Sunday, September 07, 2003


1, 2, 3, 4

that's the name of the home-roast espresso blend altie and scaa charter c-member jim schulman sent me to try.

actually he sent me 3 little bundles: 1 for don schoenholdt of gillies to cup, and another that i intend to give to colombian coffee federation taster patrick spillman tomorrow. then jim will get the real rundown.

i haven't tried this as a french press coffee yet. but a quick cup with 3 "cups" and several espressos, as well as a macchiato test, give me my own personal taste results:

this dark-medium-dark roast coffee, showing patches of oil, is pungent, full, with an intense cardomom fragrance, as well as assertive dutch bitter cocoa and smoky flavors. the body is buttery and extra-thick.

quite generous crema at 4, 5, and 6 days old. it possesses a truly long and juicy finish. plus, like the black cat blend made by fellow chicagoan doug zell, schulman's blend blankets the tongue.

really, mine was the most amazing milk chocolate color for a good 30 minutes after the last swallow. this is almost always the sign of a rockin' thang. . .

posted by fortune | 1:07 PM | top | link to this | email this: | | |