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Simon Hsieh’s Aroma Roast Coffees
Kenya AA Top 405A Espresso
Location: Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Origin: Central Kenya.
Roast: Medium
Est. Price: NTD$ 1600 / 16 ounces
Review Date: November 2014
Agtron: 47/62
Aroma: 9
Body: 9
Flavor: 10
Aftertaste: 8
With Milk: 9
Blind Assessment:
Evaluated as espresso. Rich, deep, complexly expressed. Fresh-cut cedar, blood orange, roasted cocoa nib, lavender, musk in aroma and cup. Plush, silky mouthfeel. Cedar and lavender carry into a sweet, gently drying finish. Flavor carries impressively into three parts milk, with a crisp, lightly stated chocolate dominating and a fine finish.
以浓缩咖啡来评定。丰富,深刻,多变的呈现。发散的香气和杯间带有新鲜切片的雪松,血橙,烤可可仁,薰衣草,麝香。毛绒,柔滑的口感。杯底留有轻柔的雪松和薰衣草带入的甜香。风味上与牛奶带出令人印象深刻的三个部分,入口清爽,明亮的巧克力主调和与细致的尾段。Notes:
As opposed to most coffees which are carried by ship from origin to consuming country, this fine Kenya was air-lifted. Despite grower discontent and urban encroachment on prime coffee lands, Kenya continues to produce some of the world’s most elegant and distinctive coffees. AA is the highest trade of Kenya coffee based on bean size and freedom from physical imperfections. In addition to his retail roasting operation Aroma Roast Coffees, Simon Hsieh also operates Soaring Phoenix Trading(鳳展商行), a business focused on purposed-built commercial espresso blends and high quality single-origin coffees. Visit tw.myblog.yahoo.com/Grey-Zone or call 886-0983-749876 for more information.
Who Should Drink It: Shows most complexity and definition as a straight shot, but also exciting with milk. Should please aficionados and beginners alike.