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Evaluated based on a one-ounce shot produced from a Nespresso capsule on a matching Nespresso D290 brewer. Sweet-toned, lush aroma, with clear chocolate notes and hints of leather, fruit and flowers. In the small cup heavy body with a creamy though slightly rough mouthfeel, and deep, leather and fir-toned, cocoaish chocolate smoothing and sweetening in a long, rich finish. Good presence and body in two parts milk, but remains rather stolid, not quite fully opening and blooming.
Produced from an ESE pod on a FrancisFrancis! pod brewer. Sweet, juicy-impressioned fruit dominates in the aroma (papaya? cherry?) with a hints of fir and leather. Syrupy mouthfeel and great richness and depth of sensation in the small cup, with continued low-acid fruit and fresh-cut fir notes. Superb finish: long, deep. In two parts milk good presence and chocolate-toned fruit, though just a touch flat and woody.
(As brewed in a Keurig B60 single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce a 6-ounce serving size): Simple roasty aroma with hints of earthiness and aromatic wood. Silky, though slightly lean body, with mild smokiness in flavor, creamy, almost caramel-like sweetness, and a chocolate note. The roasty character carries into the finish with slight astringency developing in the long.
Notes of nut, toast, smoke and menthol in the aroma. In the cup, soft and round in character with a lightly syrupy mouthfeel and a roasty flavor that hints at fruity chocolate. Simple notes of charred wood persist in the finish.
Round, fruit-toned aroma, with a faint suggestion of ferment that deepens the fruit toward plush cherry. In the cup balanced acidity, medium body, soft notes of sweet citrus, cherry and cocoa nib. Surprisingly clean finish, with a chocolate note lingering in the long.
Orange-toned aroma with suggestions of spicy cinnamon and toast. Medium body, soft mouthfeel and balanced, citrusy acidity. In the cup sweet citrus fades to notes of aromatic wood and baking spices. Finishes cleanly, with mild dark chocolate notes in the long.
Simple, roasty, smoky aroma, with hints of cocoa. Straightforward flavor includes leather and charred cedar. Lean mouthfeel, medium body, with the charred wood note carrying into the finish.
(As brewed in a Keurig B60 single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce a 6-ounce serving size): Aromatic notes of chocolate, sweet tomato-like citrus and orange. Brightly balanced fruit-toned acidity, with sweet orange notes turning toward caramel and milky chocolate. Simple sweetness in the finish.
(As brewed in a Keurig B60 single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce a 6-ounce serving size): Complex aroma includes butter, aromatic wood, earthiness and tropical fruit. In the cup, full body, smooth fruit-toned mouthfeel, balanced flavors of mango, grapefruit and sweet wood. Long, dry finish is clean, mild and sweet.
(As brewed in a Keurig B60 single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce a 6-ounce serving size): Soft aroma with notes of cocoa and baking spice. In the cup, sweet, smooth mouthfeel, round chocolate tones, mild nuttiness and caramel. Finish turns somewhat astringent in the long.
(As brewed in a Keurig B60 single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce a 6-ounce serving size): Mild aroma of fresh pine and earth. Full body with a penetrating mouthfeel, pungent cedary flavor, hints of leather and dried apricot. Cocoa and aromatic wood notes linger in the dry finish.
(As brewed in a Keurig B60 single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce a 6-ounce serving size): Mild toasty aroma, with faint hints of fruity chocolate. Soft and round, with a lightly syrupy mouthfeel, nutty flavor, that fades toward notes of cocoa and aromatic wood. Some sweetness in the finish, with flavor characteristics quietly persisting.
(As brewed in a Keurig B60 single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce a 6-ounce serving size): Mild pineapple-like fruity aroma, with soft round sweetness. Bright toned, medium body, with soft notes of citrus and hot cocoa. Finishes cleanly, with a pleasant sweetness in the long.
(As brewed in a Keurig B60 single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce a 6-ounce serving size): Nut and milk chocolate-like aroma with a whisper of vanilla. Balanced acidity, medium body, with a round creamy flavor and notes of citrus, and perhaps some flowers as it cools. Slight earthiness and dark chocolate emerge in the finish.
(As brewed in a Keurig B60 single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce a 6-ounce serving size): Roasty aroma with mild smoky, earthy and caramel-like notes. Full, silky body, simple flavors of charred wood and fresh tobacco. Dry roasty note in finish, with some astringency, that fades and sweetens in the long.
(As brewed in a Keurig B60 single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce a 6-ounce serving size): Extreme dark roast yields intense charred wood notes in aroma and flavor. Subtler hints of baker?s chocolate, fresh chopped wood and smokiness also emerge. Roastiness continues in the finish with hints of cocoa.
(As brewed in a Keurig B60 single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce a 6-ounce serving size): Mildly sweet aroma, cinnamon toast, distant hint of citrus. Medium body, with some astringency in mouthfeel, and a suggestion of bright acidity. A mellow, straightforward cup, with notes of nut and toasted grain. Roastiness lingers in the finish, along with sweet wood and a stubborn astringency in the long.
(As brewed in a Keurig B60 single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce a 6-ounce serving size): Straightforward, roasty aroma with a note of dark chocolate. In the cup, charred wood dominates along with a faint cocoa-like quality, and rather lean mouthfeel. Roastiness continues into the finish, with mild astringency and some sweetness developing in the long.
(As brewed in a Keurig B60 single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce a 6-ounce serving size): Simple, sweet-toned aroma with subtle hints of caramel and toast. Soft flavor, with caramel notes continuing and a suggestion of nuttiness. A medium bodied cup, with a slight roughness in mouthfeel, and in the cocoa-like finish.
Aromatically simple but balanced, complete espresso. Rich, fresh-cut fir and hints of raisin and dark chocolate run from aroma through finish. Medium body, lightly syrupy mouthfeel, great natural sweetness. In milk the fir and chocolate hints round toward a crisp baker's chocolate.