Top-Rated Coffees (94+ points)

Spectacularly and complexly sweet: honey, lilac-like flowers, candied orange, balanced by a crisp roasted cocoa-nib-like chocolate. Delicate but rich acidity; round, lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Very sweet, long, flavor-saturated finish.

Intense, complex floral notes, from crisp lavender to sweet lilies, with an underlying nut-toned dark chocolate that suggests fine roasted cocoa nibs. Zesty orange citrus. Rich acidity; syrupy mouthfeel. The finish may be a tad too dry for some coffee drinkers but it is rich and deeply flavor-saturated.

Extraordinary deep, shifting complexity. Honey, brandy, plum, dark chocolate, lush dusk flowers in aroma and cup, although along the way any number of other aromatic notes emerge with brief, startling clarity. Round, savory-sweet structure; rich, brandyish acidity; syrupy mouthfeel. Long, flavor-saturated finish.

Symphonically complex aroma – honeyish chocolate, blueberry, guava, pineapple, dusk flowers – carries into the cup, where the opulent blueberry note in particular dominates. Juicy acidity; light, silky mouthfeel. Resonant, blueberry-saturated finish.

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.

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.

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.

Tartly sweet, vibrant, deep. Blackberry, orange, cedarish cocoa, fragrant night flowers in aroma and cup. Rich, resonant acidity; plush but crisp mouthfeel. The symphonic aromatics fade just slightly in the long, rich finish.

Intense, rich, roundly tart: honey, lemon, black currant, flowers, flowering grass. Delicate, sweetly bright acidity; silky mouthfeel. Honey and ripe lemon saturate a long, rich 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.

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.

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.

Evaluated as espresso. Crisp, sweetly gentle, suave. Honey, orange, grapefruity citrus, fresh-cut fir in the aroma. Light, silky mouthfeel. Turns chocolaty and more distinctly citrusy in the light-bodied, silky cup. Superb flavor-saturated, sweetly clean finish. In two parts milk the chocolate is nuanced by ripe citrus and a deeper, apricot-toned fruit.

Evaluated as espresso. Impressive range and complexity. Pungently sweet grapefruit, blackberry, rose-like flowers, fresh-cut fir in aroma and small cup. Full, buttery mouthfeel. Rich, flavor-saturated finish; a hint of astringency in the short smoothes out to cocoaish chocolate in the long. Delicate, berryish fruit and sweet milk chocolate dominate in two parts milk.

Honey, fresh-cut fir and deeply layered, savory-sweet fruit: nectarine, table grape, black cherry, citrus zest. Rich, wine-like acidity; syrupy mouthfeel. The finish is long and flavor-saturated.

Gracefully intense aromatics with suggestions of lemon blossom, tart plum and apple round into a sweet-toned cup: honey, lemon, stone fruit. Tartly bright acidity; dry but lightly syrupy mouthfeel; long floral and lemony finish.

Intense, sweetly bright, crisp yet lush. Layered fruit – berry, nectarine, green apple – are complicated by fresh-cut fir and almond in aroma and cup. Rich, roundly tart acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. The powerful aromatics fade just slightly in a drying finish.

Very sweet, lushly bright dried-in-the-fruit profile. Flowers and a gently tart cherry in aroma and cup with rich, layered complication: minty milk chocolate, lemon, fresh-cut fir. Gently balanced acidity; plush, lightly syrupy mouthfeel. The clean, flavor-saturated finish is slightly drying in the long.