• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Coffee Review

The World's Leading Coffee Guide

Advanced Search

  • Reviews
    • Latest Reviews
    • Top 30 Coffees of 2024
    • Top-Rated (94+)
    • Espressos
    • Best Values
    • Taiwan Coffees – 台灣送評的咖啡豆
    • Single-Serve Formats
    • Reviews by Country of Origin
    • Reviews by U.S. City
    • Green/Unroasted
    • Advanced Search
    • Equipment Reviews
  • Reports
    • Latest Reports
    • Africa
    • Americas
    • Asia-Pacific
    • Espressos
    • Annual Top 30
    • Processing Method
    • Social/Environmental
    • Tree Variety
    • Blends
    • Equipment
  • Equipment
    • Equipment Reviews
    • Equipment Reports
  • Journal
    • Top 30 Coffees of 2024
    • How Coffee Review Works
  • About
    • Our Story
    • Kenneth Davids
    • Our Team
    • Our Advertisers
    • Learn
      • Interpreting Coffee Reviews
      • Reference
      • Glossary
    • Contact Us
  • Trade
    • 2024 Editorial Calendar
    • Becoming an Advertiser
    • 2024 Media Kit
    • Campaign Package Deals
    • Getting Coffees Reviewed
    • Quoting Reviews
    • Award Certificates
  • 中文 – Chinese
    • 評介和獎章宣傳使用條款
    • 台灣送評的咖啡豆
    • 如何將您的咖啡送評
    • “行銷攻略” 促銷活動

Shop for top-rated coffees at Durango Coffee Company

Shop for Top-rated coffees at Barrington Coffee Roasters

Shop for top-rated coffees at Kakalove in Taiwan


Reviews for San Francisco Bay Coffee

95

San Francisco Bay Coffee

Kona Extra Fancy

Review Date: Oct 2022
Price: $45.99/12 ounces

Richly chocolaty, balanced, deep-toned. Dark chocolate, persimmon, roasted almond butter, magnolia, oak forest in aroma and cup. Sweet in structure with vibrant, apple-like malic acidity; plush, viscous mouthfeel. Integrated, flavor-saturated, very long finish.

Read Complete Review >
91

San Francisco Bay Coffee

Private Reserve Colombia Antioquia

Review Date: Apr 2021
Price: $12.99/11 ounces

Cocoa-toned, balanced. Cocoa powder, date, magnolia, orange zest, hazelnut in aroma and cup. Sweet in structure with gentle, round acidity; satiny-smooth mouthfeel. The gently drying finish centers around notes of cocoa powder and orange zest with undertones of magnolia.

Read Complete Review >
90

San Francisco Bay Coffee

Private Reserve Rwanda Huye

Review Date: Apr 2021
Price: $12.99/11 ounces

Sweetly nut- and cocoa-toned. Baking chocolate, almond, raisin, lily, fresh-cut fir in aroma and cup. Sweet-toned structure with brisk acidity; velvety mouthfeel. Wood-framed finish with notes of fir and baking chocolate.

Read Complete Review >
88

San Francisco Bay Coffee

Private Reserve Panama La Huaca

Review Date: Apr 2021
Price: $12.99/11 ounces

Gently fruit-toned, wood-framed. Prune, balsa wood, cashew, lemon zest, a hint of gardenia in aroma and cup. Sweet-savory structure with gently bittersweet acidity; velvety mouthfeel. Notes of balsa wood and cashew drive the finish.

Read Complete Review >
92

San Francisco Bay Coffee

Private Reserve Ethiopia Barrel-Aged

Review Date: Mar 2021
Price: $12.99/10 ounces

Gently fruit-toned. Raspberry jam, wine barrel, dark chocolate, hazelnut, gardenia in aroma and cup. Sweet-toned with brisk acidity; velvety-smooth mouthfeel. The finish evokes hard berry cider with chocolate and gardenia undertones.

Read Complete Review >
91

San Francisco Bay Coffee

Private Reserve Costa Rica Naranjo

Review Date: Mar 2021
Price: $12.99/11 ounces

Crisply sweet, cocoa-toned. Cocoa powder, orange zest, fresh date, cedar, lily in aroma and cup. Sweet structure with pert acidity; crisp, silky mouthfeel. Finish consolidates to notes of cocoa powder and lily with cedar undertones.

Read Complete Review >
90

San Francisco Bay Coffee

Private Reserve Guatemala Medina Estate

Review Date: Mar 2021
Price: $12.99/11 ounces

Delicate, sweetly nut-toned. Candied walnut, persimmon, grapefruit zest, oak, magnolia in aroma and cup. Richly sweet structure with gentle, round acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. The gently drying finish is redolent of candied walnut.

