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Flowers, honey, tangerine, fir in aroma and cup. Brisk, zesty acidity; light but very silky mouthfeel. Flavor consolidates toward chocolate in a sweet, gently drying finish.

Richly tart berry, caramel, walnut, night flowers in aroma and cup. Richly lyric, perfectly balanced acidity. Light but impressively silky mouthfeel. Clean, rich, flavor-saturated finish.

Sweet-toned, delicate, lyrically bright. Distinct rose-like floral notes, orange, green apple, cocoa, almond in aroma and cup. Crisp, lively but balanced acidity; silky to lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Despite the delicacy of the cup, deep- and rich-finishing.

Evaluated as espresso. Complex and dynamic profile in the small cup. Tangerine, cedar, vanilla, anise, honey, with rich floral top notes. Lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Flavor persists in a rich finish; in two parts milk rounds and sweetens toward chocolate without losing authority or complexity.

Sweetly pungent, exotic, complex. Distinct grapefruit and guava-like notes, freshly decomposed leaves, a softening hint of cocoa in aroma and cup. Gently rich, juicy acidity. Light but silky mouthfeel. Flavor persists far into a resonant, crisply drying finish.

Evaluated as espresso. A rather muted smoky chocolate and cedar in the aroma blossom in the small cup, turning deep, complex, and sweetly pungent. The mouthfeel is impressively full and buttery; the finish round and cocoaish with a slight smoky, savory suggestion in the long. The chocolate turns delicate and buttery in two parts milk.

Evaluated as espresso. Impressively complex and deep straight shot. Minty dark chocolate, orangy and raisiny fruit, a hint of dusk flowers in aroma and small cup. Smooth, lightly syrupy mouthfeel; resonant, chocolate-toned finish. Fades a bit in two parts milk, although it retains a delicate, sweet version of chocolate and a continuing hint of flowers.

Very sweet, deep-toned, assertively bright. Caramelly chocolate, richly carnal apricot, zesty lemon in aroma and cup. Richly tart acidity; smooth, lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Chocolate in particular carries into a sweet but drying finish.

Delicate but intense. Wild berry, lemon, rose, all rounded by a brown-sugary, faintly chocolate sweetness. Gentle, sweetly tart acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Rich, sweet finish with an underlying dry crispness.

Juicy, sweetly tart, balanced. Ripe grapefruit, flowers, apricot, crisply cocoaish chocolate in aroma and, with particular intensity and complexity, in the cup. Bright, citrusy acidity; round, silky mouthfeel. Flavor-saturated, cocoa-toned finish.

Striking, original profile. Rich, rose-like flowers, blackberry, candied citrus, dark chocolate in aroma and cup. Soft, finely balanced acidity; very smooth, silky mouthfeel. Flavor saturates a crisply sweet, resonant finish.

(As brewed in a Keurig B70 single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce 6-ounce serving): Bittersweet, gentle. Caramel, flowers, plum-like fruit and a hint of chocolate in aroma and cup. Delicate, brisk acidity; pleasantly smooth, lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Caramelly sweetness and a drying carbony note in the finish.

Dark chocolate and sweet, pungent grapefruit in aroma and cup, with a backgrounded gently scorched cedar. Rich, roast-rounded acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Some flavor persists in a sweet but drying finish.

Richly tart and ripely citrusy. The lemon and orange notes are softened by a backgrounded milk chocolate and hints of sweet almond and night flowers. Richly round acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Flavor simplifies in a dry but refreshing finish.

Deeply and crisply lush. Ripe orange and nectarine, night flowers, very aromatic fresh-cut cedar in aroma and cup. Balanced, rich acidity; light but silky mouthfeel. Long, cleanly resonant finish.

Evaluated as espresso. Balanced, sweet-toned aroma: almond, milk chocolate, apricot. Round, syrupy mouthfeel. In the cup a pungent cedar moves forward softened by continued milk chocolate and apricot. The chocolate persists in a slightly heavyish, savory-toned finish. In two parts milk, however, the chocolate rounds nicely, turning minty and deeply fruit-toned.

Bracingly bittersweet in structure and briskly complex in flavor. Flowers, honey, raspberry, nut-toned cocoa and more in aroma and cup. Crisp, lemony acidity; light but silky mouthfeel. The same exhilarating balance of sweet and bitter prevails in a cocoa-toned finish.

Evaluated as espresso. Crisp, delicate, refreshingly and cleanly fruit-toned. Tart cherry, ripe orange, cedar, baker’s chocolate in aroma and small cup. Light in body but surprisingly silky-syrupy in mouthfeel; deep, flavor-saturated finish. Continued delicate but very complex in two parts milk, with both chocolate and fruit rounding and sweetening.

Brisk, original, complex. Light roasting emphasizes lavender floral notes, tartly sweet guava-like fruit, orange, and fresh raw sugar in aroma and cup. Delicate, smoothly bright acidity; soft, silky mouthfeel. Flavor maintains a gentle persistence in the sweet but drying finish.

Notes of clean, fresh-turned earth and tartly sweet guava animate this exceptional Indonesian-style coffee, with complicating hints of grape and lily-like flowers. Rich, round, very sweet acidity; impressively full, lively mouthfeel. Sweetness carries into a resonant, flavor-saturated finish that turns slightly tart and drying in the long.