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Decafs 2015: The Splendid, The Strange, The Listless

By Kenneth Davids with Jason Sarley
August 4th, 2015

93

Old Soul Co.

Decaf Ethiopia Sidamo

Review Date: Aug 2015
Price: $19.50/12 ounces
Coffee Review's No. 23 coffee of 2015

Sweet, crisp, gently exuberant. Spicy flowers, roasted cacao nib, almond, sandalwood, tangelo in aroma and cup. Lively, gently crisp acidity; buoyant, lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Flavor saturates a very sweet finish.

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92

PT's Coffee Roasting Co.

Mexico Decaf

Review Date: Aug 2015
Price: $16.50/12 ounces

Quite sweet; gently bright. Honeysuckle-like flowers, tangerine, macadamia-like nut, roasted cacao nib in aroma and cup. Softly bright, quietly juicy acidity; delicately full, silky mouthfeel. Flower, nut and cacao notes all carry into a smooth, sweetly tart finish.

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89

Water Avenue Coffee

Decaffeinated El Toro Blend

Review Date: Aug 2015
Price: $15.00/12 ounces

Sweet, soft, balanced. Cocoa, walnut, malted grain, a hint of flowers in aroma and cup. Round, quiet acidity; light, satiny mouthfeel. Flavor consolidates around cacao and walnut in a gently delicate finish.

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89

Olympia Coffee Roasting

Decaf Asterisk Organic

Review Date: Aug 2015
Price: $16.30/12 ounces

Sweet-toned, quiet, balanced. Fresh-cut cedar, caramel, raisin, hints of orange and honeysuckle-like flowers in aroma and cup. Gently brisk, round, cedary acidity; syrupy mouthfeel. Cedar and orange carry into a gently drying finish.

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84

Starbucks Reserve Roastery

Decaf Pike Place Roast

Review Date: Aug 2015
Price: $12.95/12 ounces

Woody, complex roast pungency. Mildly scorched cedar, carob, sassafras, musk in aroma and cup. Roast-rounded, gently bittersweet acidity; full but slightly rough mouthfeel. The finish is sweet though heavy, a little cottony.

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