Coffee Reviews by CoffeeReview.com
| California Coffee Roasters | Papua New Guinea |
| Origin: Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea | Review Date: April 2009 |
| Sweet-toned, foresty aroma; co-cupper Jennifer Stone (90) found flowering grass and herb; Ken (91) freshly cut wood and night flowers. In the cup gently bright acidity, full body with lightly syrupy mouthfeel, and continued garden-toned aromatics: flowers (both Ken and Jennifer), nut (Ken), citrus (Jennifer). Sweetness envelopes a slight astringency in the "resonant" (Jennifer) finish. | |
| Overall Rating: 91 points | |
| California Coffee Roasters | Sulawesi Toraja |
| Origin: Toraja growing region, southwestern Sulawesi, Indonesia | Review Date: November 2006 |
| Intense, gently pungent aroma with great, low-toned complexity: vanilla, honey, caramel, banana, semi-sweet chocolate. In the cup a heavy bittersweetness and rough mouthfeel initially dominate, but as the cup begins to cool a honeyish sweetness and rich semi-sweet chocolate emerge and persist into the finish. | |
| Overall Rating: 89 points | |
| California Coffee Roasters | Organic Nicaragua Jinotega |
| Origin: Jinotega growing region, north-central Nicaragua | Review Date: November 2006 |
| Deep, sweetly pungent aroma: cedar, banana-like fruit, a hint of flowers. Big-bodied in the cup, with continued pungently sweet character and limited nuance, mainly cedar and some cedar-toned chocolate. Simple but rich in the finish. | |
| Overall Rating: 86 points | |
| California Coffee Roasters | Monsoon Malabar |
| Origin: Southern India | Review Date: July 2004 |
| In the aroma sweet and pungent with aromatic wood notes and a whiff of fermented fruit. In the cup nutty and sweet; the fermented fruit tones intensify as the cup cools, landing in a potentially intriguing spot somewhere between chocolate and composted apricot. | |
| Overall Rating: 85 points | |
| California Coffee Roasters | Papua New Guinea |
| Origin: Papua New Guinea | Review Date: December 2003 |
| Delicate apple, leather, and milk chocolate notes in the sweet, mid-toned aroma. The cup is explicit in its clear chocolate notes, complicated by dry fruit tones that suggest raisins or dates. Substantial body and a sweet, clean finish. | |
| Overall Rating: 89 points | |
| California Coffee Roasters | Tanzanian Peaberry |
| Origin: Southern slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, northern Tanzania | Review Date: October 2003 |
| A delicate acidity is gently rounded though not obscured by a marvelously tactful dark roast, which also turns the fruit richly chocolate-toned. The chocolate nuance weaves through the profile consistently from aroma through finish. | |
| Overall Rating: 88 points | |
| California Coffee Roasters | Gourmet Blend |
| Origin: South and Central America | Review Date: May 2003 |
| A low-toned but resonant, agreeable blend, crisp with tart, berry-toned fruit. Rather lean-bodied but rich in impression. The finish is sweet and balanced. | |
| Overall Rating: 85 points | |