Favorite Espresso Blends 2014 - Page 4
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C2 is Ipsento's Wildfire Espresso Blend.
Traditionally, this is a sweet and bright blend made with Central and Brazilian coffee. This time around it is a blend of 65% washed Huehuetenango La Esperanza and 35% pulp natural Mogiana FAF. In the cafe, this tastes like a normal iteration of wildfire; but the tasting panel found it to be very finicky. My guess is that this is due to the Huehuetenango. I've found coffees from this region to be total SOBs for SO espresso. They can very good indeed when they are pulled just right, but most shots tend to be thin and acidic.
Ipsento is about five years old, and is my favorite of the new generation of coffee roasters. We Chicago HBer's had one of our best meetups at Ipsento; and they are dedicated to promoting coffee appreciation, giving home barista and tasting classes on a regular basis.
Traditionally, this is a sweet and bright blend made with Central and Brazilian coffee. This time around it is a blend of 65% washed Huehuetenango La Esperanza and 35% pulp natural Mogiana FAF. In the cafe, this tastes like a normal iteration of wildfire; but the tasting panel found it to be very finicky. My guess is that this is due to the Huehuetenango. I've found coffees from this region to be total SOBs for SO espresso. They can very good indeed when they are pulled just right, but most shots tend to be thin and acidic.
Ipsento is about five years old, and is my favorite of the new generation of coffee roasters. We Chicago HBer's had one of our best meetups at Ipsento; and they are dedicated to promoting coffee appreciation, giving home barista and tasting classes on a regular basis.
Jim Schulman
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Thanks Jim! Now that the identity of C2 has been revealed, we'll post our comments for C3. If you want to play along, see Jim's first posts for the three Chicago coffees and don't click the "spoiler" links until you've had a chance to taste yourself.
Dan Kehn
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