Coffeemaria
Ethiopian Harrar
| Roaster Location: | Hanover Park, Illinois |
| Coffee Origin: | Harrar growing region, east-central Ethiopia |
| Roast Level: | Dark |
| Agtron: | 33/41 |
| Review Date: | May 2003 |
| Aroma: | 7 |
| Acidity: | 6 |
| Body: | 7 |
| Flavor: | 4 |
Blind Assessment
A wildly flawed but perversely interesting coffee. Dramatically uneven from cup to cup, with some cups dominated by a heavy and rather oppressive Mediterranean spice character (thyme or rosemary) and others displaying less oppressive and more pleasant floral and bitter fruit tones - in the latter case, imagine bitter-chocolate-covered jasmine petals. All of this aromatic peculiarity probably derives from a combination of mildly fermented fruit with a musty overlay acquired while the still fruit-encased beans were drying.
Notes
Coffeemaria is a boutique micro-roaster that, via its website, sells coffee roasted to order and same-day shipped. Visit
Who Should Drink It
Only those fascinated by the stranger reaches of coffee character. Milk softens and sweetens some of this coffee's many rough edges.
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This review originally appeared in the May, 2003 tasting report: Roasters without Stores
