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Guatemala Huehuetenango

Review Date: Nov 2018
Price: $12.25/12 ounces

Roasty-sweet, richly chocolaty. Dark chocolate, gently scorched cedar, gardenia, grapefruit zest, roasted almond in aroma and cup. Briskly bittersweet in structure; satiny-smooth in mouthfeel. Notes of dark chocolate and smoky cedar carry the resonant finish.

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Congo Kivu

Review Date: Mar 2018
Price: $11.35/12 ounces

Deeply rich, sweetly tart. Baker’s chocolate, grapefruit zest, molasses, tea rose, marjoram in aroma and cup. Balanced, sweet-savory in structure; plump, velvety mouthfeel. The finish is crisp and dry, but also richly sweet, with notes of chocolate and spice-toned florals.

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90

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Uganda Kayurumba

Review Date: May 2016
Price: $11.35/12 ounces

Quietly pungent, sweetly and gently roasty. Baked apple, singed oak, dark chocolate, a hint of orange blossom in aroma and cup. Mild, gentle acidity; syrupy mouthfeel. The crisp finish consolidates around apple and singed oak in the short and dark chocolate in the long.

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Peru Cafe Femenino

Review Date: Feb 2016
Price: $10.95/12 ounces

Roast-toned and chocolaty. Roasted almond, dark chocolate, narcissus, molasses in aroma and cup. Crisply dry acidity; velvety mouthfeel. Chocolate and nut suggestions consolidate in a gently drying finish.

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Guatemala Huehuetenango

Review Date: Nov 2015
Price: $11.35/12 ounces

Deep, rich. Oak, molasses, dark chocolate, orange zest, pecan in aroma and cup. Round, quiet acidity; plush mouthfeel. Dark chocolate and pecan in particular carry into a sweet, balanced finish.

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91

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Ethiopia Yirgacheffe

Review Date: Nov 2015
Price: $11.75/12 ounces

Quietly rich, savory-sweet. Blood orange, sandalwood, lily-like flowers, roasted cacao nib in aroma and cup. Sweetly and roundly tart acidity; satiny mouthfeel. Flavor saturates a gently bittersweet finish.

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90

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Holiday Blend

Review Date: Dec 2012
Price: $10.95/12 ounces

Comfortable, inviting cup combines a cedary black-currant pungency, dark chocolate sweetness and a vanilla-like floral freshness. Delicate, crisply balanced acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Quietly sweet-toned, resonant finish.

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Guatemala Quetzel

Review Date: Oct 2012
Price: $12.95/16 ounces

Sweet, delicately crisp. Dark chocolate, brown sugar, hints of plum and fresh-cut cedar in aroma and cup. Tartly juicy acidity; the mouthfeel is light, hinting at silkiness. Chocolate carries into a gently drying finish.

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Bolivia “Taipiplaya” Fair Trade Organic Certified

Review Date: Feb 2012
Price: $10.95/12 ounces

Delicate, fresh, balanced. Nut-toned caramel, orange, fir, a hint of flowers in aroma and cup. Gently bright, lemony acidity; smoothly silky mouthfeel. The simple but pleasing aromatics carry straight through to a long, sweet, slightly pungent finish.

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