Found this forum a little late as well, but this one is one of the best the calendar has had to offer so far. Intense cherry flavor upon first sip with a semi-sweet chocolate finish to balance ever...

Due to a silly mix-up, accidentally made this cup a few days early. I believe everyone is definitely in for a treat with this one! Intense sweetness straight away and then waves of complex flavors...

Absolutely delicious. I brewed this coffee in an Origami with white Kalita 185 paper filter at a 1:16 ratio using my Ode Gen 2 with standard burrs at the 3.66 setting and the Melodrip device to man...

This coffee tasted pretty faded to me, but I bet it was so yummy earlier in the season!! I've turned the advent calendar into a game where I blind taste and guess each coffee--anyone else doing thi...

@Alan Carpenter I would agree I think on the nose the strawberry/red fruit is very prevalent. In my opinion, It's almost like it was co-fermented with strawberries. It reminded me of this offering ...

I use a basic Bodum grinder set to one notch past "pourover" setting, and an OXO auto brewer, 25g to 400ml, and this has been the best tasting coffee compared to the "Framily" option, for me. ...

Brewed on a V60 w/ the standard recipe. One of the mildest Ethiopians I've had in a while, and overall a pleasant cup. I can taste strawberry like you would get in a jam, and definitely a semi-swee...

I love it when the tasting notes and the coffee match up; it becomes an educational experence for me.  The Orange and Sparkling totally came through in this coffee.  Sparkling was a stran...

From the moment I started brewing this one I could smell fruit, but it was oddly more like fruit loops to me than real fruit. Flavor wise I would say that isn't the case, its fruity though I'm not ...

I really enjoyed this one. It hit different than I expected - I was assuming it would be a lot of tart berry notes like other Ethiopian naturals I've had, but this one instead for me was more of a ...

@Mike Stewart thanks for that hot (cool) tip! I waited to try today's coffee and it was much more pleasant on the first few sips. I smelled more "grape" during the brewing process than I tasted. It...

A few years back I read in James Hoffman's "Best of Jimseven" that he discovered from a friend how shockingly good cooled espresso was compared to a hot shot.  From this standpoint I don't see...

I'm also noticing many of these coffees shine once cooled down a bit. This one was pretty good!

I’ve the years I’ve strayed away from Ethiopians due to some of them having a winey taste that my palette doesn’t like anymore. Plus i also drank a ton of it for years. But this o...

Of cousre, I'm late, because of travel, but this is also quite good. I found the mouth feel good and it is a smooth coffee with less brightness than the last ones. I liked the taste later of sweet ...

I'm excited about every Ethiopian coffee in this Advent and this one does not disappoint. While I didn't get the grape, the sweet tea and strawberry came through with a sweetness I can't identify a...

Black tea is the predominant flavor in the blends most shops in the US (that I've been to) use with their espresso drinks.  I don't really want a black tea-flavored cap.  Black tea freque...

@Alan Carpenter I find that if the flavor tends toward caramel with a light roast it's probably being overextracted, the exception being the so-called "dark" flavored light roasts

I'm enjoying this one today. Absolutely fruit notes when smelling it during brewing. It was crazy how different it was. Tasting I'm getting the tea, almost a dry mouth feel. Its interesting, I get...

Optimal drinking temp is supposedly 135F - 145F. I have my Ember mug set to 136F. In my limited experience, fruity and sweet notes don't come out until a brew has cooled down to that range (or cool...

@David Wills it does seem like a challenge. My favorite local roaster hosted a lunch hour roast profile overview comparing several of their coffees, and only two people showed up.

Santa Rosa was a solid roast/bean. Nutty, rich flavors that are long lasting on the palate. Hints of tobacco. Did it as a short espresso [ristretto]

Today's offering was pretty nice, I definitely agree with the black tea notes. But does/did anyone else get a clove or a cinnamon note on the finish? That was the most memorable note and I absolute...

@Danny Lovell one of my local coffee shops offered something similar over the summer but I haven't seen them do it again. They said it's hard to staff for an event like that on top of the normal op...