Espresso Reviews

Evaluated as espresso. Subtly rich and balanced. Cedar, cocoa-powder, plum, star-anise, vanilla in aroma and small-cup. Lightly satiny mouthfeel. Flavor consolidates around quiet cocoa and cedar in a sweet finish. Fills out three parts milk nicely with continued cocoa and cedar notes.

Evaluated as espresso. Lushly but resonantly bright; juicy. Complex fruit (mango, guava, tangerine), dark chocolate, sandalwood, jasmine in aroma and small cup. Silky mouthfeel; crisp, deeply flavor-saturated finish. Maintains its complexity into three parts milk, untamed and fruit-forward.

Evaluated as espresso. Lush yet deeply savory; original. Honey, dark chocolate, roasted pine nut, horned melon, wisteria in aroma and small-cup. Full, syrupy mouthfeel. Fruit and flowers carry into a resonant short finish that turns richly drying in the long. Fills out milk with a complexly savory-sweet chocolate and peach- and melon-toned fruit.

Evaluated as espresso. Sweetly nuanced, crisp, balanced. Tangerine, pomegranate, honeysuckle, sandalwood in aroma and small cup. Light, satiny mouthfeel; layered fruit notes ring on in a gently tart finish. Three parts milk rounds the fruit, turning it delicately chocolaty.

Evaluated as espresso. Syrupy, savory-sweet, roasty. Dark chocolate, scorched mesquite, orange zest, very ripe peach in aroma and small cup. Fat, syrupy mouthfeel; heavy, savory-sweet finish. Fruit-toned chocolate and mesquite dominate in three parts milk.

Evaluated as espresso produced as a ristretto 25ml (.85-ounce) shot using a Nespresso capsule espresso brewer with whole milk heated using a conventional steam wand. Delicate, gently bright, lightly fruit-toned. Pineapple, molasses, fresh-cut fir in aroma and cup. Very light, silky mouthfeel. Crisply sweet finish. Very delicate in three parts milk; the fir and molasses notes resolve to an elegant if faint chocolate.

Evaluated as espresso. Bold, chocolaty and citrus-toned. Tangerine, sandalwood, lily and savory chocolate in aroma and cup. Plump, creamy mouthfeel; chocolate and tangerine persist in a pleasingly tart finish.

Evaluated as espresso. Bright, juicy, tropical. Pineapple, passion fruit, rose-like flowers, musk, a backgrounded dark chocolate in aroma and small cup. Satiny mouthfeel. Chocolate and tart fruit carry into a richly drying finish. Crisp, still juicy, and deeply and subtly nuanced in three parts milk.

Evaluated as espresso. Sweetly crisp, but round. Vanilla, spicy-rich cedar, lily-like flowers, brisk cranberry in aroma and small cup. Full, creamy mouthfeel; sweet-toned cedar and chocolate notes carry into a rich finish. Crisply savory-sweet and redolent of cedar and sage in three parts milk.

Evaluated as espresso. Rich and deep with floral top notes. Caramel, carob, cedar, lily in aroma and small cup. Full, syrupy, though rather dry mouthfeel; lily and cedar, in particular, carry into a crisp, balanced finish. Carob, cedar and a hint of flowers in three parts milk.

Evaluated as espresso. Deep, cedary and chocolaty. Dark chocolate, fresh-cut cedar, moist tobacco, a hint of lily-like flowers in aroma and small cup. Lean but smooth mouthfeel. Cedar dominates in a dry finish. Crisply dry chocolate nuanced by lily and fresh tobacco in three parts milk.

Evaluated as espresso. Striking and original: chocolaty yet richly tart. Dark chocolate, strawberry guava, sweet grapefruit, honeysuckle in aroma and small cup. Velvety, juicy mouthfeel; fruit and chocolate carry into a deep, drying finish. Carries its complexity into three parts milk, where the fruit rounds a bit and the fudgy chocolate intensifies.

Evaluated as espresso. Not for espresso traditionalists or the faint of palate. Intensely and uncompromisingly bright and floral. Very complex flowers (lavender, jasmine, lily), passion fruit, sandalwood, roasted cacao nib in aroma and small cup. Satiny, lively mouthfeel; richly drying, deeply and ringingly flower-saturated finish. Crisply fruit- and floral-toned in three parts milk, with only a cocoaish hint of chocolate.

Evaluated as espresso. Massively rich, savory sweet, deeply complex. Dark chocolate, black currant, wisteria and lavender, tangerine-like citrus in aroma and small cup. Full, velvety mouthfeel; smooth, flavor-saturated finish. Chocolate turns fudgy and the flowers deepen in three parts milk.

Evaluated as espresso. Lush, sweet, musky. Lily, peach, guava, chocolate in aroma and small cup. Full, syrupy mouthfeel. Very sweet finish with a slight drying edge. Fat and nicely nuanced in three parts milk: continued peach, guava, chocolate.

Evaluated as espresso. Floral-toned, sweetly brisk. Dark chocolate, raspberry, lilac-like flowers, incense-like cedar in aroma and small cup. Light, silky mouthfeel; richly drying, flavor-saturated finish. Briskly complex in three-parts milk: lilac, cedar, chocolate.

Evaluated as espresso. Sweet, intricate, pungently floral. Baker’s chocolate, grapefruit, lavender, stone fruit in aroma and small cup. Lightly satiny, lively mouthfeel. A crisp, floral-toned chocolate dominates in the finish and carries with brisk elegance into three parts milk.

Evaluated as espresso. Deep, resonant, savory-sweet. Black currant, dark chocolate, black sage, dusk-blooming flowers in aroma and small cup. Lightly syrupy, lively mouthfeel; black currant and sage carry into a drying but rich finish. The sweet-savory fruit and chocolate character blooms pleasingly in three parts milk.

Evaluated as espresso. Fruit-forward, chocolaty, intricately structured. Blood orange, dark chocolate, saffron, lavender in aroma and small cup. Plump, silky mouthfeel; citrus, lavender and chocolate notes carry into a long, rich, expansive finish. The chocolate, flowers and fruit round but resonate harmoniously in three parts milk.

Evaluated as espresso. Elegantly floral, bittersweet. Flower-saturated peach, baker’s chocolate, sandalwood, orange zest in aroma and small cup. Light, satiny mouthfeel. Flowers and orange in particular carry into a gently drying finish. The predictable chocolate in three parts milk is nuanced by continued lavender and peach notes.