Heritage Coffee Company
Yemen Mocha Mattari
Roaster Location: | Juneau, Alaska |
Roast Level: | NA |
Agtron: | / |
Review Date: | September 1998 |
Aroma: | 8 |
Acidity: | 6 |
Body: | 6 |
Flavor: | 7 |
Blind Assessment
Distinct fruity chocolate tones, cherryish and round, are balanced by a tobaccoey dryness. When the coffee is hot the chocolate-fruit tones are fresh, complex, and thrilling. As the cup cools the tobacco tones intensify and turn slightly (though cleanly) astringent.
Notes
Distinct fruity chocolate tones, cherryish and round, are balanced by a tobaccoey dryness. When the coffee is hot the chocolate-fruit tones are fresh, complex, and thrilling. Yemen is grown in the mountainous region at the southwestern tip of the Arabian peninsula, just across the Red Sea from Africa. It is often called Mocha, after the ruined port through which it was once shipped. It is the world's oldest commercial coffee,
Who Should Drink It
The quintessential romantic's coffee. A good one to try on coffee-doubting friends who assert that all coffees taste the same. Try it in a French press.
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This review originally appeared in the September, 1998 tasting report: Twelve Hits from '98