a faint halo of fruit. Long, peanut-buttery sweetness in the finish, turning slightly astringent as the cup cools.
Smooth, rich, big-bodied, almost sugary sweet, with aromatic wood notes and a mild though distinct fruit ferment that hits raisin squarely and shades into dark chocolate. The sweetly rich finish grows very slightly tight in the long.
Aroma of fermented fruit that reads pleasantly as sweet berry, with soft wine and nut suggestions. In the cup bright toned acidity, medium-to-full body and smooth mouthfeel. Tart cherry softens and rounds toward the sweet berry noted in the aroma, balanced by pungent suggestions of aromatic wood. Fruit-toned sweetness carries into the long finish.
A delicate, balanced, sweet-toned profile. Nut, raisin, and a hint of aromatic wood in the aroma. In the cup soft acidity, plush mouthfeel, more raisin and a continued hint of aromatic wood, but more distinctly dark chocolate and flowers. Sweet short finish, perhaps very slightly woody in the long.
Sweet-toned, balanced, quietly complete cup. Gently pungent acidity, silky mouthfeel. Tight-knit complexity: suggestions of nut, flowers, stone fruit, chocolate, lemon. Tightens a bit in a still sweet finish.
Pure, flawless coffee, classic in its simplicity and directness. Tart, cherryish coffee fruit with a crisp, distinct cocoa complication runs through the profile from aroma to finish. Sweetly bright acidity, silky mouthfeel, balanced structure, rich, long, flavor-saturated finish.
Sweet, roundly pungent aroma with notes of caramel and flowers. Richly balanced acidity; medium body with a gently silky mouthfeel. Sustained flavor of apricot with hints of flowers, berry and chocolate. The fruit and chocolate merge in a dry, slightly tart finish.
