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Featured Coffee - Brown Coffee Co. Espresso One: Cottonwood
The Brown Coffee Co. sent a bag of their first ever espresso blend they call Espresso One: Cottonwood, which is English for Alamo.
Fitting for a roasting outfit from San Antonio.
The label on the bag lists a flavor description of a coffee that is “Creamy and complex with a chocolaty base and a plush black currant character.”
For the most part, this description is quite accurate. It’s a three-bean blend of very simple proportions. 25% 25% 50%. Simple. Concise. It’s as close to letting the coffee speak for itself as you can get in a blend intended to be balanced enough for WBC standards to be met(meaning, a very specific defined proportion and balance of specific flavor characteristics with none overpowering of the others).
The chocolate is not so pronounced as in some other blends out there, but there is a distinct berry flavor.. but not a false berry flavor. The flavor is that of fresh produce. This is not something often achieved in espresso blending from my experience. Not overly complex, a medium-heavy body, and one of the smoothest mouthfeels I’ve ever had the pleasure of experiencing.
If you’re looking for a new espresso to try, and you’d like to support a TX roaster, be sure you give this one a try. Guaranteed to please.
TX-Coffee does Coffee.
Yes, we have taste buds too!
I’m going to start doing reviews of signature coffees from independent roasters around the state of Texas, and featuring them here, on the main page.
The Brown Coffee Company was bold enough to be the first in this line of tasting, opining, criticizing, and glory by sending over a bag of their signature espresso blend, “Espresso One: Cottonwood” and a bag of Guatemala Finca Vista Hermosa from the 2007 crop year that just happens to be the #8 CoE placer in this year’s Guatemala Cup of Excellence auction.
Stay tuned. Review(s) to come.
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