Coffees from Taiwan Reviews

Evaluated as espresso. Deeply rich and sweet. Chocolate fudge, fig, violet, cinnamon, pistachio in aroma and small cup. Very syrupy, full mouthfeel. Quietly cinnamon-toned chocolate in the short finish, abruptly dropping off in the long. Chocolate, fig and violet notes resurrect nicely in three parts milk.

Evaluated as espresso. Deeply and sweetly floral, richly chocolaty. Dark chocolate, gardenia, candied orange zest, almond paste in aroma and small cup. Delicate, silky-smooth mouthfeel. The mild, crisp finish is dominated by candied orange zest in the short, rounding to deep chocolate tones in the long. Maintains its tart sweetness in three parts milk with orange zest complicating and complementing the chocolate notes.

Evaluated as espresso. Balanced, sweet, accessible. Baker’s chocolate, narcissus-like flowers, plum, cedar, a hint of warming spice in aroma and small cup. Lightly syrupy mouthfeel. The quietly resonant finish centers around cedar-toned chocolate; the spice note recedes in three parts milk while the narcissus, chocolate and aromatic wood move forward.

Roundly rich, subtly sweet. Grapefruit zest, honeydew melon, carob, fresh-cut fir in aroma and cup. Subtle, balanced acidity; velvety mouthfeel. The savory-sweet finish consolidates around carob and fir.

Delicate, richly sweet. Tangerine zest, lightly expressed tobacco, roasted cacao nib, honeysuckle in aroma and cup. Lightly juicy, gently tart acidity; plush, velvety mouthfeel. The bittersweet finish consolidates around sweet cocoa and tobacco suggestions.

Immensely spicy, rich. Ripe fig, fresh-cut fir, moist tobacco, cumin, a hint of orange blossom in aroma and cup. Bright, lightly tart acidity; plush, velvety mouthfeel. Flavor consolidates to tobacco and dried fig in a crisply drying finish.

Pungent but delicately sweet. Molasses, hazelnut, fresh-cut redwood, sweet tobacco, magnolia-like flowers in aroma and cup. Juicy-tart acidity; smoothly silky mouthfeel. Finishes with hazelnut and sweet, molasses-inflected tobacco notes.

Delicate, exotic, sweet. Ripe papaya, honeysuckle, aged balsamic vinegar, cocoa powder, a hint of frankincense in aroma and cup. Quiet, round acidity; lightly satiny mouthfeel. The fruit-driven cup transitions to cocoa tones and aged balsamic in the short finish, while the exotic frankincense hint re-emerges in the long.

Evaluated as espresso. Deeply and richly pungent. Cedar, dark chocolate, orange zest, peach, lily in aroma and small cup. Smooth, satiny mouthfeel; chocolate and peach carry into a roundly resonant though drying finish. Retains a strong presence in three-parts milk: orange zest and a cedary chocolate.

Evaluated as espresso. Brisk, roasty, cocoa-toned. Gently scorched oak, apricot, baker’s chocolate, hazelnut in aroma and small cup. Lightly syrupy mouthfeel; cocoa and apricot carry into a richly drying finish and pleasantly dominate in three-parts milk.

Complex, enigmatic, deep. Strawberry, roasted mint, musk, jasmine, dark chocolate in aroma and cup. Juicy, intricate acidity; syrupy-smooth mouthfeel. The very long finish consolidates around roasted mint and chocolate tones.

Delicately sweet-savory. Lemon zest, almond, dried apricot, cedar, honeysuckle in aroma and cup. Quietly lively acidity; lightly satiny mouthfeel. The crisply sweet finish consolidates to lemon zest and cedar in the short; honeysuckle resurfaces in the long.

Delicate, crisply sweet. Sandalwood, cantaloupe, honeysuckle, almond in aroma and cup. Brisk, juicy acidity; light, silky mouthfeel. The sweet, deep finish consolidates around melon and honeysuckle in the long.

Balanced, sweet, subtly rich. Lavender, dark chocolate, date, vanilla in aroma and cup. Round, juicy acidity; plush, nectar-like mouthfeel. The short finish consolidates around lavender notes which persist into the richly drying long.

Delicately sweet. Orange zest, fir, candied walnut, faint honeysuckle and musk in aroma and cup. Round, balanced acidity; lightly satiny mouthfeel. The richly sweet finish consolidates around orange zest and walnut.

Delicate, deeply sweet. Roasted cacao nib, cinnamon, dried fig, vanilla in aroma and cup. Rich, vibrantly juicy acidity; lightly velvety mouthfeel. Fig, cinnamon and a hint of vanilla carry into the rich, resonant finish.

Evaluated as espresso. Cocoa-toned, pungently roasty. Blackberry, cocoa, cedar, ripe (almost overripe) plum in aroma and small cup. Very lightly syrupy mouthfeel; cocoa and cedar persist in a richly drying finish. Muscular in three parts milk: dark chocolate, cedar, ripe plum, blackberry.

Evaluated as espresso. Subtly rich and balanced. Cedar, cocoa-powder, plum, star-anise, vanilla in aroma and small-cup. Lightly satiny mouthfeel. Flavor consolidates around quiet cocoa and cedar in a sweet finish. Fills out three parts milk nicely with continued cocoa and cedar notes.

Lush and fruit-forward. Jasmine, blood orange, frankincense and almond butter in aroma and cup. Rich, vibrant acidity; syrupy-smooth mouthfeel. The juicy finish is redolent of jasmine and almond.

Immense, intricate, sweet. Lychee, caramelized pear, lush rose, rye whiskey and hazelnut in aroma and cup. Rich, juicy acidity; buoyant, silky mouthfeel. Lychee, cacao nib and a hint of fine musk carry the long, crisp, nuanced finish.