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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.


93

JBC Coffee Roasters

Ulos Batak Sumatra

Review Date: Sep 2013
Price: $13.99/12 ounces
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Rich, pungently sweet, complex. Sandalwood, buttery dark chocolate, blackberry, guava, lush night-blooming flowers in aroma and cup. Roundly and deeply tart acidity; velvety mouthfeel. Flavor consolidates but rings on in a long, resonant finish.

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94

Kean Coffee

Kenya Ruira Mchana Estate

Review Date: Sep 2013
Price: $15.50/12 ounces
Top 30 Coffees of 2013 - #16

Dramatic, intense, distinctive. Aroma and flavor are dominated by the unique and unmistakable Kenya note, a pungently cedary, lemony blackberry, very sweet yet dry in the mouthfeel, a note that is often tagged with the simplifying term black currant. This sample displayed deepening complications of musk and malt as well. Crisp yet juicy acidity; silky mouthfeel. Briefly bittersweet in the short finish, then opens into a spectacular long finish, ringing with sweetness and complex layers of flavor.

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93

BeanFruit Coffee Co.

Ethiopia Michicha Ardi Natural

Review Date: Aug 2013
Price: $12.00/12 ounces

Complex, pungent, savory-sweet. Sweetly tart, guava-like fruit, night-blooming flowers, buttery dark chocolate, maple syrup in aroma and cup. Round, soft acidity; full, syrupy mouthfeel. The guava note in particular enlivens a deep, long finish.

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94

JBC Coffee Roasters

Deri Kochoha Ethiopian Sidamo

Review Date: Jun 2013
Price: $14.99/12 ounces
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Crisply lush, juicy. Distinct lavender notes, honey, fresh-cut fir, white grape, roasted cacao nib in aroma and cup. Delicately bright, juicy acidity; lightly syrupy, lively mouthfeel. The finish is richly and deeply flavor saturated, though slightly drying in long.

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94

JBC Coffee Roasters

Tano Batak Sumatra

Review Date: Jun 2013
Price: $13.99/12 ounces
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Delicately earthy and tartly fruit-toned. Fresh-cut cedar, chocolate, green grape, plum with a hint of flowers in aroma and cup. Bright, lively acidity; syrupy mouthfeel. Flavor consolidates in a sweet, rich, slightly drying finish.

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95

JBC Coffee Roasters

Ulos Batak Sumatra Peaberry

Review Date: May 2013
Price: $14.99/12 ounces
Top 30 Coffees of 2013 - #4

Richly and tartly sweet, exotic, complex. Orange, honey and butter in aroma and cup, supported by a crisp backgrounded earth note. Round, gently tart acidity; syrupy mouthfeel. Flavor carries virtually intact into a long, ringing finish.

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95

BeanFruit Coffee Co.

Rwanda Nyamasheke

Review Date: Mar 2013
Price: $14.00/12 ounces
Top 30 of 2013 - #2

Extraordinarily lush, nectar-like fruit; cherry, black currant, nectarine; balanced by a crisp, roasted cocoa nib and roasted malt notes. Balanced, lively acidity; full, plush mouthfeel. Flavor simplifies but remains resonantly present in a long, rich finish.

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93

Wonderstate Coffee

Organic Peru Huabal

Review Date: Mar 2013
Price: $11.75/12 ounces

Pure, powerful, sweetly bright. Chocolate, honey, orange zest, fresh-cut fir in aroma and cup. Richly and roundly tart acidity; full, syrupy mouthfeel. The finish is tart, resonant and flavor-saturated.

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93

Equator Coffees & Teas

Ecuador El Batan Fair Trade Organic

Review Date: Mar 2013
Price: $13.50/12 ounces
Top 30 Coffees of 2013 - #25

Sweet-toned, svelte, refreshing. Honey, lemon, lilac, a hint of roasted cocoa nib in aroma and, more intensely, in the cup. Tartly sweet, lively acidity; velvety, buoyant mouthfeel. Fades just a bit in the long finish, but the short is resonant and flavor-saturated.

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93

JBC Coffee Roasters

Emilse Luna Colombian Huila

Review Date: Feb 2013
Price: $12.99/12 ounces
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Pungent cedar, savory-sweet melon, orange zest, hints of raisin and night-blooming flowers in aroma and cup. Impressively syrupy mouthfeel. A decidedly tart acidity settles down in a very sweet finish.

