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Galaxy Gesha Quindio Colombia Edwin Noreña

March 13, 2023 by Kim Westerman

Produced by Edwin Noreña of Finca Campo Hermoso entirely of the Gesha/Geisha variety of Arabica, and processed by a particularly elaborate anaerobic processing method. The whole coffee fruit is sealed in drums for CO2 fermentation for 72 hours, after which the skin and pulp are removed from the beans. The skin and pulp are infused with Galaxy hops and recombined with the pulped beans in the

Fresh Fruit or “Juicy Fruit”? Tasting 90 Anaerobic-Processed Coffees

March 13, 2023 by Kenneth Davids

  Of all of the innovations challenging traditional expectations in specialty coffee today, the use of anaerobic (limited oxygen) fermentation to alter and intensify the character of the cup is perhaps the most striking. Anaerobic-fermented coffees that explicitly and successfully express this method tend to be intense and almost shockingly floral and fruit-toned, with the flowers often

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Costa Rica Bounty Gesha

July 4, 2022 by Kim Westerman

Produced at Finca La Joya entirely of the Gesha variety of Arabica, and processed by the anaerobic natural method, in which the intact coffee fruit is fermented in an oxygen-free environment before drying. Barrington Coffee is an artisan roaster dedicated to elite coffees, fresh delivery and roasting that foregrounds the coffee and not the roast. Visit www.barringtoncoffee.com or call 800-528-0998

Fruit Bombs Are the Point: Natural-Processed Espressos Defy Convention

June 11, 2022 by Kim Westerman

The Coffee Review lab has smelled like a candy store for the last few weeks — a Willy Wonka factory for grownups. Of the hundreds of coffees we cup every year, a growing percentage of them are natural-processed. In the wine world, the word “natural” doesn’t mean anything in particular, is more of a marketing term designed to imply minimal intervention in the winemaking process. In coffee,

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Supernatural

June 11, 2022 by Kim Westerman

Produced by smallholding farmers around Durato Bombe Farm under the direction of Asefa and Mulugeta Dukamo largely from local landrace varieties of Arabica, and processed by the natural method (dried in the whole fruit). Barrington Coffee is an artisan roaster dedicated to elite coffees, fresh delivery and roasting that foregrounds the coffee and not the roast. Visit www.barringtoncoffee.com or

The Natural

October 4, 2021 by Kim Westerman

Produced by smallholding farmers from trees of the Guji, Typica and indigenous Ethiopian landrace varieties of Arabica, and processed by the natural method (dried in the whole fruit) by Aklilu and Biniam Aklilu Kassa at the Dimtu Mill. Barrington Coffee is an artisan roaster dedicated to elite coffees, fresh delivery and roasting that foregrounds the coffee and not the roast. Visit

Testi Ayla Double Ethiopia

August 13, 2021 by Kim Westerman

Top 30 of 2021 - No. 2

This exceptional coffee was selected as the No. 2 coffee on Coffee Review’s list of the Top 30 Coffees of 2021. Produced by Faysel Yonis entirely of the Kurume variety of Arabica and processed by the anaerobic washed method (fermentation occurs in a hermetically sealed vessel). Barrington Coffee is an artisan roaster dedicated to elite coffees, fresh delivery and roasting that foregrounds the

Sadah Kuhlani Yemen

August 13, 2021 by Kim Westerman

Produced by members of the Khulani Coffee Society from trees of the Audaini, Dawaery and Tuffahi varieties of Arabica, and processed by the natural method (dried in the whole fruit). Barrington Coffee is an artisan roaster dedicated to elite coffees, fresh delivery and roasting that foregrounds the coffee and not the roast. Visit www.barringtoncoffee.com or call 800-528-0998 for more information.

Buy Coffee E-Gift Cards

March 20, 2020 by Ron Walters

Buy Gift Cards to Support Coffee Companies

One of the best ways you can support coffee companies and their employees during the COVID-19 crisis is to simply purchase their coffee.  Better yet, you can purchase e-gift cards, which provides immediate cash support.  If possible, buy gift cards in excess of your immediate needs.  Perhaps get an early start on your holiday gift shopping with some special stocking stuffers.  On behalf of the

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Trilogy

August 21, 2019 by Kim Westerman

A blend of washed and wet-hulled coffees from Africa, Asia and the Americas. Barrington Coffee is an artisan roaster dedicated to elite coffees, fresh delivery and roasting that foregrounds the coffee and not the roast. Visit www.barringtoncoffee.com or call 800-528-0998 for more information.

