Roaster Location: | Santa Clara, California |
Coffee Origin: | Minas Gerais State, Brazil. |
Roast Level: | Medium-Light |
Agtron: | 58/77 |
Review Date: | September 2007 |
Aroma: | 8 |
Acidity: | 7 |
Body: | 8 |
Flavor: | 8 |
Aftertaste: | 8 |
Blind Assessment
A slight musty fruit ferment serendipitously complicates this richly low-key coffee, reading as cocoa and cedar-toned ripe orange in both aroma and cup. A very slight astringency smoothes out in the long, sweet finish.
Notes
Certified Fair Trade, meaning it was purchased from the small-holding farmers of the Poco Fundo Cooperative at a "fair" or economically sustainable price. Barefoot Coffee Roasters is an award-winning and widely recognized small-batch roasting company that describes itself as "a happy little cafe and roastery in the heart of Silicon Valley." Visit www.barefootcoffeeroasters.com for more information.
Who Should Drink It
Quietly spicy social idealists.
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This review originally appeared in the September, 2007 tasting report: Fair-Trade Coffees: The Controversy and the Cup