NEW 90+ RATINGS FROM COFFEE REVIEW!
They’ve done it again! The combined skills of Adam, our roaster, and Jeff, our coffee
buyer, have produced three 90+ ratings from Coffee Review. Ken David’s favorite of the three coffees that we submitted is our organic Ethiopia Limu, Gomma. He gave it a 92, saying, “Very sweet-toned aroma: honey, cherryish coffee fruit, flowering grass. In the cup quietly vibrant acidity, lightly syrupy mouthfeel, balanced structure, with cocoa and honey notes that carry into a long, resonantly flavor-saturated finish. Who should drink it: Those who enjoy light-bodied but crisply authoritative white wines.”
Ken’s second favorite is our Reserva del Mandador, peaberry from Finca Los Planes in El
Salvador. This outstanding peaberry is very lightly roasted to ensure that all of its sweetness comes through. Ken gave it a 91, saying, “Unusual profile: molasses, pine, flowers, cherry, richly low-toned acidity, syrupy mouthfeel. In the cup the molasses-like notes take on a cocoaish or dark chocolate cast. Lifts and lightens in a clean, sweet finish.
Last, but definitely not least, is one of our favorites, from the Gombe Coffee Project’s
Kanyovu Coop in Tanzania. Read more about this wonderful coffee here. Ken gave it a 90, saying, “From the Kanyovu cooperative of small-holding farmers. Owing in part to the support of several American specialty roasting companies, including PT’s, the Kanyovu farmers have emerged over the past two years as a source of a refined and distinctive new Africa coffee. A light-medium roast of a very pure coffee that preserves the taste of the coffee orchard: tartly sweet coffee fruit, honey, flowers, nut. Delicate acidity, lean but silky mouthfeel, cleanly sweet finish. Who should drink it: Delicate, breezy, spring like.”
