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Sweetly and gently pungent. Dark chocolate, cedar, walnut, a hint of orangy fruit in aroma and cup. Roast-rounded acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Some chocolate sweetness lingers in a rather dry, roasty finish.
Very sweet, delicately lush. Apricot, almond, hints of milk chocolate and tangerine in aroma and cup. Gently crisp acidity; light, slightly lean mouthfeel. Apricot and chocolate in particular persist in a smooth, sweet-toned finish.
Very sweet, resonant, gently tart. Tangerine, cocoa, brown sugar, floral top notes. Gentle acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. The impressively sweet-toned, complex flavor carries deep into a long finish.
Distinct vanilla-toned cedar, dry berry, hints of ripe orange and lush night flowers in aroma and cup. Gentle, sweetly crisp acidity; full, plush mouthfeel. Resonant, sweet-toned finish.
Sweetly pungent grapefruit and spicy, moist fresh-fallen leaves in aroma and cup. Hints of vanilla and peach. Richly round acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Peach notes in particular linger in a long, flavor-saturated finish.
Very sweet-toned but crisp, with blackberry, cedar, walnut, and a rounding, backgrounded milk chocolate in aroma and cup. Quietly balanced acidity; syrupy mouthfeel. A hint of ripe lemon complicates a smooth, clean finish.
Finely poised and balanced. Ripe lemon, cocoa, peach, night flowers in aroma and cup. Rich, sweetly pungent acidity; plush, deep mouthfeel. Lemon notes in particular linger in the sweet-toned trajectory of a very long finish.
Big, bright, lushly complex. Fragrant eucalyptus, dark chocolate, jammy black currant, white flowers in aroma and cup. Very sweet acidity, tart yet pure and smooth. Syrupy mouthfeel. Exquisitely clean, deep, juicy finish.
Price: $16.49/24 K-Cups
As brewed in a Keurig Platinum B70 single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce 6-ounce serving): Dark chocolate, caramel, cedar, a hint of earth in aroma and cup. Pungently tart acidity; medium body with a slightly leanish mouthfeel. Rich, dry, straightforward finish.
(As brewed in a Keurig Platinum B70 single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce 6-ounce serving): Sweet-toned, caramelly aroma with hints of milk chocolate, butter, orange. Balanced, gentle acidity; pleasingly silky mouthfeel. Crisp and balanced in the cup with continued caramelly chocolate, butter, hints of orange and aromatic wood. Flavor fades rather quickly in the finish though a little caramelly chocolate hangs on.
Sweet-toned, deep, richly balanced. Ripe orange and distinct almond notes with a backgrounded sweet cocoa in aroma and cup. Delicately bright, fruit-toned acidity; lightish but very silky mouthfeel. Flavor-saturated short finish; dries out a bit in the long.
Evaluated as espresso. In the small cup rich and deep with dry, brandyish fruit notes: blackberry, lime, green grape, with anchoring hints of fir and baker’s chocolate. Syrupy mouthfeel. The chocolate and citrus notes round and deepen in a long, resonant finish. Both persist in two parts milk, but remain reticent, failing to round and bloom under the impact of the diary.
Sweetly and gently pungent. Peach, melon, cocoa, fir, a hint of grapefruity citrus in aroma and cup. Rich, balanced acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Sweetly tart, citrusy finish.
Intense, zesty but sweet. Grapefruit, peach, rose-like flowers, baker’s chocolate in aroma and cup. Richly crisp acidity; silky mouthfeel. The floral note in particular carries into a long, dry, flavor-saturated finish.
Price: $18.00/12 ounces
Simultaneously lushly sweet and tartly zesty. Cocoa, tart lemon, maraschino cherry, molasses in aroma and cup. Richly round acidity; syrupy mouthfeel. Sweetness carries from cup to finish, cushioning a continued suggestion of bitterish citrus zest.
Aromatically diverse and deep: sweet butter, crisply tart berry, hazelnut, cocoa. Richly assertive acidity. Lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Sweet and deep in the cup; chamomile-like flowers, tart orange and cranberry, apricot. Dry, flavor-saturated finish.
Crisply tart, dry berry and pungent grapefruit dominate in aroma and cup, with rounding hints of nut-toned cocoa and caramel. Intense, brightly balanced acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Rich, dry, flavor-saturated finish.
Price: $9.50/8 ounces
Deep, balanced, intense. Nut, flowers, stonefruit, sweet cocoa in aroma and cup. Sweetly crisp acidity; lively, lightly syrupy mouthfeel. The balance and completeness that characterizes the entire profile stretches into a long, resonant swoon of a finish.
Price: $14.00/12 ounces
Refreshing, delicate, very sweet-toned. Orange, lemon, nut, and intense floral notes in aroma and cup. Juicy, wine-like acidity; silky to lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Fades very slightly in an otherwise clean, balanced finish.
Crisp, delicate. Sweet cocoa, fresh-cut fir and complexly layered, gently tart fruit in aroma and cup. Sweet-toned, bright acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Balanced, delicately rich finish.
