Te Aro Roasted
Ethiopia Sidamo Natural
| Roaster Location: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Coffee Origin: | Sidamo growing region, southern Ethiopia. |
| Roast Level: | Medium-Light |
| Agtron: | 54/76 |
| Est. Price: | CAD $17.00/16 oz. |
| Review Date: | November 2010 |
| Aroma: | 9 |
| Acidity: | 8 |
| Body: | 8 |
| Flavor: | 9 |
| Aftertaste: | 8 |
Blind Assessment
Rich, brandy-like notes dominate in this classic dried-in-the-fruit coffee, complicated and enriched by cherry, orange and floral nuance. The balanced, well-integrated acidity is perhaps more wine-like than brandy-like; the mouthfeel is big and syrupy. The brandy tendency turns slightly astringent in an otherwise fine, flavor-saturated finish.
Notes
This is a dry-processed or "natural" coffee, meaning the beans were dried inside the fruit rather than after the fruit has been removed, as is the case with wet-processed or "washed" coffees. With roots in New Zealand, Te Aro Roasted is a Toronto-based coffee company that emphasizes its "fresh air roasting,” a technology that utilizes a column of hot air rather than the conventional turning drum to agitate the roasting beans. Visit
Who Should Drink It
Those who enjoy big, fruit-toned red table wines.
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This review originally appeared in the November, 2010 tasting report: Brandy and Surprises: The New Naturals