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94

JBC Coffee Roasters

Belekatu Ethiopia Yirgacheffe

Review Date: Feb 2013
Price: $14.99/12 ounces
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Lush, crisply juicy. Lavish, complex floral notes matrixed in ripe, lemony citrus, chocolate, a pungent hint of cedar. Sweetly bright, lively acidity; silky mouthfeel. Long, flavor-saturated finish.

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94

JBC Coffee Roasters

Rutana Burundi Espresso

Review Date: Feb 2013
Price: $13.99/12 ounces
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Evaluated as espresso. Richly tart yet profoundly sweet. Raspberry-toned dark chocolate, orange or tangerine marmalade, crisp cedar, a hint of flowers in aroma and small cup. Full, buttery mouthfeel. Flavor rounds without losing its complexity or sweetly tart authority in two- to four-parts milk.

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92

Big Creek Coffee Roasters

Rwanda

Review Date: Feb 2013
Price: $13.00/12 ounces

Deep, rich, resonantly low-toned. Minty chocolate, agave syrup, dried fig, a hint of rose-like flowers in aroma and cup. Round, quiet acidity; syrupy mouthfeel. Chocolate and fig in particular carry into a long finish.

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93

Klatch Coffee

Nicaragua Adeprofoca Maragogype

Review Date: Feb 2013
Price: $13.95/12 ounces
Top 30 Coffees of 2013 - #27

Intricate, richly pungent: chocolate fudge, spicy oak, wild berry, faint mango-like fruit and night-blooming flowers in aroma and cup. Soft, sweetly tart acidity; full velvety mouthfeel. The finish is berry-toned, with a rounded chocolaty sweetness.

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94

JBC Coffee Roasters

Harfusa Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Fair Trade Organic

Review Date: Feb 2013
Price: $14.99/12 ounces
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Complex but harmonious. Honey and a very sweet citrus suggesting candied lemon dominate in aroma and cup, with complications of almond, fresh-cut fir and a soft caramel. Smoothly and sweetly tart acidity; syrupy mouthfeel. Deep, flavor-saturated finish.

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93

JBC Coffee Roasters

Mihuti Kenya Espresso

Review Date: Feb 2013
Price: $12.99/12 ounces
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Evaluated as espresso. Deep, sweet-toned aroma: dark chocolate, butter, leather, a hint of pineapple. In the small cup the pineapply fruit note moves forward and dry anise and cedar notes complicate the sweet chocolate. The buttery smoothness of the aroma reasserts itself in a very persistent, complex finish. Rather light, lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Very fine in three parts milk: buttery chocolate, pineapply fruit, richly balance.

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94

Wonderstate Coffee

Rwanda Abakundakawa

Review Date: Dec 2012
Price: $14.75/12 ounces

Amazingly and giddily sweet. Honey, lush night-blooming flowers and ripe orange in aroma and cup. Juicy, lyric acidity; syrupy mouthfeel. Flavor consolidates more than fades in a remarkably rich, honey-toned finish.

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90

Grounds for Change

Holiday Blend

Review Date: Dec 2012
Price: $10.95/12 ounces

Comfortable, inviting cup combines a cedary black-currant pungency, dark chocolate sweetness and a vanilla-like floral freshness. Delicate, crisply balanced acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Quietly sweet-toned, resonant finish.

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80

San Francisco Bay Coffee (Costco)

Organic Rainforest Blend

Review Date: Nov 2012
Price: $16.80/48 ounces
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Heavily scorched wood dominates in aroma and cup, with hints of faded chocolate, clove and molasses. Acidity is folded inside the scorched pungency of the roast; mouthfeel is light and leanish. The finish is bittersweet and drying.

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89

Grounds for Change

Guatemala Quetzel

Review Date: Oct 2012
Price: $12.95/16 ounces

Sweet, delicately crisp. Dark chocolate, brown sugar, hints of plum and fresh-cut cedar in aroma and cup. Tartly juicy acidity; the mouthfeel is light, hinting at silkiness. Chocolate carries into a gently drying finish.

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