I have just finished drinking an espresso blend from Intelligentsia called “Black Cat”. While this blend is a stable espresso blend, the actual beans used change seasonally. The idea (for those of you who don’t know) is that coffee is a seasonal crop and different beans from particular farms/estate may be more available at different times than others.
The Black Cat blend was comprised of coffee from the Minas Gerais region in Brazil and another bean from Tarrazu in Costa Rica.
This espresso blend was great in milk based coffees – with a pleasant chocolate flavour and some sweet fruit. The body was medium with a moderate/slightly bright amount of acidity, due in part to a slightly lighter roast than is typical for an Australian espresso roast.
Recently I also purchased some Ethiopian coffee called “Nekisse”. I bought this from the guys at The Source Espresso bar in Mosman. I had this in store on the Clover coffee machine. This was a stand out coffee for me. It was very clean and sweet with some soft berry notes (perhaps blueberries, some say strawberry and others say musk!).
I brought some Nekisse home to use on my Expobar Minore III, but only ever had it via my pour over filter cone and Hario siphon! It was a light espresso roast, so it worked well filter style.
Very enjoyable!
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