Washed Sidamo – Green
Moledina Commodities
Review Date: | October 1999 |
Aroma: | 6 |
Acidity: | 6 |
Body: | 6 |
Flavor: | 6 |
Blind Assessment: Panelists described a pleasant Ethiopia coffee with hints of citrus, spice, and perhaps something less pleasant: a faint but disturbing undertone described by one panelist as metallic, by another as medicinal, another as baggy or ropelike. Perhaps a slight fault in the drying.
Notes: A pleasant Ethiopia coffee with hints of citrus, spice, and perhaps a faint but disturbing medicinal undertone. Moledina Commodities is a leading importer of quality coffees from Africa, Central America and the Pacific. "Washed" means that this Sidamo coffee had the fruit removed from the beans by a series of complex, water-driven operations before the beans were d
This review originally appeared in the October, 1999 tasting report: Wet-Processed Ethiopia Coffees