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Smoky aroma with faint hints of aromatic wood, nut and a slight suggestion of fruit. Medium body, lean mouthfeel, with simple sweetness and roasty charred wood notes. The roastiness lingers in a mildly astringent finish.

Pleasingly round aroma: nut, aromatic wood and a suggestion of fruit. In the cup balanced acidity, medium body, and a soft citrus note that rounds toward a mild, simple sweetness. As the cup cools the finish turns slightly astringent and a touch sour.

Notes of smoky dark chocolate and caramel-like sweetness in the aroma. Soft roundness in the cup, with a slightly lean mouthfeel and a roasty flavor that flirts with rosemary and pine. Simple notes of charred wood and chocolate persist in the finish.

Sweetly round aroma with hints of tropical fruit and wood. Soft acidity, full body, delicate mouthfeel with flavors of sweet grapefruit, cedar, earth and dark chocolate. A mildly astringent roasty pungency emerges in the short finish that softens and sweetens in the long.

Aroma of cedary wood and roasty chocolate, with a faint hint of earthiness. In the cup, medium body, leanish mouthfeel and flavor dominated by sweet-toned aromatic wood that lingers into a long, dry, mildly roasty finish.

Deeply roasty aroma with hints of cedar, nut and chocolate. In the cup, medium body and sweet-toned flavors: charred wood, dark chocolate and hint of earth and pungent fruit. The finish displays some sweetness and a mild astringent roastiness that lingers in the long.

A rich, balanced lighter-roasted cup. Complex aroma: tart, cherryish coffee fruit, milk chocolate, honey, a hint of flowers. In the cup wine-like acidity, lightly syrupy mouthfeel. The coffee fruit notes are complicated by a slightly savory, spice-like nuance. Simplifies slightly in a cleanly rich finish.

In the pungent aroma chocolate, walnut, toasted grain, perhaps caramel. Mild acidity and balanced flavors, with hints of citrus that soften to a more sweet-toned fruit and then to an earthy chocolate. Slight roughness in the finish distracts from the pleasant bittersweet chocolate character.

Evaluated as espresso. Simple, sweet and rich in the aroma; caramel with a hint of flowers. In the small cup deep, balanced, complex: peach-toned fruit, dark chocolate, orangy citrus, continued floral top notes. The flowers and chocolate in particular persist into a long finish. Dense mouthfeel. In two parts milk, muted hints of the flowers and peach-toned fruit survive to complicate the predictable chocolate-caramel bloom.

Evaluated as espresso. Deeply sweet aroma displaying elements of flowers, strawberry and honey. The aromatic notes carry into the small cup with complications of cherry, berry and a fruit-toned chocolate that persist into the long sweet finish. In two parts milk the fruit and floral notes gracefully survive and the chocolate mellows and rounds.

Startlingly intense, sweet-toned notes of ripe lemon, baker's chocolate and night flowers runs through the profile aroma through finish. Roundly rich acidity, plush mouthfeel. The baker's chocolate sweetens toward a crisp bittersweet chocolate in the cup and finish.

Deep and penetrating floral aroma: orangy sweetness and blackberries. Gentle acidity, smooth mouthfeel, and an intense, flavor-saturated character in the cup: classic black currant notes mingle forcefully with the concentrated sweetness of dried berries and flowers. Long, intensely sweet finish with the flavor notes delicately lingering and softening toward a fruit-toned chocolate.

Delicate, tartly crisp profile. In the aroma pungent nut, semi-sweet chocolate. In the cup balanced acidity, silky mouthfeel, intense sweetness with continued nut and dry chocolate notes. Very sweet, very long, flavor-saturated finish.

Pungent aroma of mixed fruit, a fir-like wood and honey. These aromatic notes grow more intense and complex in the cup, displaying suggestions of herb and a more fragrant, cedar-toned wood. The fruit notes - berry, stone fruit, citrus and black currant - become more prominent as the cup cools, persisting in a long, flavor-rich finish.

Intense aroma: round fruitiness suggesting black currant, mixed berries, lemon, toast, soft night flowers. Bright-toned acidity, medium body with a delicately syrupy mouthfeel and a particularly juicy tartness suggesting something like Satsuma oranges in syrup, together with continuing notes of flowers and berries, all lingering deeply into the finish.

The edge of fruit ferment typical of this style of dry-processed coffee richly complicates the profile. Sweet cherryish fruit, distinct brandy-like notes and a hint of chocolate in the aroma. In the cup quietly vibrant acidity, full mouthfeel, continued rich brandy and chocolate notes with a suggestion of lemon. All carry into a surprisingly clean, balanced but deep finish.

A sweet-toned, round cup with balanced acidity, soft mouthfeel and delicate aroma of lemon and flowers. The lemon and flowers carry into the cup turning deeper and more complex with hints of sweeter fruit and dark chocolate. Clean finish with a mild but persistent sweetness.

Complex aroma combining suggestions of orangy citrus and dried lavender with hints of honey and baking spices. In the cup rich, fruity acidy, medium body with a lightly silky mouthfeel and broad, juicy, floral-toned flavor notes with more citrus and complicating hints of chocolate and crisp white wine. Finishes cleanly with fruit and chocolate lingering and sweetening in the long.

Sweet-toned floral, apricot and marmalade notes in the aroma. Bright fruity acidity and continued flavors of apricot and flowers in the cup supported by concentrated chocolate-toned, dried fruit sweetness. The fruity chocolate character deepens in the finish.

Aroma of sweet tangerine, caramel and muted flowers. The flowers become more pronounced in the cup, saturating the very bright, fruit-floral acidity. The tangerine-like citrus carries into the cup as well, complicated by soft suggestions of black currant and stone fruit. The finish is pleasingly sweet and fruit-toned.