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Ethiopia Sidamo: coffee that tastes like strawberries and cream

a cup of ethiopia sidamo at gladstone coffeeYesterday I picked "Ethiopia Sidamo" from the thermal pot at my fave local coffee shop, on a whim. I almost never go with the boring, ordinary Colombian house blend. Sometimes I'm wowed by my alternative selection, other times it's just coffee.

Color me wowed. I can't get enough of this stuff. It tastes like berries. No lie. And I'm sure you're thinking, coffee that tastes like berries? I totally passed that raspberry-flavored stuff up in the coffee aisle at my grocery store. But this is more a terroir thing (do they call it terroir in coffee?). The coffee beans, they're not that different from grapes, after all. Roasting brings out these amazingly complex and, yes, fruity flavors. According to the roaster, Stumptown Coffee, "The cup is Neopolitan ice cream... Intense chocolate, strawberry and creamy vanilla flavors in every sip." Plus it's organic and fair-trade and ohmigod I am so in love with this coffee. I wish I could give you a taste, you'd never be the same.

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Cee

4-07-2006 @2:54AM Cee said... What would you drink with this coffee? Straight or with sugar, milk...?
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Greg

4-10-2006 @11:13PM Greg said... My coffee package arrived today and I just had a chance to try this coffee - it REALLY does taste like strawberries - it is a totally new and different coffee experience. Great find and thanks!
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frelkins

4-13-2006 @4:10PM frelkins said... berry flavors like this are often found in the highest-quality ethiopians. they are luscious and desirable. enjoy them!

wait til you have a splendid, juicy blueberry harrar. some sidamos have an amazing, drool-worthy ripe apricot feel to them. those are gorgeous coffees.
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Neil

4-21-2006 @11:44AM Neil said... I disagree...I had this coffee twice at a local SB--it did not taste fruity like other Ethiopian coffees I have had. I have been roasting coffee for years and my most recent Ethiopian was "Fruity Pebbles"-esque...not a real fruit, but "fruity."
At SB, it had the distinct flavor of anise. It was so distinct that I was rather taken back by it. This was confirmed by me on the next time I went in and they again offered it.
I did not enjoy the flavor that much, but that is completely subjective and I can see why someone would like it.
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Alex

11-15-2006 @7:59AM Alex said... I'd like drink this coffee with milk.

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