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Best Value Coffees Reviews

The coffees and espressos that appear below demonstrate exceptional value relative to other coffees of similar quality and distinctiveness as reflected in their overall score. These best value coffees often sell out quickly and may no longer be available. Older reviews may no longer accurately reflect current versions of the same coffee.


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JBC Coffee Roasters

Kivu Belt Lot 32 Espresso

Review Date: Apr 2019
Price: $16.20/12 ounces
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Evaluated as espresso. Richly savory-leaning, deeply sweet. Tamarind, dark chocolate, sunchoke, wisteria, almond butter in aroma and small cup. Velvety-smooth mouthfeel; cocoa- and nut-toned finish. In three parts milk, sweet and savory present in particularly harmonious balance.

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92

JBC Coffee Roasters

Kivu Belt Lot 32 Rwanda

Review Date: Apr 2019
Price: $16.20/12 ounces
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Richly sweet-savory, spice-toned. Baker’s chocolate, spice box, narcissus-like flowers, almond, peach in aroma and cup. Savory-sweet structure with gentle, round acidity; full, syrupy mouthfeel. The crisp finish centers on notes of baker’s chocolate and almond with a hint of sweet flowers.

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92

Barrington Coffee Roasting

Ketiara Sumatra

Review Date: Apr 2019
Price: $16.95/12 ounces

Sweetly pungent, earthy. Moist, fresh-fallen leaves, orange zest, fresh-cut pine, cocoa, lily in aroma and cup. Richly tart in structure, with a savory edge. Light but buoyant mouthfeel. The finish consolidates around cocoa, orange and a deep, lily-like floral note.

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94

Gracenote Coffee Roasters

Sumatra Tano Batak

Review Date: Apr 2019
Price: $18.00/12 ounces

Sweetly and deeply pungent: earth and chocolate. Rich dark chocolate, fresh-turned humus, black currant, magnolia, cedar in aroma and cup. Pungent, sweet-tart in structure, with a profound savory bottom. The mouthfeel is not particularly full, but smooth, satiny. Nothing is lost in a flavor-saturated finish.

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95

Peach Coffee Roasters

Sumatra Lintong

Review Date: Apr 2019
Price: $17.00/12 ounces
No. 23 Coffee of 2019

Simultaneously citrusy and floral, yet deeply resonant and tobacco-toned. Cocoa, pink grapefruit zest, perique (fermented) tobacco, sandalwood, aromatic orchid in aroma and cup. Sweetly and exhilaratingly tart in structure; light, juicy mouthfeel. Grapefruit, sandalwood and flowers carry gracefully into a long, layered finish.

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94

Flight Coffee Co.

Tanzania Tarime AB

Review Date: Apr 2019
Price: $17.00/12 ounces

Crisply sweet-savory, balanced. Jasmine, toffee, peach, cedar, tamarind in aroma and cup. Sweet-savory structure with juicy, vibrant acidity; syrupy-smooth mouthfeel. All of the flavor and aroma notes are carried over into the finish, gently receding into the pleasing long.

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93

Durango Coffee Company

Brazil Para Ela Natural

Review Date: Mar 2019
Price: $15.95/12 ounces
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Richly sweet, delicately fruit-toned. Strawberry, violet, cacao nib, cashew butter, fresh-cut cedar in aroma and cup. Balanced structure (sweet, tart, bitter) with vibrant acidity; satiny-smooth mouthfeel. Graceful, lingering finish that carries over all the flavor and aroma notes from the cup, particularly strawberry, violet and cedar.

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91

Jampot Poorock Abbey

Ethiopia Harrar

Review Date: Mar 2019
Price: $18.00/16 ounces

Crisp, sweetly and richly roast-toned. Scorched oak, raisin, dark chocolate, roasted hazelnut, dried spearmint, bitter orange zest in aroma and cup. Sweetly brisk and roasty in structure; lightly syrupy in mouthfeel. The finish is drying and roast-dominated.

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93

Wonderstate Coffee

Ecuador Los Eucaliptos

Review Date: Mar 2019
Price: $18.00/12 ounces

Sweetly herb- and spice-toned. Lemongrass, ripe plum, cinnamon, baker’s chocolate, sarsaparilla in aroma and cup. Tart-leaning structure with high-toned acidity; plush, syrupy mouthfeel. The finish leads with notes of lemongrass and cinnamon in the short, with the root-beer-like sarsaparilla note returning in the long.

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93

Greater Goods Coffee Roasters

Peru La Salina

Review Date: Mar 2019
Price: $18.00/12 ounces

Deeply rich, sweetly savory. Fine musk, toffee, red currant, sandalwood, narcissus-like flowers in aroma and cup. Bright, sweet-savory structure with juicy acidity; satiny-smooth mouthfeel. The crisp finish consolidates to toffee and narcissus.