The Natural

August 2, 2019 by Kim Westerman

A blend of dried-in-the-fruit, natural-processed coffees from Africa and Asia. Barrington Coffee is an artisan roaster dedicated to elite coffees, fresh delivery and roasting that foregrounds the coffee and not the roast. Visit www.barringtoncoffee.com or call 800-528-0998 for more information.

Barichu Double

July 12, 2019 by Kenneth Davids

Produced by the Barichu Cooperative from trees of the SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11 and Batian varieties of Arabica. This coffee is available exclusively as a part of the Barrington Coffee Curated Collection, which includes four ounces each of three distinguished coffees for $39.95. Barrington Coffee is an artisan roaster dedicated to elite coffees, fresh delivery and roasting that foregrounds the coffee

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Ketiara Sumatra

April 9, 2019 by Kenneth Davids

This coffee tied for the fourth-highest rating in a cupping of coffees from Sumatra for Coffee Review’s April 2019 tasting report. Coffees like this one from the northern part of the Indonesian island of Sumatra are valued for their complex earth and fruit notes that appear to result largely from unorthodox fruit removal and drying practices called “wet-hulling.” Produced by the Ketiara

Feku Double

February 14, 2019 by Kim Westerman

This coffee tied for the third-highest rating in a cupping of coffees from New England roasters for Coffee Review’s February 2019 tasting report. Produced by Feku Jiberil from traditional, largely indigenous varieties of Arabica long grown in southern Ethiopia. Processed by the wet or washed method (fruit skin and pulp are removed before drying). This coffee is available exclusively as a part of

Top Coffees by Category – 2018

November 29, 2018 by Ron Walters

Coffee Cherries on Tree

In 2015, we began the practice of recognizing top coffees by category to focus attention on fine coffees that may not have earned a place on our Top 30 Coffees list.  The coffees below may not have attracted the highest scores of the year but they merit recognition for their excellence nonetheless.  For more information, visit our expanded rankings post from 2015. We tip our hat to our 2018 top

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Best Value Coffees of 2018

November 29, 2018 by Ron Walters

Best Value Coffees of 2018

Some readers seek coffees with highest scores regardless of price.  Others look for great value, that is highly rated coffees that are also affordable relative to other similar quality coffees. The coffees below were singled out on our 2018 list of Top Coffees by Category as the best values in 2018. As of November 29, 2018, all of these fine coffees are available for sale on the roasters'

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Shop the Top 30

November 28, 2018 by Ron Walters

Shop the Top 30

Coffee Review's mission is to help consumers identify and purchase superior quality coffees and, in the process, help drive demand and increase prices to reward farmers and roasters who invest time, passion, and capital in producing high quality coffee beans. Many of our readers seek out highly rated coffees for their own enjoyment or as thoughtful gifts for coffee lovers.  Coffees that appear

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“Big-Bean” Coffee Varieties: Novelty, Scarcity, and Atypical Sensory Pleasures

November 13, 2018 by Kim Westerman

Among the hundreds of coffees we review each year at Coffee Review, a very small percentage represent what we've come to affectionately call "big-bean" varieties, coffee from tree varieties that produce beans that are dramatically larger than average. The most common of these are Pacamara, Maragogipe and Maracaturra, though there are some even more obscure varieties whose beans are also

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Cuxinales Guatemala

November 13, 2018 by Kim Westerman

This coffee tied for the third-highest rating in a cupping of coffees from big-bean varieties for Coffee Review’s November 2018 tasting report. Produced at Finca Cuxinales entirely of the Pacamara variety of Arabica. The Pacamara is a big-beaned hybrid of the Bourbon-related Pacas and the huge-beaned Maragogipe, a mutant of the ancient Typica variety. This is a wet-processed or “washed” version,

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