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Reviews for Old Soul Co.

91

Old Soul Co.

The Mid-Range Half-Caff Blend

Review Date: Apr 2024
Price: $20.00/12 ounces

Crisply sweet-tart, spice-toned. Cinnamon candy, lime zest, baking chocolate, walnut, brown sugar in aroma and cup. Briskly sweet acidity; crisp, velvety mouthfeel. Spice-toned finish with walnut undertones.

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94

Old Soul Co.

El Salvador Finca Loma La Gloria Natural Process “Unicorn Lot”

Review Date: Apr 2024
Price: $20.00/12 ounces

Evaluated as espresso. Chocolate, mango and sweet lime animate this satiny bodied espresso. Impressive stone-fruit sweetness is complicated by an engaging resiny edge co-taster John DiRuocco (94) and Ken (93) both associated with mango. Mango and chocolate crisply and sweetly persist in three parts milk.

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94

Old Soul Co.

El Salvador Finca Loma La Gloria Yellow Honey

Review Date: Nov 2023
Price: $20.00/12 ounces

Crisp, richly sweet-tart. Dark chocolate, dried nectarine, narcissus, almond brittle, cane sugar in aroma and cup. Brightly sweet structure with juicy acidity; plush, creamy mouthfeel. The finish centers around notes of chocolaty nectarine.

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94

Old Soul Co.

Costa Rica La Laguna Lot — Reserve Series

Review Date: Nov 2023
Price: $23.00/12 ounces

Deeply sweet, fruity and bright. Bing cherry, dark chocolate, snickerdoodle, pistachio, sweet lime in aroma and cup. Sweet-tart structure with brisk acidity; plush, satiny-smooth mouthfeel. The crisply fruit-toned finish is supported by pistachio and dark chocolate notes.

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93

Old Soul Co.

Ethiopia Hamasho Farm

Review Date: Nov 2023
Price: $20.00/12 ounces

Richly aromatic, crisply sweet. Pomegranate, cocoa nib, goji berry, cedar, baking chocolate in aroma and cup. Balanced, red apple-like acidity; crisp, velvety mouthfeel. Especially flavor-saturated finish, resonant and long.

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93

Old Soul Co.

Honduras Reserve Luis Nolasco Nanolot

Review Date: Apr 2022
Price: $21.00/12 ounces

Crisply sweet, bright and balanced. Cocoa nib, cherry, brown sugar, lemon thyme, magnolia in aroma and cup. Sweetly tart with brisk acidity; plush, syrupy mouthfeel. Cocoa-toned finish with notes of brown sugar and magnolia.

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93

Old Soul Co.

Democratic Republic of Congo Mighty Peace Mapendo

Review Date: Mar 2022
Price: $20.00/12 ounces

Deep, balanced, richly sweet. Pear, almond butter, marjoram, orange zest, cocoa nib in aroma and cup. Sweet-toned structure with citric acidity; crisp, satiny mouthfeel. Notes of orange zest and marjoram complicate a sweetly nut-toned finish.

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94

Old Soul Co.

Whiskey Dreams Moka Java

Review Date: Feb 2022
Price: $18.00/12 ounces

Sweetly spice-toned, gently fermenty. Dark chocolate, fennel, raspberry jam, whiskey barrel, lemon balm in aroma and cup. Brightly sweet with juicy acidity; plush, creamy mouthfeel. The resonant finish centers around notes of whiskey-toned raspberry and oak.

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92

Old Soul Co.

Ethiopia Lecho Torka

Review Date: Nov 2021
Price: $20.00/12 ounces

Flavor-saturated, sweetly tart. Candy apple, lime zest, cocoa nib, freesia-like flowers, fresh-cut fir in aroma and cup. Gently tart structure with crisp acidity; velvety-smooth mouthfeel. Wood-framed finish with undertones of cocoa nib and lime zest.

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93

Old Soul Co.

Colombia Monteblanco Gesha Cold Fermentation

Review Date: Nov 2019
Price: $40.00/8 ounces

Richly sweet-savory. Black tea, dried lavender, baking chocolate, fresh peach, fresh sugarcane in aroma and cup. Sweet-tart-savory structure with rich, vibrant acidity; plump, syrupy mouthfeel. The gentle finish centers around savory notes of black tea with sugarcane and a hint of lavender.

