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Roasted Coffee

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Blood Orange

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Coffee melanoidins react with the citric acid and anthocyanins of blood orange, creating a complex bitter-sweet-acid triad. The aromatic volatile sulfur compounds pair beautifully.

Morning awakening — bittersweet clarity at dawn

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