PT's Coffee Roasting Co.
Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Aricha Selection #7
| Roaster Location: | Topeka, Kansas |
| Coffee Origin: | Yirgacheffe growing region, Sidamo Province, southern Ethiopia. |
| Roast Level: | Medium |
| Agtron: | 49/65 |
| Review Date: | April 2008 |
| Aroma: | 9 |
| Acidity: | 8 |
| Body: | 8 |
| Flavor: | 9 |
| Aftertaste: | 8 |
Blind Assessment
Intense aroma: ripe, fallen fruit, flowers, flowering grass, honey, pungent cedar. In the cup fruit-deepened acidity, syrupy mouthfeel, roundly sweet with a mild, balancing bitterness and tremendous aromatic complexity: honey, night flowers, and above all a brandyish, fruity chocolate that carries deep into the finish.
Notes
A dry-processed or "natural" coffee, meaning the beans are dried inside the fruit rather than after the fruit is removed, as is the case with wet-processed or "washed" coffees. Aricha Selection Seven is a specially prepared and selected lot of dry-processed coffee from the Yirgacheffe region exported by S.A. Bagersh. This is 2007 crop but appears to have held up remarkably well. PT's is a quality-oriented wholesale/retail specialty roaster with a wide and refined selection of coffee blends and origins. The PT's motto is "without the love, it's just coffee." Visit www.ptscoffee.com or call 888-678-5282 for more information.
Who Should Drink It
Voluptuaries and brandy swirlers.
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This review originally appeared in the April, 2008 tasting report: Special Reserve is Dead. Long Live Special Reserve.