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93

Big Creek Coffee Roasters

Ethiopia Hambela Alaka

Review Date: Mar 2019
Price: $16.00/12 ounces

High-toned, crisply sweet-tart. Apricot, almond, maple syrup, narcissus-like flower, cedar in aroma and cup. Sweetly tart structure with bright, juicy acidity; satiny mouthfeel. Resonant, flavor-saturated finish: apricot and narcissus in the short with cedar resurfacing in the long.

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94

Red Rooster Coffee Roaster

Flight Seasonal Espresso

Review Date: Mar 2019
Price: $17.99/12 ounces

Evaluated as espresso. Dark chocolate, tangerine zest, black cherry, cedar, violet in aroma and small cup. Viscous, satiny mouthfeel; crisply sweet-tart finish. Chocolate and citrus zest are pleasingly amplified in three parts milk, with notes of black cherry and violet-like flowers carrying into the long finish.

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97

Dragonfly Coffee Roasters

Kenya Karindundu AA Small Lot Reserve

Review Date: Feb 2019
Price: $18.00/12 ounces
No. 6 Coffee of 2019

Lush, deeply floral, resonantly tropical. Plumeria, coconut, dark chocolate, tamarind, frankincense in aroma and cup. The structure is superbly balanced among sweet, savory and tart, with juicy-bright acidity. Plush, syrupy mouthfeel. The seemingly eternal finish sustains all of the flavor notes from the cup in ringing harmony.

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92

Paradise Roasters

Moonbow Decaf

Review Date: Feb 2019
Price: $13.95/12 ounces
No. 27 Coffee of 2019

Richly and sweetly tart, chocolaty. Dark chocolate, hazelnut butter, lightly scorched cinnamon, date, fir in aroma and cup. Sweet in structure with gentle, rounded acidity; velvety mouthfeel. The chocolaty finish is complicated by date and hazelnut.

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95

Flight Coffee Co.

Tanzania Ngorongoro Ridge Peaberry

Review Date: Feb 2019
Price: $16.00/12 ounces
No. 5 Coffee of 2019

High-toned, richly sweet-savory. Red currant, dark chocolate, tangerine zest, hop flowers, sandalwood in aroma and cup. Richly bittersweet structure with vibrant, juicy acidity; plush, syrupy mouthfeel. Deep, flavor-saturated finish with red currant and dark chocolate carrying well into the long.

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95

Temple Coffee Roasters

Kenya Ruthaka Peaberry

Review Date: Jan 2019
Price: $19.00/12 ounces
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Deeply sweet, richly savory. Dark chocolate, pistachio, red currant jam, honeysuckle, a hint of marjoram in aroma and cup. Balanced, sweetly savory structure with elegant, lilting acidity; lush, syrupy mouthfeel. The resonant finish consolidates to notes of dark chocolate and red currant, with undertones of crisp marjoram.

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94

JBC Coffee Roasters

Kivu DR Congo

Review Date: Jan 2019
Price: $16.90/12 ounces
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High-toned, balanced, crisply sweet. Apricot, tangerine zest, dark chocolate, honey, rhododendron in aroma and cup. Sweet-tart structure with juicy, bright acidity; buoyant, syrupy mouthfeel. The rich finish is centered around notes of dark chocolate and tangerine zest, with vanilla-toned florals.

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94

Paradise Roasters

Colombia Geisha

Review Date: Dec 2018
Price: $12.95/6 ounces

Deep, richly sweet-savory. Black currant, fine musk, toffee, jasmine, celery seed in aroma and cup. Sweet-savory in structure with bright, juicy acidity; plush, syrupy mouthfeel. The flavor-saturated finish is equal parts sweet-leaning (black currant, toffee, jasmine) and savory (musk, celery seed).

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93

Topeca Coffee Roasters

Ethiopia Gugi

Review Date: Dec 2018
Price: $15.99/12 ounces

Fruit-toned, richly chocolaty. Dark chocolate, dried blueberry, freesia-like flowers, honey, cedar in aroma and cup. Sweet-tart structure with round, gentle acidity; full, syrupy mouthfeel. The finish consolidates to blueberry and chocolate notes, with a hint of cedar.

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92

Topeca Coffee Roasters

Brazil Recreio Selectivo

Review Date: Dec 2018
Price: $13.99/12 ounces

Richly sweet, nut-toned. Baker’s chocolate, hazelnut butter, pear, agave syrup, fresh-cut fir in aroma and cup. Sweet-toned structure with brisk acidity; satiny-smooth mouthfeel. Chocolate- and nut-toned in the long, resonant finish.

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