Candidates for Favorite Espressos 2020

#1: Post by HB » May 25th, 2020, 10:04 am

How did this happen?! Somehow three years have slipped by since the last Favorite Espressos Review. We'd like to update it, but with community participation. In the first go-around, we'll look at "medium roast/comfort" espresso blends. Please nominate your favorites!

Details: We'll hold a blinded poll to pick the favorite. And rather than the writeups being limited to Team HB, we'll invite anyone who wants to participate to join in. The logistics are being finalized, but the idea is that those who'd like to participate can pay a flat fee for one pound/shipping of a blinded sample. The site will also sponsor two participants by community vote similar to the Home Barista MVP Celebration voting mechanism.

Please limit yourself to three nominees. Thanks!

#2: Post by **Jake_G** » May 25th, 2020, 10:41 am

Since I'm pretty excited about this, I will kick us off!

Nossa Familia Full Cycle
Dragonfly Crema Dolce
Caffe Lusso Lionshare

Cheers!

- Jake

May 25th, 2020, 11:06 am

I'm not sure I could rank these three without having them side by side, but they were all quite memorable, and better than any other medium-roast blends I've tried this year:

1. Gardelli Cignobianco
2. Dragonfly Crema Dolce
3. Cat and Cloud The Answer

#4: Post by **DaveB** » May 25th, 2020, 11:08 am

1. Redbird Blue Jaguar
2. Caffe Lusso GMC
3. Paradise Espresso Nuevo

#5: Post by **RockyIII** » May 25th, 2020, 3:45 pm

1. Caffè Lusso Coffee Roasters - Lionshare Espresso Blend
2. Victrola Coffee Roasters - Streamline Espresso Blend
3. Caffè Lusso Coffee Roasters - Gran Miscela Carmo Espresso Blend

#6: Post by **RapidCoffee** » May 25th, 2020, 4:48 pm

1. Temple Dharma Espresso
2. Klatch Belle Espresso
3. Linea Espresso Blend

#7: Post by **dsblv** » May 25th, 2020, 6:33 pm

Counter Culture Coffee - Big Trouble

#8: Post by **fliz** » May 25th, 2020, 11:02 pm

Can we do one of these for unroasted coffee, too?

#9: Post by **lancealot** » May 26th, 2020, 12:27 am

Redbird - Blue Jaguar*
Linea Caffe - Espresso Linea Blend
Dragonfly Coffee Roasters - Espresso Crema Dolce

*edited

#10: Post by **drgary** » May 26th, 2020, 2:35 pm

fliz wrote:Can we do one of these for unroasted coffee, too?

You can start a thread in the Home Roasting forum to see if there's community interest.