• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Coffee Review

The World's Leading Coffee Guide

Advanced Search

  • Reviews
    • Latest Reviews
    • Top 30 Coffees of 2024
    • Top-Rated (94+)
    • Espressos
    • Best Values
    • Taiwan Coffees – 台灣送評的咖啡豆
    • Single-Serve Formats
    • Reviews by Country of Origin
    • Reviews by U.S. City
    • Green/Unroasted
    • Advanced Search
    • Equipment Reviews
  • Reports
    • Latest Reports
    • Africa
    • Americas
    • Asia-Pacific
    • Espressos
    • Annual Top 30
    • Processing Method
    • Social/Environmental
    • Tree Variety
    • Blends
    • Equipment
  • Equipment
    • Equipment Reviews
    • Equipment Reports
  • Journal
    • Top 30 Coffees of 2024
    • How Coffee Review Works
  • About
    • Our Story
    • Kenneth Davids
    • Our Team
    • Our Advertisers
    • Learn
      • Interpreting Coffee Reviews
      • Reference
      • Glossary
    • Contact Us
  • Trade
    • 2024 Editorial Calendar
    • Becoming an Advertiser
    • 2024 Media Kit
    • Campaign Package Deals
    • Getting Coffees Reviewed
    • Quoting Reviews
    • Award Certificates
  • 中文 – Chinese
    • 評介和獎章宣傳使用條款
    • 台灣送評的咖啡豆
    • 如何將您的咖啡送評
    • “行銷攻略” 促銷活動

Shop for top-rated coffees at Durango Coffee Company

Shop for Top-rated coffees at Barrington Coffee Roasters

Shop for top-rated coffees at Kakalove in Taiwan


REVIEWS FOR:

Desert-Island Coffees: What To Drink When You’re Stuck at Home

By Kim Westerman
May 11th, 2020

96

Thanksgiving Coffee Company

Mocha Java

Review Date: May 2020
Price: $14.50/12 ounces
Top 30 Coffees of 2020 - No. 17

Deep, intense, sweet-savory, utterly coherent. Intense lavender, black currant, mandarin orange, sandalwood, dark chocolate in aroma and cup. Sweet, tart, savory-bottomed structure with intense, balanced acidity; big, mouth-filling body. The flavor-saturated finish carries over every nuance from the cup.

Read Complete Review >
96

Red Rooster Coffee Roaster

Ethiopia Shantawene Washed

Review Date: May 2020
Price: $20.99/12 ounces
Top 30 Coffees of 2020 - No. 8

Very sweet, high-toned, richly floral. Star jasmine, lemon verbena, pineapple, cocoa nib, frankincense in aroma and cup. Sweetly tart structure with juicy, levitating acidity; delicate but syrupy mouthfeel. Crisp, long, floral-toned finish.

Read Complete Review >
Visit Red Rooster Coffee Roaster
95

Kakalove Cafe

Kenya Tuikit Factory AA

Review Date: May 2020
Price: NT $300/8 ounces
KakaLove Logo

Paradoxically savory-deep and levitatingly bright. Passion fruit, myrrh, ginseng, wisteria, candycap mushroom in aroma and cup. Balanced sweet-tart-savory structure with lively, engaging acidity. Viscous, almost creamy mouthfeel. Very long, very flavor-saturated, harmonious finish.

Read Complete Review >
Visit Kakalove Cafe
95

Greater Goods Coffee Roasters

Organic Suke Quto Ethiopia

Review Date: May 2020
Price: $19.00/12 ounces
Top 30 Coffees of 2020 - No. 16

Overarchingly sweet, richly savory. Nectarine, sandalwood, marzipan, spearmint, freesia-like flowers in aroma and cup. Deeply sweet structure with a tart, vibrant acidity; nectar-like mouthfeel. Rich-toned finish with marzipan notes lingering into the long.

Read Complete Review >
94

Plat Coffee Roastery

Gesha Village Single-Variety Gesha Special Selection

Review Date: May 2020
Price: $30.00/8 ounces

Deeply rich, balanced, fruit- and floral-toned. Tea rose, pomelo, dark chocolate, pie cherry, fresh-cut oak in aroma and cup. Sweet-tart structure with round, fruit-toned acidity; rich, satiny mouthfeel. Tea rose, pie cherry and dark chocolate saturate the resonant finish.

Read Complete Review >
94

Paradise Roasters

Ecuador Finca Carolina Sidra

Review Date: May 2020
Price: $29.95/12 ounces

Delicate, floral, richly spice-toned. Ginger blossom, cocoa nib, bergamot, molasses, a hint of cardamom in aroma and cup. Sweetly savory structure with juicy, citrusy acidity; viscous, super-satiny mouthfeel. Finish leads with ginger blossom and bergamot with undertones of cardamom.

