Espresso Reviews

Evaluated as espresso. Rich, buttery aroma: ripe lemon, cherry, a hint of fresh-cut fir. In the small cup medium body, smooth mouthfeel, crisply complex flavor: the fruit and fir notes resolve toward a dark chocolate with a hint of anise. Deep, sweet, dark-chocolaty finish. The chocolate sensation rounds and softens in two parts milk; think a lemon-toned milk chocolate.

Round, candied orange peel and nut-toned chocolate in the aroma. Light in body but rich in flavor with pungent notes of walnut, aromatic wood and ripe orange. Sustained bittersweet chocolate pungency in the finish. Intensity of the small cup softens in two parts milk; sweet nut and orange tones dominate.

Very deep, sweet, cherry-toned. Additional hints of brandy, minty dark chocolate, anise, cedar, flowers in aroma and small cup. Syrupy mouthfeel; chocolate in particular lingers in a richly long finish. The complexity mutes in two parts milk, though the minty chocolate persists.

Evaluated as espresso. Intensely pungent in the aroma: cedar and sweet chocolate. Lightly syrupy in mouthfeel and full-flavored in the small cup: continuing cedar notes and a chocolate that turns bittersweet and carries into the finish with a complicating hint of walnut. Flavor rounds and sweetens in two parts milk, but impressively retains its pungent, cedar-and-chocolate character.

Evaluated as espresso. A sweet, mild espresso with notes of stone fruit (apricot, peach), aromatic wood and hints of honey and flowers. Flavors simplify in the finish: the aromatic wood persists faintly and the fruit turns cocoaish. Balanced in two parts milk; aromatic wood is softened by an emerging caramel note.

Evaluated as espresso. Deep, raisin-toned dark chocolate notes dominate in aroma and cup. Rich and balanced in the aroma. Slightly rough mouthfeel in the small cup but the flavor deepens. The chocolate turns bittersweet in the finish, but blossoms richly and complexly in two parts milk.

Evaluated as espresso. Notes of plum, cinnamon and chocolate dominate in both in aroma and small cup. Medium body with silky mouthfeel. The fruit and spice notes fade in the finish, though a bittersweet version of chocolate is sustained in the long. Sweet and mild in two parts milk with some flavor complexity gently persisting.

Evaluated as espresso. Sweet, orange-toned dark chocolate in the aroma. Good intensity in the small cup, with more dark chocolate and a hint of malty earth that sustains long into the finish. The orangy chocolate reasserts itself in two parts milk, blooming nicely with impressive intensity and balance.

Evaluated as espresso. Rich notes of toast, nut and caramel in the aroma. Thick and syrupy in the small cup, with butter and walnut notes and soft suggestions of anise, clove and orange. Less nuanced in the finish, with the walnut-tone dominating and sustaining deeply into the long. In two parts milk the nut-tone sweetens and rounds balanced by hints of chocolate.

Evaluated as espresso. Sweet in aroma and small cup with hints of citrus and flowers complicated by honey, toast and chocolate. Light-bodied but smooth, with a strikingly sweet fruit-and-chocolate-toned finish. Less chocolate in two parts milk but the honey and fruit persist nicely.

Notes of sweet nut, caramel and aromatic wood in aroma and cup. Full body, syrupy mouthfeel and a finish enlivened by a bitter-edged chocolate and more aromatic wood.

Evaluated as espresso. Rich and round in the aroma with soft hints of milk chocolate, stone fruit and baking spice. In the small cup the flavors broaden: apricot and honeydew melon deepened by dark chocolate and fresh tobacco. Flavors soften and persist rather deeply in the finish. In two parts milk, candied citrus peel and caramelized fruit maintain rich authority.

Refined fruit-toned acidity points up flavors of ripe lemon, orange, honey and a toasty chocolate that becomes more pronounced in the finish. Syrupy mouthfeel, bright but balanced overall.

Evaluated as espresso. Deep dark chocolate and hints of fruit in the aroma. In the small cup the fruit becomes richer and distinct, showing cherry-like and floral complications that carry into a softly nuanced finish. Sweet and balanced in two parts milk, with sustained hints of fruit, butter and toast.

Evaluated as espresso. Rich, concentrated fruit flavors in aroma and small cup: sweetly tart cranberry and pie cherry, floral top notes with a deepening hint of dark chocolate. Resonant, long, fruit-toned finish. Light-bodied. Balanced in two parts milk: The fruit softens toward milk chocolate but retains a pleasingly tart edge.

Evaluated as espresso. Subtly complex in aroma and small cup: brown sugar, fir, dark chocolate, raisin, with a brightening hint of lemon. Syrupy mouthfeel. The dark chocolate becomes more distinct in the finish and in two parts milk blossoms with depth and sweetness.

Evaluated as espresso. Sweet-toned and round. Caramelly sweetness softens toasty citrus tones and fleeting hints of lavender and carob in the small cup. Flavors linger delicately and cleanly in the finish. The sweetness theme persists in two parts milk: subdued layers of lemon, flowers and more carob.

Evaluated as espresso. Sweet aromatic notes of raisin, chocolate and soft citrus. Full flavored in the small cup, with bittersweet fruit-infused chocolate hinting at grape, berry and orange, all of which persist deeply into the finish. Flavors predictably simplify in two parts milk but remain pleasing: sweet-toned fruit with a distinct minty complication.

Evaluated as espresso. In the small cup exhilarating floral-toned aroma balanced by orange and caramel, light though smooth mouthfeel, and continued floral tones in the flavor with complications of tart berry, lemon and baking spice. The flowers become even more pronounced in two parts milk, deepened by notes of butter, citrus and cocoa.

Evaluated as espresso. Gently charred cedar, cherryish fruit and dark chocolate in the aroma. Full, though very slightly rough mouthfeel. Hints of lemon and anise develop in the cup, complicating the continuing cedar and dark chocolate. Sweet, rich finish. The dark chocolate sensation simply and pleasingly dominates in two parts milk, although hints of cedar and lemon persist.