Alaska Coffee Roasting Co.

Ethiopian Yrgacheffe Review
 

score 94		Alaska Coffee Roasting Co. Fairbanks, Alaska Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Reviewed: Sep-99
Aroma: 8 Acidity: 7 Body: 6 Flavor: 8 Aftertaste: 8 Roast: Very Dark
Origin: Africa   Origin Detail: Yirgacheffe growing region, southern Ethiopia.   Notes: Many outstanding Ethiopias are currently coming into the country. Perhaps that accounts for the five single-origin Ethiopia coffees in the cupping. They're all fine, but this one is the finest.   Blind assessment: A light, bright breath of acidity shimmers inside an amazing bouquet of sweet jasmine and darker, woodier fragrances. The cup soars in a delicious, reeling dizziness of flowers, then immediately relaxes into spicy shadows. Somehow, all of the range and complexity remains precariously, elegantly in balance.   Who should drink it: This splendid, versatile coffee should do as well for French press romance as it does for three cups on a bright, workday morning. Or try it on the porch Saturday afternoon, iced with a little half-and-half.