Read Complete Review >
Visit Paradise Roasters
94

modcup coffee

Colombia Finca Las Margaritas Natural Sudan Rume

Review Date: May 2020
Price: $30.00/6 ounces
mod cup logo

Sweetly fermenty, wine-toned. Lychee, dried raspberry, grappa, dark chocolate fudge, lily in aroma and cup. Sweetly tart structure with crisp, citrusy acidity; delicate, silky-smooth mouthfeel. Finish consolidates to notes of dried raspberry, grappa and dark chocolate.

Read Complete Review >
Visit modcup coffee
94

Klatch Coffee

Abu Natural Panama Geisha

Review Date: May 2020
Price: $34.95/6 ounces
Klatch Coffee logo

Deeply fruit-toned, richly chocolaty. Candied papaya, black cherry, dark chocolate, honeysuckle, agave syrup in aroma and cup. Tart-leaning structure with high-toned, fruity acidity; smooth, gently tannic mouthfeel. The finish centers on dark chocolate and black cherry.

Read Complete Review >
Visit Klatch Coffee
94

Hula Daddy Kona Coffee

Karen J Kona Red Bourbon

Review Date: May 2020
Price: $45.95/8 ounces (currently on sale for $36.76)
Hula Daddy Kona Coffee Logo

Crisply fruit-centered, floral-toned. Mango, cocoa nib, lilac, honey, Meyer lemon in aroma and cup. Sweet-toned structure with lush, elegant acidity; crisply viscous mouthfeel. Balanced, layered finish.

Read Complete Review >
Visit Hula Daddy Kona Coffee
93

Temple Coffee Roasters

Rwanda Gatare Namasheke

Review Date: May 2020
Price: $19.00/12 ounces
Temple Coffee Roasters

Crisply sweet-tart, floral. Dried apricot, freesia-like flowers, blood orange zest, cocoa nib, brown sugar in aroma and cup. Richly bittersweet structure with gentle, round acidity; full, creamy mouthfeel. The sweet-toned finish leads with dried apricot and cocoa nib in the short , brown sugar in the long.

Read Complete Review >
Visit Temple Coffee Roasters
93

Magnolia Coffee

Magnolia Blend

Review Date: May 2020
Price: $15.00/12 ounces; $35.00/2 pounds
Magnolia Coffee logo

Rich-toned, chocolaty. Dark chocolate, black cherry, gardenia, cedar, toffee in aroma and cup. Sweet-toned structure with brisk acidity; plush, syrupy mouthfeel. Quiet, satisfying finish with notes of dark chocolate and gardenia.

Read Complete Review >
Visit Magnolia Coffee
93

Durango Coffee Company

Colombian

Review Date: May 2020
Price: $19.95/12 ounces
Visit Durango Coffee Company

Bold, rich, confident. Strawberry, magnolia, baking chocolate, fresh-cut fir, maple syrup in aroma and cup. Deeply sweet structure with brisk acidity; saturating, satiating mouthfeel. A gentle decrescendo of all cup attributes carries into the pleasing finish.

Read Complete Review >
Visit Durango Coffee Company
93

Cloud City Coffee

Sumatra Lintong Triple-Picked Reserve

Review Date: May 2020
Price: $18.00/12 ounces

Sweetly and richly earth-toned. Black currant, cocoa powder, fresh humus, malt, magnolia in aroma and cup. Sweet-savory structure with gentle, round acidity; very smooth, satiny mouthfeel. The resonant finish centers on cocoa and sweet earth notes.

Read Complete Review >
93

Cafe Grumpy

DR Congo Muungano

Review Date: May 2020
Price: $20.00/12 ounces

Richly sweet-tart, earth-toned. Blood orange, pipe tobacco, roasted almond, rhododendron, baking chocolate in aroma and cup. Tart-leaning structure with crisp, green-apple-like (malic) acidity; deep, velvety mouthfeel. The richly drying finish consolidates to blood orange and pipe tobacco.

Read Complete Review >
93

The WestBean Coffee Roasters

Ethiopia Konga

Review Date: May 2020
Price: $18.00/12 ounces

Crisply sweet, floral- and fruit-toned. Peach, narcissus, almond butter, nougat, cedar in aroma and cup. In structure sweetly and gently tart, with a balanced and roundly bright acidity. Satiny, lively mouthfeel. Peach and flowers linger in the finish.

Read Complete Review >

Primary Sidebar

Shop for top-rated coffees at Durango Coffee Company

Shop for Top-rated coffees at Barrington Coffee Roasters

Shop for top-rated coffees at Kakalove in Taiwan

Become an advertiser

Get Coffees Reviewed

 

Connect with Us

Sign Up for Our Free E-Newsletter

Enter your email address below to receive our free e-mail newsletter
  • Coffee Reviews
  • Tasting Reports
  • Reference
  • Glossary
  • Please Support Our Advertisers
  • Contact Us
  • Journal
  • Kenneth Davids
  • Interpreting Coffee Reviews
  • Roast Definitions
  • Caveats about Coffee Ratings
  • Editorial Calendar
  • Getting Coffees Reviewed
  • Advertising Opportunities
  • Quoting Reviews
  • Copyright
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Site Security

Copyright © 2024 Coffee Review. All Rights Reserved.