This post covers the remaining interesting single origin coffee from AGF's Everblack series. The first was Single Origin Coffee from Ywangan, Shan State, Myanmar. This one is from Sidama, Ethiopia, known for its fruity coffees. 
If you love fruity coffees such as Blue Bottle's fruity medium roasts or certain fruity varieties of Gesha (or Geisha) coffee from Ethiopia, but are on a budget or need something quick and instant, this will be one of the more special instant coffees out there. Usually, instant coffee tends to be associated with non-specialty coffee, so not a lot of brands will offer beans from special or unusual origins, so this AGF Everblack series is quite a treat if you're in need of a nice stick of instant coffee for any reason, and like interesting coffee varieties.
Taste-wise, while it is obviously not as deep and well rounded as barista brewed coffee, this Sidama instant coffee is clearly different from the standard instant coffee, even a cut above more premium instant coffee blends that lean dark roast nutty. There was a clear fruitiness that hits you immediately, even with milk (as I usually drink my coffees). It was almost as clear as the fruitiness in Blue Bottle's or Luckin's Gesha (barista made) milk coffees. I'm guessing they used a medium or light roast that probably helped to bring that out. It tasted a bit like stone fruit or an apricot type of fruitiness, but the online description calls it berry-like, which could also describe it.
However, despite the fruity fragrance and faint tartness, it did not come across as acidic, sour or biting at all, unlike some fruity coffees. (I had it as a latte.) Perhaps it is because many Japanese instant coffees are designed to be consumed with milk such as in the form of a latte, so they ensure that the acidity is toned down to pair with the milk's mellow and creamy taste.
Overall, they must have done some excellent supply chain management and coffee processing to preserve this flavour all the way to the freeze dried powder. This is the official description (click to enlarge) in the Amazon listing (leftmost column), which describes it as a "rich, rich ripe berry". They even describe some of their special processing methods, which refers to fermentation for a few days without exposure to air.
The second column from the left is the Yuangan or Ywangan Myanmar coffee I mentioned that is very unusual, even among barista brewed options as I have never come across Western-style coffee with beans from Myanmar at any cafe before. So if you're curious to try different types of coffee, I recommend just buying them together.
The other two (from Colombia and Brazil) were very ordinary, so I don't recommend getting them. I preferred some of AGF's other freeze dried coffees.
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