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Notes of nut, toast, smoke and menthol in the aroma. In the cup, soft and round in character with a lightly syrupy mouthfeel and a roasty flavor that hints at fruity chocolate. Simple notes of charred wood persist in the finish.
(As brewed in a Keurig B60 single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce a 6-ounce serving size): Simple roasty aroma with hints of earthiness and aromatic wood. Silky, though slightly lean body, with mild smokiness in flavor, creamy, almost caramel-like sweetness, and a chocolate note. The roasty character carries into the finish with slight astringency developing in the long.
(As brewed in a Keurig B60 single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce a 6-ounce serving size): Nut and milk chocolate-like aroma with a whisper of vanilla. Balanced acidity, medium body, with a round creamy flavor and notes of citrus, and perhaps some flowers as it cools. Slight earthiness and dark chocolate emerge in the finish.
(As brewed in a Keurig B60 single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce a 6-ounce serving size): Mild pineapple-like fruity aroma, with soft round sweetness. Bright toned, medium body, with soft notes of citrus and hot cocoa. Finishes cleanly, with a pleasant sweetness in the long.
(As brewed in a Keurig B60 single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce a 6-ounce serving size): Mild toasty aroma, with faint hints of fruity chocolate. Soft and round, with a lightly syrupy mouthfeel, nutty flavor, that fades toward notes of cocoa and aromatic wood. Some sweetness in the finish, with flavor characteristics quietly persisting.
(As brewed in a Keurig B60 single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce a 6-ounce serving size): Mild aroma of fresh pine and earth. Full body with a penetrating mouthfeel, pungent cedary flavor, hints of leather and dried apricot. Cocoa and aromatic wood notes linger in the dry finish.
(As brewed in a Keurig B60 single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce a 6-ounce serving size): Soft aroma with notes of cocoa and baking spice. In the cup, sweet, smooth mouthfeel, round chocolate tones, mild nuttiness and caramel. Finish turns somewhat astringent in the long.
(As brewed in a Keurig B60 single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce a 6-ounce serving size): Complex aroma includes butter, aromatic wood, earthiness and tropical fruit. In the cup, full body, smooth fruit-toned mouthfeel, balanced flavors of mango, grapefruit and sweet wood. Long, dry finish is clean, mild and sweet.
(As brewed in a Keurig B60 single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce a 6-ounce serving size): Simple, sweet-toned aroma with subtle hints of caramel and toast. Soft flavor, with caramel notes continuing and a suggestion of nuttiness. A medium bodied cup, with a slight roughness in mouthfeel, and in the cocoa-like finish.
(As brewed in a Keurig B60 single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce a 6-ounce serving size): Straightforward, roasty aroma with a note of dark chocolate. In the cup, charred wood dominates along with a faint cocoa-like quality, and rather lean mouthfeel. Roastiness continues into the finish, with mild astringency and some sweetness developing in the long.
(As brewed in a Keurig B60 single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce a 6-ounce serving size): Mildly sweet aroma, cinnamon toast, distant hint of citrus. Medium body, with some astringency in mouthfeel, and a suggestion of bright acidity. A mellow, straightforward cup, with notes of nut and toasted grain. Roastiness lingers in the finish, along with sweet wood and a stubborn astringency in the long.
(As brewed in a Keurig B60 single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce a 6-ounce serving size): Extreme dark roast yields intense charred wood notes in aroma and flavor. Subtler hints of baker?s chocolate, fresh chopped wood and smokiness also emerge. Roastiness continues in the finish with hints of cocoa.
(As brewed in a Keurig B60 single-serve brewing device using a "K-Cup" capsule to produce a 6-ounce serving size): Roasty aroma with mild smoky, earthy and caramel-like notes. Full, silky body, simple flavors of charred wood and fresh tobacco. Dry roasty note in finish, with some astringency, that fades and sweetens in the long.
Aromatically simple but balanced, complete espresso. Rich, fresh-cut fir and hints of raisin and dark chocolate run from aroma through finish. Medium body, lightly syrupy mouthfeel, great natural sweetness. In milk the fir and chocolate hints round toward a crisp baker's chocolate.
Citrus-basket aroma - tangerine, Key lime, Mandarin orange - with mild floral notes. Bright, sweetly fruit-toned acidity and a delicately juicy mouthfeel. Sweet citrus carries into the cup with hints of flowers, berries and black currant. Lush finish; toast and caramel turn toward orangey chocolate in the long.
Complex aromatics with notes of flowers, sweet citrus, butterscotch, herbs and fir. Bright, floral toned acidity, medium body, and a silky smooth mouthfeel. Honey-like sweetness in the cup with tart berry, lemon and a hint of flowers. Long, clean sweetly-tart finish.
Crisp, sweet-toned, balanced. Pungent nut, orangy fruit, hint of flowers in the aroma, joined in the cup by a cocoaish chocolate note. The cocoa carries with particular distinctness into a sweet, clean finish.
A remarkably pure profile for this dried-in-the-fruit coffee type. Lush but delicate aroma: jammy blackberry, cocoa, ripe orange, a hint of cedar. In the cup sweet-toned acidity, lightish body, and a juicy, complex flavor: the cocoa notes move forward, supported by a round, berryish fruit that reads at various moments as red table grape, blackberry, blueberry, ripe orange. The clean, berry-saturated finish fades quickly but pleasingly.
Dry berry notes (the famous Kenya "black currant"), lemon, dusk flowers and a hint of dark chocolate open in the intense aroma and carry with pungent authority into the cup. Balanced acidity, supple mouthfeel, deep, flavor-saturated finish.
Balanced, delicate. Softly pungent, floral-toned aroma. In the cup gentle acidity, silky mouthfeel, essential sweetness, great purity, with cocoa and continued floral notes.