Intense floral aroma with suggestions of blueberry, grapefruit, orange, honey and sweet pipe tobacco. Bright-toned acidity, medium body, silky mouthfeel and big flowery and fruit flavors carrying from aroma into cup: lemon fading to dried apricot, tangerine, dried plum, milky chocolate. Flavors soften in the finish but linger deeply and sweetly.

March 5th, 2010
A rather original espresso. In the small cup full, syrupy mouthfeel and very complex flavor balancing savory and sweet tendencies: aromatic wood and butter on the savory side, hints of dark chocolate, dried fruit, flowers, banana on the sweet. The complexity carries into a rich finish. Two parts hot milk predictably fattens and sweetens the dark chocolate, but the aromatic wood and butter suggestions maintain their complicating presence.