Cafe Valverde Coffee Roasters
Decaf South America Blend
| Roaster Location: | West Newbury, Massachusetts |
| Coffee Origin: | Brazil; Colombia |
| Roast Level: | Medium |
| Agtron: | 42/68 |
| Est. Price: | $10.25/16 oz. |
| Review Date: | July 2010 |
| Aroma: | 8 |
| Acidity: | 8 |
| Body: | 9 |
| Flavor: | 8 |
| Aftertaste: | 7 |
Blind Assessment
Roundly balanced and deep. Flowers, orangy fruit and molasses in the aroma. In the cup soft, integrated acidity, syrupy mouthfeel, with the continuing orange-toned fruit and molasses adding a distinct chocolate complication. The chocolate and molasses carry into a richly sweet finish haunted, as the cup cools, by a faint wisp of flavor-flattening wood.
Notes
This coffee was decaffeinated using a water-only method that does not involve use of a solvent. Cafe Valverde is the U.S.-based roasting partner of Invalsa Coffee, a Bolivian export/import company focused on identifying, supporting and exporting the best coffees from Bolivian small-holding farmers. Visit
Who Should Drink It
Balanced, quietly complete (almost) decaffeinated coffee.
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This review originally appeared in the July, 2010 tasting report: Pity the Poor Decaf Drinker: Signature Decaf Blends
