Easy drinking Rwandan with some complexity. Very fruity but balanced. Eyeball actually looked like a medium roast with medium large uniform beans. Fantastic cocoa aroma on grind. Definitely drinks like a light roast. Some caramelized sugar and black tea, plus grapefruit and pineapple character.

Cupping Method:AngelsCup blind tasting, Hario v60

Caff Nero has a good medium espresso that is easy to drink and balanced with good acidity. They have great gear and process. It has a little more complexity than run of the mill espresso.

Cupping Method:Cimbali M39 at Caff Nero in Burlington MA

Very smooth. No fireworks but something you could drink every day that's balanced with good acidity. Characteristics - I get milk chocolate and cherry. All pleasant.

Cupping Method:Pourover at Clover Food Lab

Blind tasting via Angelscup.

A nice light roast. Strongest note is black tea, and I also get some bergamot and a tropical hint like a guava. Good acidity and fairly smooth. Slightly grapefruit hint in the aftertaste but other might.

Cupping Method:Hario v60 Pourover

Angelscup blind tasting.

As the description we got for the coffee actually said, we did have this on a rainy day and it is a nice treat. Wonderful cocoa, nutty aroma on the grind. Honduras La Fraternidad really improves as it cools down. Tropical (maybe pineapple and skin-on starfruit) with a lot of natural sweetness.

More easy drinking light roast than super complex. Very clean finish. Almost too smooth and easy to drink as it's gone so fast!

Cupping Method:Hario v60, Angelscup blind tasting

Nice light platform bordering on mint black tea. Citrusy accent like lime and clementine. Very smooth and balanced. Totally different from the rich cocoa and nutty pre extraction grind.

Cupping Method:Angelscup blind tasting.

A gorgeous-looking roast and aroma out of the bag with uniform beans. Though it came as a blind tasting in an Angel's Cup set it looked more like a medium than a light roast. Theodore's lists it as light medium.

The aroma on the grind is amazing, rich chocolate brownie, nutty. Cocoa and black tea are present. It's slightly herbaceous and carries a lot of fruit and natural sweetness. Very smooth and easy to drink.

Cupping Method:Hario v60 pourover

I'm a bit annoyed at Angelscup that this was in my light roast sampling box since it's clearly a medium roast. That said I'd be very happy if I was expecting a medium roast. It's very smooth and has a wonderful aroma. I think nutty and cocoa is spot on. I get some lingering orange marmelade.

Cupping Method:Hario v60 dripper

A bit uneven looking roast. Super smooth. Black tea, white peach. Just the slightest touch of grapefruit but not bitter. Super easy drinking. Very clean finish.

Cupping Method:Hario v60 dripper

Juicy with very bright acidity and a clean finish. Caramel, blood orange, and red grape were notes me.

Cupping Method:Pourover Chemex

My notes are that had Batamba August of 2022 at the Millenium Park Intelligentsia and rated it 4.5 stars. I was running between meetings and didn't take more detailed notes.

Cupping Method:Pourover at Intelligentsia Millenium Park

No fireworks but so smooth and easy to drink with a nice acidity. Definitely get a raisin/grape and orange. Somewhere between caramel and a black tea platform. Like it a lot.

Cupping Method:Pourover at Intelligentsia Watertown

Of the regularly available blends, I like 3 Africas. It's pretty versatile, I get good results in the espresso machine, it works in pourover and french press. Definitely a raisinish-chocolate character with a touch of acidity.

I find myself frequently in Gregorys during New York work trips and I like their house drip coffee, both hot and iced. Smooth, chocolate notes, but with some acidity.

Cupping Method:Hot and cold, usually in cafe in NYC

Good dark roast cold brew. Dark roast lovers will love it. Dark chocolate cake, a lot of bold flavor. Nitro balances it out!

Cupping Method:Cold brew can from Codman Farm

I think this is as described (grapefruit, kumquat, hibiscus, maple). It makes it very interesting. I always admire when a roaster gets it spot on. Those are characteristics I like a lot but others might not. Grapefruit to me is very clear in this and thats not what everyone loves in their coffee.

Part of Messenger Sumatra tasting set.

Cupping Method:Hario v60 pourover

A go-to classic that I've long used for Espresso and Moka Pot. Sometimes we miss it as we explore more new coffees and grab a ca. Also had as doppios in many cafes all over the world!

Cupping Method:Espresso, MokaPot

This is a crazy good dark roast expresso. The crema is insane. Rich dark chocolate, a touch of acidity, great balance, and structure. Makes an amazing iced Americano.

Angels cup blind tasting in front of coffee flavor wheel.

Maple syrup, very earthy, black tea, candied grapefruit, maybe a touch hoppy. I like it overall but might not be for everyone.

Super good, balanced, fruity, smooth. Acidity is bright and clean. Creamy even though not a nitro. Not super complex but could drink these all days.

Cupping Method:Snapchill can purchased at Clover Burlington

I drank a lot of this while I was in Switzerland, mostly out of an old school capsule machine. It's an excellent, characteristics European blend. Medium roast with a big crema, smooth, and earthy with a touch of fruitiness.

Fast Foward is pretty consistent for a seasonal blend. Very versatile as filter, espresso, and Moka. Always well-balanced and chocolately with the right amount of acidity for a medium roast.

Vibrant, fruity Ethiopian. Black tea, pineapple, citrus very smooth despite being toward the acidic taste characteristics.

A rich, smooth pourover. Almost a slight savoriness that turns into a chocolate ganache cake. Very smooth.

Cupping Method:Pourover from Clover Food Lab

Very nice characteristic Ethiopian. Fruity, balanced, smooth, with a vanilla/hazelnut mid-palate.

A very good light roast Colombian. Have had 2 boxes at different periods and it was consistent. Definitely very citrusy and I get the cola element. Smooth and balanced. Not fireworks or super complex but easy to drink characteristic Colombian.

Cupping Method:Pourover

La Golodrina is very good - super smooth with nice acidity and balance. Has a nice nutty/vanilla characteristic mid-palate. I don't get any fireworks but it goes down light a great Colombian. The only thing I will say is that it was something like $25 and I think that Counter Culture has other some better values.

A very good medium roast espresso, tilting towards the fruity side.

Cupping Method:Revelstoke, Concord NH

Outstanding Ethiopian, balanced and smooth. I get caramel then a big green apple bit and some florality/tea which is a nice combo. Angels Cup blind tasting.

Cupping Method:Hario v60 Pourover

A very good cold brew, medium dark. Saved me on a lot of long drives! My wife likes it too.