Blind Assessment

Evaluated as espresso. Bright, juicy, sweetly tart. Pomegranate, hazelnut, cedar, freesia-like flowers, molasses in aroma and small cup. Syrupy-smooth mouthfeel; crisp, gently drying finish. Rounder and more nut-toned in three parts milk.

Notes

Southern Ethiopia coffees like this one are largely produced from distinctive indigenous Ethiopian varieties of Arabica long grown in their respective regions. This is a dry-processed or “natural” version, 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. Bona Kafo is a Taiwan-based specialty coffee roaster. Visit www.bonakaforoastery.com.

Bottom Line

A tale of two coffees: The straight shot is bracingly tart-leaning, while the milk shot is gentler and more nut-toned. Both display attractive aspects of this natural-processed single-origin espresso.

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