Blind Assessment

Sweetly tart, complex. Blood orange, sweet chocolate, vanilla-toned flowers, a hint of almond in aroma and cup. Rich, complexly expressed acidity; light but distinctly syrupy mouthfeel. Orange and flowers carry into a crisp finish.

Notes

This sample, one of Victrola’s Reserve series of rare super-microlot coffees, consists entirely of peaberries (caracolillo or caracol in Latin-American Spanish), a kind of bean that results when the coffee fruit develops only a single, oval bean rather than the usual pair of flat-sided beans. Peaberries produce a somewhat different (often better) cup than normal beans from the same crop, from which they may or may not be separated during grading. Honduras, until recently a largely overlooked Central American coffee origin, has been producing increasing volumes of fine coffee over the past few years. Victrola is a small-batch, hands-on roaster with a passionate commitment to quality and distinctiveness. Visit www.victrolacoffee.com or call 206-624-1725 for more information.

Who Should Drink It

Those who enjoy a classic but distinctive breakfast cup, zesty yet plush.

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