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Tasting Guide

ACIDITY:Not a negative word when describing coffee.  It means a Sharp or piquant, pleasing tartness which gives coffee snap.
AROMA:This is the pleasing smell sensation which comes from freshly brewed coffee.  One of the best scents in the world.
BODY: Body is the sense of heaviness at the back of the tongue that a particular coffee gives.
FLAVOR:This is the all-encompassing coffee term and includes the Impressions of acidity, aroma and body.
MELLOW:A mellow coffee has a low or medium acidity and flavor that is full,  well balanced and favorable.
STRONG:This term is used to indicate the intensity of a particular aspect of a coffee, just like in everything  else.
WINY:Winy is a characteristic of certain fine coffees which have thick body and a mellow quality.