Ancora Coffee Roasters
Decaffeinated French Roast
Roaster Location: | Madison, Wisconsin |
Roast Level: | Very Dark |
Agtron: | 29/35 |
Review Date: | August 1997 |
Aroma: | 7 |
Acidity: | 3 |
Body: | 5 |
Flavor: | 4 |
Blind Assessment
One of the few coffees in the cupping with resonance and depth. You have to be patient with this coffee and wait for the heavy, pruny, dark-roast pungency to reveal itself in the finish, but it's worth the wait. If this coffee showed some acidity and top notes it might be a real winner. As it is, the attic is bare and all the fun is in the cellar, but that's probably as it should be in something called a French roast.
Notes
A good dark roast with resonance and depth, that reveals itself in the finish and is worth the wait. Origin: Not disclosed Decaffeinated by the European process, involving use of methylene chloride.
Who Should Drink It
Those who love the pruny, bittersweet pungency of a good dark roast and need to avoid caffeine. The only coffee in the cupping that I would pack in an espresso machine or set up next to a sweet dessert.
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This review originally appeared in the August, 1997 tasting report: Decaffeinated Coffees