Of the coffees that Green Mountain sent me, this one was my favorite.
It really surprised me because it is a lighter roast than I like but it is smooth and aromatic with a balanced acidity.
The primary flavor was nutty with

 
The first coffee I brewed when the care package from Green Mountain came in was the Ethiopian Yirgacheffe.   The Archer Farms Yirgacheffe I had tried last winter was a big favorite and i was delighted to see another version in the box.
This was a lighter roast than the Archer Farms, the beans were dryer and lighter in color.  The unmistakable aroma of citrus was there though.

Green Mountain Coffee, if you don’t know, is a coffee company that takes it’s coffee seriously. They deal in organically grown, fair trade, and shade grown coffees and their flavors and blends are spectacular. Hand crafted is all over the coffee from the first sniff to the final slurp.
I like flavored coffees.  Marc can take them or leave them, but to me, sitting in front of the fire with a mug of pumpkin spice coffee, generously colored with rich cream and sweetened with my favorite stevia is almost a spiritual experience.
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