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92

Bull Run Roasting

Rwanda COE Lot 16

Roaster Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Coffee Origin: Huye, South Province, Rwanda.
Roast Level: Medium
Agtron: 46/58
Review Date: June 2009
Aroma: 9
Acidity: 8
Body: 8
Flavor: 8
Aftertaste: 8

Blind Assessment

Ken (92) particularly admired this coffee's deep, night-blossoming floral character which he felt was balanced by an underlying crisp, cedary cocoa. Co-cupper Jim Reynolds (91) found the profile "mild" and caramelly with a soft ? for Jim, a bit too soft ? acidity.

Notes

A prize winner in the 2008 Rwanda Cup of Excellence competition, where as a green (unroasted) coffee it placed sixteenth out of hundreds of entries, attracting a score of 85.86 from an international jury. Rwanda's tremendous potential as fine coffee producer has only come to fruition over the past four to five years owing to generous support from international aid agencies, the specialty coffee community and the industry of its growers. Produced entirely from trees of the heirloom Bourbon variety. Bull Run is a specialty coffee roaster and wholesaler, with plans to retail their coffee in a soon-to-open store and online. Visit www.bullrunroasters.com or call 800-481-4197 for more information.

Who Should Drink It

A gentle, complete coffee, subtle but complex.

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This review originally appeared in the June, 2009 tasting report: Alternative Africas: Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania

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About the Author: Kenneth Davids

Kenneth Davids is editor, chief writer and co-founder of Coffee Review. His latest book, 21st Century Coffee: A Guide is an unprecedentedly thorough survey of specialty coffee in all of its aspects, authoritative yet engaging. He has been involved with coffee since the early 1970s and has published three earlier books on coffee, including the influential Home Roasting: Romance and Revival, now in its second edition, and Coffee: A Guide to Buying, Brewing and Enjoying, which has sold nearly 250,000 copies in five editions.

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