Read Complete Review >
91

San Francisco Bay Coffee

Butare Huye of Rwanda

Review Date: Dec 2019
Price: $17.99/12 ounces

Richly sweet, balanced. Orange zest, baking chocolate, black tea, pear, oak in aroma and cup. Sweet-tart in structure with brisk acidity; satiny-smooth mouthfeel. The resonant though tannic finish is carried by notes of baking chocolate and fresh-cut cedar.

Read Complete Review >
90

San Francisco Bay Coffee

La Finca Medina of Guatemala

Review Date: Dec 2019
Price: $17.99/12 ounces

Crisp, sweetly nut-toned. Hazelnut butter, magnolia, molasses, date, gently scorched cedar in aroma and cup. Sweet-toned structure with gentle, round acidity; velvety mouthfeel. The rich though drying finish centers around nut and cedar notes.

Read Complete Review >
88

San Francisco Bay Coffee

Peaberry Blend

Review Date: Dec 2019
Price: $17.99/12 ounces

Roast-prominent, chocolaty, wood-framed. Dark chocolate, lily-like flowers, raisin, scorched fir, brown sugar in aroma and cup. Sweet-savory structure with mild acidity; full, satiny mouthfeel. The gently drying, chocolaty finish is supported by smoky fir and raisin notes.

Read Complete Review >
87

San Francisco Bay Coffee

Colombian Supremo

Review Date: May 2019
Price: $18.99/2 pounds

Richly roasty and chocolaty, floral-toned. Dark chocolate, scorched cedar, magnolia, raisin, cashew in aroma and cup. Bittersweet structure, with a hint of rounded acidity; full, plump mouthfeel. The drying, resonant finish consolidates to cocoa-toned cashew and smoky aromatic wood notes.

Read Complete Review >
94

San Francisco Bay Coffee

Panama Geisha

Review Date: Sep 2017
Price: $29.99/12 ounces
No. 27 Coffee of 2017

Roast-encapsulated complexity; sweetly and exhilaratingly pungent. Richly scorched cedar, rose-like flowers, orange zest, black sage, a hint of cocoa-ish chocolate in aroma and cup. Bittersweet but zesty in structure; light though plush mouthfeel. Flowers and cocoa in particular carry into a roasty but cleanly sweet-toned finish.

Read Complete Review >
91

San Francisco Bay Coffee

Wine-Barrel-Aged Ethiopia

Review Date: May 2017
Price: $19.99/12 ounces

Very sweet; quietly layered complexity. Dried jasmine, alcohol-toned raspberry, roasted cacao nib, scorched oak, grapefruit zest in aroma and cup. Light-footed, delicate acidity; light, silky mouthfeel. Floral and raspberry notes carry into a rather dry, roast-dominated finish.

Read Complete Review >
93

San Francisco Bay Coffee

Panama Geisha

Review Date: Jan 2016
Price: $29.99/12 ounces

Roast-toned and floral. Singed oak, pomegranate, lavender, baker’s chocolate in aroma and cup. Quiet, juicy acidity; plump, syrupy mouthfeel. Hints of lavender and cocoa in the gently drying finish.

Read Complete Review >
90

San Francisco Bay Coffee

Sumatra Mandheling

Review Date: Dec 2015
Price: $14.99/12 ounces

Intensely and sweetly roasty. Baker’s chocolate, scorched cedar, hints of apple and grapefruit in aroma and cup. Lightly syrupy, plump mouthfeel. The finish is drying but richly chocolate-toned.

Read Complete Review >
89

San Francisco Bay Coffee

Reserve 100% Panama Geisha

Review Date: Mar 2015
Price: $29.99/12 ounces

Deep, richly roasty, chocolate- and fruit-toned. Lightly scorched cedar, dark chocolate, musk, apricot in aroma and cup. Sweet, roast-rounded acidity; lightly plush mouthfeel. The finish is dry and roast-toned with a backgrounded chocolaty sweetness.

Read Complete Review >

Primary Sidebar

Shop for top-rated coffees at Durango Coffee Company

Shop for Top-rated coffees at Barrington Coffee Roasters

Shop for top-rated coffees at Kakalove in Taiwan

Become an advertiser

Get Coffees Reviewed

 

Connect with Us

Sign Up for Our Free E-Newsletter

Enter your email address below to receive our free e-mail newsletter
  • Coffee Reviews
  • Tasting Reports
  • Reference
  • Glossary
  • Please Support Our Advertisers
  • Contact Us
  • Journal
  • Kenneth Davids
  • Interpreting Coffee Reviews
  • Roast Definitions
  • Caveats about Coffee Ratings
  • Editorial Calendar
  • Getting Coffees Reviewed
  • Advertising Opportunities
  • Quoting Reviews
  • Copyright
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Site Security

Copyright © 2024 Coffee Review. All Rights Reserved.