Blind Assessment

Brisk, dry, sweetly vegetal. Green bean, carob, charred balsa, faded gardenia, raw almond in aroma and cup. Flatly bittersweet structure with inert acidity; dry, rather thin mouthfeel. Wood-framed, sweetly vegetal finish.

Notes

Purchased at amazon.com as a nationally branded benchmark comparison for the darker-roasted coffees from smaller roasters reviewed this month. Visit www.starbucks.com for more information.

Bottom Line

This blend retains its popularity, despite what reads here as a flat, bitterish cup, with only some backgrounded sweetness and nuance.

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