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90

Old Soul Co.

Colombia Monteblanco Purple Caturra Natural

Review Date: Mar 2019
Price: $19.00/12 ounces

Sweet, nut-toned. Pistachio, lilac, dried lemon zest, very ripe papaya, cedar in aroma and cup. Roundly sweet-tart in structure; delicately plump in mouthfeel. Nut and floral notes carry a quietly satisfying finish.

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92

Old Soul Co.

El Salvador Loma La Gloria Natural (Espresso)

Review Date: Aug 2018
Price: $20.00/250 grams

Evaluated as espresso. Bright, lively, sweet-toned. Bergamot, cherry, magnolia, roasted cacao nib, almond in aroma and small cup. Velvety mouthfeel; sweetly tart, richly drying finish. Cherry tones come forward in three parts milk, supported by deep chocolate.

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93

Old Soul Co.

El Salvador Loma La GLoria Natural

Review Date: Aug 2018
Price: $20.00/250 grams

Deeply sweet and bright; rich-toned. Dried mango, honey, apple blossom, pink peppercorn, oak in aroma and cup. Sweet-tart in structure with juicy acidity; velvety-smooth mouthfeel. The fruit-driven finish is resonant, consolidating to notes of dried mango, honey and oak.

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93

Old Soul Co.

Brazil Fazenda São Bento

Review Date: May 2018
Price: $18.00/12 ounces

Deeply and sweetly pungent, juicy. Black currant, orange zest, cocoa, lavender, oak in aroma and cup. Sweetly and gently tart in structure, gently savory-edged. Light but silky, lively mouthfeel. Quietly rich finish: orange zest and lavender.

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90

Old Soul Co.

Decaf Ethiopia Sidamo

Review Date: Nov 2017
Price: $19.50/12 ounces

Surprising and melodic, delicate yet vivid. Lilac and lemon blossom, fresh sweet grass, honey, moist pipe tobacco, fresh-cut elm in aroma and cup. In structure subtly and sweetly tart. Very light, silky mouthfeel. Unexpectedly rich and flavor-saturated in the finish: pipe tobacco, honey, lemon blossom.

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92

Old Soul Co.

El Salvador La Loma Gloria Washed

Review Date: Jun 2017
Price: $19.50/12 ounces

Delicate, crisply sweet. Violet candy, hazelnut butter, lemon verbena, molasses, cedar in aroma and cup. Bright, juicy acidity; lightly silky mouthfeel. The quiet finish settles to notes of lemon verbena and molasses.

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93

Old Soul Co.

Nicaragua Reserve Los Congos Pacamara Washed Process

Review Date: Jan 2017
Price: $20.00/250 grams

Delicate yet lush, gently bright. Dried peach, ripe orange, candied walnut, hints of fresh-cut cedar and cinnamon in aroma and cup. Roundly balanced acidity; satiny, light-footed mouthfeel. Walnut, cedar and orange in particular carry into a crisp but sweet finish.

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93

Old Soul Co.

Nicaragua Reserve Los Congos Pacamara Natural Process

Review Date: Jan 2017
Price: $20.00/250 grams

Deep, sweetly and richly pungent. Rum, oak, dark chocolate, ripe blueberry, lavender in aroma and cup. Backgrounded but resonant acidity; full, syrupy mouthfeel. Rum and lavender in particular show up in a quietly flavor-saturated finish.

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92

Old Soul Co.

Ethiopia Washed Shatawene Gr. 1

Review Date: Nov 2016
Price: $19.50/12 ounces

Delicate, sweetly tart. Lemon zest, nougat, cedar, mango, narcissus-like flowers in aroma and cup. Crisp, gentle acidity; lean, silky mouthfeel. The richly drying finish consolidates around aromatic wood tones, with intimations of sweet-tart mango.

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92

Old Soul Co.

Panama Elida Natural Lot #26

Review Date: Nov 2016
Price: $20.00/250 grams

Fruit-toned, deeply pungent. Blueberry, rum cordial, fresh-cut fir, baker’s chocolate, gardenia-like flowers in aroma and cup. Fruit-forward acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. The quiet finish is characterized by cocoa-toned blueberry in the short and hints of aromatic wood in the long.

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