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City+ brews are centered around honey, syrupy mouthfeel, molasses bread, pulpy fruit, lemongrass accent, and inky body. Big dark chocolate flavors at Full City along with a maraschino cherry note. City+ to Full City.

Layered sweetness gives way to subtle baking spice and apple accents, black tea, and lemon water acidity. Balanced sweet and bitter flavors and Full City shows rich dark chocolate and cherry notes. City+ to Full City+. Good for espresso. 

The level of sweetness ranks high (8.8!) - sugar in the raw, cream caramel, light brown sugar - with spiced flecks of cinnamon powder, hints of apple and pear and structuring acidity. City to Full City. Good for espresso.

Murambi is a light to medium-bodied cup with mouth cleansing acidity. Flavors of turbinado and sucanat are accented by top notes of black currant, dried apple, rhubarb and mulling spice. City to City+.

Yagikawa excels at City+ and beyond yielding opaque body, turbinado sugar, molasses, cinnamon and ginger spice, and cocoa powder. City+ to Full City+. Good for espresso.

Dried and cooked fruits are shadowed by earth-toned sugars; natural dried apricot, coconut flakes, cooked strawberry, chocolate-dipped banana, rice syrup, rustic palm sugars and baking cocoa. Intense cup. City+ to Full City. Wild espresso.

Dabi has cooked fruit and rustic earth notes, flavor accents include dried berry, cantaloupe, musky cherimoya, and canned plums. Bittersweet and earth-toned chocolate at Full City along with big berry character. City+ to Full City+. Good espresso.

At City Tome shows a perfumed, sweet cup character with intense florals and simple syrup sweetness,  elegant top notes of Earl Grey tea, mace, strawberry hard candy and lemon-like acidity. City to City+.

Palm sugar sweetness, blueberry, dried cranberry and peach, citrus peel, and green tea aroma. A somewhat rustic herbal and aromatic wood overlay lends 'dry process' appeal. Full City. Good for espresso.

Full City constructs the more well-rounded cup in my opinion, where dark fruit, bittersweetness, and acidity all seemed to fall in place. Delicious blueberry, bittersweet dark cacao, grapefruit juice, and surprisingly vibrant acidity. City+ to Full City.

Full City works well and roast development shining a light on rich, bittersweet chocolate flavors and tangy citrus notes, like orange-infused dark chocolate. For those who enjoy a vibrant espresso shot this one's for you. Full City.

Aberdare AA is a spiced cup with a dark sugar sweetness, notes of grape, cinnamon stick and tart cranberry lemonade, along with a sandalwood impression in the long aftertaste. City+ to Full City+.

Sticky fruit character along with molasses type sweeteners; blueberry, dried apricot, apple and date, dried date rolls with coconut and cacao nibs. City+ to Full City+. Good for espresso.

Cyato shows deep caramelizing sugar sweetness with lovely citrus-like brightness, and top notes of Mandarin orange, slippery elm tea, raisin, and a brown sugary sweet finishing note. City to Full City. Good for espresso.

Brown rice syrup and molasses sweetness, slippery elm and simple black tea, lively acidity, pungent baking spices, big body, and layers of chocolate when roasted dark. City+ to Full City. Good for espresso.

Brewing light roasts offers soft accents of black tea, dried apple, and raisin atop a sweetness that has the transparency of simple syrup, and a finish marked by notes of Earl Grey tea, and roasted barley. City to City+.

Gaseke makes a unique, herbal cup at City+. Licorice root and lemongrass tea flavors comes through, and date sugar sweetness goes the long haul in the finish. A bodied brewed coffee. City+ to Full City+.

Medium roasts show balanced sweet/bittering flavors, elements of buckwheat pancakes with maple syrup, bittering powdered cocoa, licorice hint and an aromatic woody aroma. City+ to Full City. Good for espresso.

Intense dry process flavors of sweet and wine-like fruits, blueberry jam, dark dried berries, unrefined sugar sweetness, and cacao nib hints. A fairly clean dry process coffee. City+ to Full City.

Chocolate and sweet grain accent notes come together like carob bar, with a hint of lemon peel, Dutch drinking cocoa, and "woodsy" pine note in the finish. City+ to Full City+.