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Top 30 Coffees of 2021

Each year, our editors rank the year’s most exciting coffees from the thousands we cupped over the course of the past 12 months. We rank these 30 coffees and espressos based on quality (represented by overall rating); value (reflected by most affordable price per pound); and other factors that include distinctiveness of style, uniqueness of origin, tree variety, processing method, certification, and general rarity.

We’re pleased to share our list of the 30 most exciting coffees of 2021:

 

94

Three Keys Coffee

Congo Square

Review Date: Jun 2021
Price: $20.00/12 ounces
Top 30 of 2021 - No. 21

High-toned, resinously nutty, intensely sweet. Wild honey, plum, magnolia, mesquite, pistachio in aroma and cup. Sweet-tart structure with savory-leaning acidity; viscous, nectar-like mouthfeel. Gentle, sweetly rich finish with notes of wild honey, pistachio and mesquite into the long.

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95

Euphora Coffee

Yemen Sheba Auction Lot 1: Wadi Al Mahjr

Review Date: Oct 2021
Price: NT $500/4 ounces
Top 30 of 2021 - No. 22

Focused, gently bright, complex. Dried goji berry, vanilla bean, clementine, baking chocolate, fresh-cut oak, lemon verbena in aroma and cup. Balanced structure (sweet, tart, savory) with richly pungent but juicy acidity; plushly syrupy mouthfeel. Deep and multi-layered in the finish.

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95

Coffee Please

Ethiopia Guji Wush Wush Anaerobic Natural

Review Date: May 2021
Price: NT $560/227 grams
Top 30 of 2021 - No. 23

Delicately bright, balanced, crisply sweet. Bing cherry, cocoa nib, lemon yogurt, lavender, fresh-cut oak in aroma and cup. Sweetly tangy with gently lactic, savory-edged acidity; silky, buoyant mouthfeel. A fruit-driven finish is supported by cocoa nib with a continued gentle lactic tang.

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95

Rusty’s Hawaiian

Kona Maragogype Peaberry Natural

Review Date: Jun 2021
Price: $25.00/4 ounces
Top 30 of 2021 - No. 24

Richly aromatic, complex, multi-layered. Lychee, lavender, cocoa nib, hazelnut butter, lemon-thyme in aroma and cup. Sweet-savory with lively, juicy acidity; plush, very syrupy mouthfeel. Long, resonant, flavor-saturated finish.

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94

Finca Tasta

Coral

Review Date: Jan 2021
Price: $10.00/250 grams
Top 30 of 2021 - No. 25

Gently fruit-toned, harmonious and balanced. Strawberry, almond nougat, sandalwood, narcissus, lemon verbena in aroma and cup. Sweetly tart with juicy, bright acidity; vibrant, syrupy mouthfeel. Nicely composed finish centered around strawberry and sandalwood notes.

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93

VN Beans

Hung Farm

Review Date: Sep 2021
Price: $22.00/12 ounces
Top 30 of 2021 - No. 26

Subtly complex, delicately sweet. Red plum, hazelnut, agave syrup, honeysuckle, fresh-cut oak in aroma and cup. Balanced structure with pert acidity; full, syrupy mouthfeel. The gently fruit-toned finish is supported by hazelnut and oak notes.

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92

Cafe Kreyol

Haitian Blue Zombie Desert

Review Date: Aug 2021
Price: $14.99/12 ounces
Top 30 of 2021 - No. 27

Soft, round, quietly vibrant. Cashew, red plum, tea rose, baking chocolate, cedar in aroma and cup. Sweet structure with crisply bright acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. The finish consolidates to notes of baking chocolate and cedar.

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94

JBC Coffee Roasters

Kabiufa Papua New Guinea

Review Date: Jul 2021
Price: $16.00/12 ounces
Top 30 of 2021 - No. 28

Richly sweet, deeply spice-toned. Toffee, plum blossom, tangerine zest, almond butter, sandalwood in aroma and cup. Juicy-sweet structure with high-toned, balanced acidity; syrupy-smooth mouthfeel. The finish centers around notes of almond, tangerine zest and sandalwood.

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94

PT's Coffee Roasting Co.

Kinini Village Rwanda

Review Date: Jan 2021
Price: $20.00/12 ounces
Top 30 of 2021 - No. 29

Citrusy and cocoa-toned. Lemon verbena, baking chocolate, black raspberry, hazelnut, fresh-cut oak in aroma and cup. Sweetly tart structure with crisp, vibrant acidity; smooth, syrupy mouthfeel. Lemon and raspberry notes carry the finish, supported by deep hazelnut tones.

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93

Temple Coffee Roasters

Mexico Pluma Hidalgo

Review Date: Sep 2021
Price: $23.50/12 ounces
Top 30 of 2021 - No. 30

Rich-toned, deeply sweet. Dried apricot, molasses, almond brittle, freesia-like flowers, cedar in aroma and cup. Sweet structure with gently brisk acidity; very full, syrupy-smooth mouthfeel. Sweetly nut-toned, long finish with notes of almond brittle and molasses.

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