Whiptail Coffee Reviews
Berkeley, California
4.30(14)
All Reviews(14)
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Theo Chan, Managing Editor1857 roasts rated, avg score of 4.31
5.00 - Average
4.50 - Aroma
5.00 - Value
4.50 - Finish
5.00 - Flavor
5.00 - Acidity
5.00 - Balance
Juicy, complex, smooth. Very balanced acidity. Black tea, honey, persimmon, and peach are what I get. Best Rwandan I can remember having in some time.Cupping Method:Hario v60 pourover, AngelsCup blind tasting
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Theo Chan, Managing Editor
1857 roasts rated, avg score of 4.31
4.50 - Average
4.50 - Aroma
4.50 - Finish
4.50 - Flavor
4.50 - Acidity
4.50 - Balance
Easy drinking Rwandan with some complexity. Very fruity but balanced. Eyeball actually looked like a medium roast with medium large uniform beans. Fantastic cocoa aroma on grind. Definitely drinks like a light roast. Some caramelized sugar and black tea, plus grapefruit and pineapple character.Cupping Method:AngelsCup blind tasting, Hario v60
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Victoria S-C831 roasts rated, avg score of 4.34
4.50 - Average
4.50 - Finish
4.50 - Flavor
4.50 - Acidity
4.50 - Balance
A nice first cup in the morning. Not bitter or sour. Warm yummy cup.Cupping Method:Pourover at home from Angel's Cup blind tasting. Had it straight black.
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Theo Chan, Managing Editor
1857 roasts rated, avg score of 4.31
4.50 - Average
Delicious juicy light roast. Black tea and Concord grape with a mid palate bit of brown sugar sweetness.Cupping Method:V60 pourover, AngelsCup
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Theo Chan, Managing Editor
1857 roasts rated, avg score of 4.31
4.50 - Average
4.50 - Aroma
4.50 - Finish
4.50 - Flavor
4.50 - Acidity
4.50 - Balance
Enticing, nutty, nutella like aroma on the grind. Nice fruitiness when hot but drinks very grapefruit. That mostly goes away as it cools. Then you have a lot of berry, pineapple, and black tea, with a bit of natural honey-like sweetness. A distinctly central America light roast that's very easy to drink. You see some with more complexity, but this is very nice.Cupping Method:Chemex pourover, Angel's Cup blind tasting
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Theo Chan, Managing Editor
1857 roasts rated, avg score of 4.31
4.50 - Average
4.50 - Aroma
4.50 - Finish
4.50 - Flavor
4.50 - Acidity
4.50 - Balance
A very clean, easy-to-drink coffee that's quite different from your typical Mexican, notably diverging from the chocolate/earthy characteristics. Instead, this is a low acidity light roast that drinks very smooth with black tea and red apple character, plus a touch of pineapple. For a light roast, it doesn't have much complexity, but it's so smooth you could drink a gallon of it in 5 minutes.
I'm not sure these beans are distinct from what you usually get from Mexico, or the character comes from Whiptail's distinctive light roast approach.Cupping Method:Angel's Cup blind tasting, made using Chemex.
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Victoria S-C
831 roasts rated, avg score of 4.34
4.50 - Average
A little bit earthy and savory for a light roast. Sage. Low acidity, smooth.Traits: herbaceous -
Theo Chan, Managing Editor
1857 roasts rated, avg score of 4.31
4.50 - Average
3.50 - Finish
4.50 - Flavor
5.00 - Acidity
4.50 - Balance
One of the very best early coffees I reviewed for the site was a Rwandan from Whiptail that was outstanding. I keep trying Whiptail hoping to get back to it. There's is a lot of about this Kenya. It's quite different from the raft of purple fruit Kenyans this year.
Melon and persimmon are the two major notes for me, along with a honeysuckle florality. It's quite naturally sweet but also quite tart. it's a very easy coffee to drink but complex, and I would say the only thing that keeps it from being a five star here is the finish. It has sort of a cloying, acidic linger. It's easily cleared up with a shot of sparkling water, but it wouldn't necessarily be. I wouldn't want to walk out of the café with on the palate.Cupping Method:Drip at Revival in Lexington, MA.
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Theo Chan, Managing Editor
1857 roasts rated, avg score of 4.31
4.00 - Average
5.00 - Aroma
4.00 - Finish
4.00 - Flavor
4.00 - Acidity
4.00 - Balance
Teeny tiny uniform beans. Amazing aroma, like kettle corn at the fair, the sweet caramel kind.
Totally different in the cup but very enjoyable though maybe doesnt quite all come together. Tilts acidic and citrusy with lots of raspberry and mandarin. Its a little too acidic for me but some might like it.Cupping Method:Pourover
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Theo Chan, Managing Editor
1857 roasts rated, avg score of 4.31
4.00 - Average
A very interesting coffee. Honey crisp, raspberry, tropical nose. Very bright and a bit too acidic. I thought the beans were blonde out of the bag. Not quite structured enough for me.Cupping Method:Hario v60 pourover
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Theo Chan, Managing Editor
1857 roasts rated, avg score of 4.31
4.00 - Average
This El Salvador Los Pirineos from Whiptail is very easy to drink, and it's quite smooth and very low acidity.
I have to squint a bit to find the notes I'm seeking in a special light roast. There's some blueberry, a little bit of peach, maybe some maple sugar. But it's clean, and smooth, so I do think this roast has a place for the low acidity/smooth light roast drinkers. It's a bit more unique expression of this formCupping Method:Angel's Cup, blind tasting - made with Chemex
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Theo Chan, Managing Editor
1857 roasts rated, avg score of 4.31
3.50 - Average
3.50 - Aroma
2.50 - Finish
3.00 - Flavor
4.50 - Acidity
3.50 - Balance
Teeny tiny beans! When hot has a strong steak of woody bitterness that makes it hard to drink. Muted a bit but is still present. Overwhelms the good Kenya red berry and bright citrus fruit character and black tea hints on the finish. Its actually almost amazing but then leaves a tree bark aftertaste. VSC and I both sampled this and agreed. We are only leaving one review.Cupping Method:This was an AngelsCup blind tasting and we wonder if it could have been a freshness issue. Made with Hario v60
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One of the very best early coffees I reviewed for the site was a Rwandan from Whiptail that was outstanding. I keep trying Whiptail hoping to get back to it. There's is a lot of about this Kenya. It's quite different from the raft of purple fruit Kenyans this year. Melon and persimmon are the two major notes for me, along with a honeysuckle florality. It's quite naturally sweet but also quite tart. it's a very easy coffee to drink but complex, and I would say the only thing that keeps it from being a five star here is the finish. It has sort of a cloying, acidic linger. It's easily cleared up with a shot of sparkling water, but it wouldn't necessarily be. I wouldn't want to walk out of the café with on the palate.
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Good! I give it a 4 out of 5.
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This El Salvador Los Pirineos from Whiptail is very easy to drink, and it's quite smooth and very low acidity. I have to squint a bit to find the notes I'm seeking in a special light roast. There's some blueberry, a little bit of peach, maybe some maple sugar. But it's clean, and smooth, so I do think this roast has a place for the low acidity/smooth light roast drinkers. It's a bit more unique expression of this form
