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Nomad Coffee

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4.75(13)

13 ratings
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In 2011 it was a simple coffee cart stationed at markets around the busy city of London. Later, it moved to Barcelona to open its first shop and help cultivate a taste for speciality coffee in the Catalan capital. Soon after, they opened their own open roastery and they began to distribute their product and create a collaborative network of cafés, helping the project to grow on an international scale.

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Nomad Coffee is a coffee roaster from Barcelona, Spain. We have 5 cataloged roasts with 13 total reviews with a score of 4.75.

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    Ted Chan, Managing Editor

    808 roasts rated, avg score of 4.25

    F.RW.GIT.W Ruanda Gitwe

    5.00 - Average

    5.00 - Aroma

    5.00 - Value

    5.00 - Finish

    5.00 - Flavor

    5.00 - Acidity

    5.00 - Balance

    These were the beans for maybe the best cold brew that I have ever had. Bright strawberry, natural sweetness like a maple syrup, and a touch of nuttiness and dried blueberry.

    Cupping Method:Cold Brew at La Deseada, Calle Jose Abascal in Madrid (a specialty coffee shop that very much knows what it is doing)

    Traits: strawberry maple sugar dried blueberry
    4 months ago · See more from Ted
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    Victoria S-C

    234 roasts rated, avg score of 4.28

    E.CR.ERW Balanced Session Espresso Costa Rica

    5.00 - Average

    Best cafe con leche out of maybe 20 in Madrid was from Arya Cafe. This is the espresso they used.
    Traits: flavorful
    4 months ago · See more from Victoria
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    Ted Chan, Managing Editor

    808 roasts rated, avg score of 4.25

    E.CR.ERW Balanced Session Espresso Costa Rica

    5.00 - Average

    4.50 - Aroma

    5.00 - Finish

    5.00 - Flavor

    5.00 - Acidity

    5.00 - Balance

    Incredible depth of flavor and complexity. Earthiness, florality, fine dark chocolate, spice, red wine. Perfect mouthfeel, clean finish with pleasant linger. Crema was medium. A lot of natural sweetness tied in with the acidity.

    Cupping Method:Santa Kafeina Cafe in Madrid, pulled as a double on a Marzocco Strada

    Traits: dark chocolate red wine baking spice earthiness
    4 months ago · See more from Ted
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    Ted Chan, Managing Editor

    808 roasts rated, avg score of 4.25

    E.GU.PRIM Espresso Guatemala Primavera

    5.00 - Average

    5.00 - Flavor

    5.00 - Acidity

    5.00 - Balance

    Nomad is getting trippy for me. Had some cold brew at Santa Kafeina and was blown away. Peachy, nice acidity, just a touch nutty. Incredibly clean and smooth. Asked for the roast and was told it was this espresso. I can’t remember an espresso roast being used for cold brew. Then I saw the bag and the characteristics matched the cold brew. Nomad is so good it’s trippy.
    Traits: peach nutty
    4 months ago · See more from Ted
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    Victoria S-C

    234 roasts rated, avg score of 4.28

    E.GU.PRIM Espresso Guatemala Primavera

    5.00 - Average

    So good. Wish I had more right now. 🤣
    4 months ago · See more from Victoria
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    Ted Chan, Managing Editor

    808 roasts rated, avg score of 4.25

    E.RW.FUGI Rwanda Special Espresso

    5.00 - Average

    5.00 - Aroma

    4.50 - Finish

    4.50 - Flavor

    4.50 - Acidity

    5.00 - Balance

    A wonderful light roast espresso. A nutty/almond character at the front of the palate. Very balanced acidity with a hint of tropical org. I definitely get plum but not in the way it’s normally used as a descriptor. This plum is how they taste just before they turn too ripe, some sugar but also that unique acidity. Very nice.

    Cupping Method:Espresso, extraction at 95 C on my A53 Spaziale worked well

    Traits: dark chocolate almond plum jam
    1 month ago · See more from Ted
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    Victoria S-C

    234 roasts rated, avg score of 4.28

    E.RW.FUGI Rwanda Special Espresso

    5.00 - Average

    I loved this. My second amazing espresso/milk drink this morning and it was hard to decide which one I liked more.
    1 month ago · See more from Victoria
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    Scott Greenaway

    65 roasts rated, avg score of 4.07

    E.RW.FUGI Rwanda Special Espresso

    5.00 - Average

    4.50 - Aroma

    4.00 - Finish

    5.00 - Flavor

    5.00 - Acidity

    5.00 - Balance

    Exceptional, rich flavor, matched with a bright, sweet acidity makes this a stand out roast! The flavor hints of sweet, roasted pecan (almost praline) compelling the drinker to explore this richly layered masterpiece.

    Cupping Method:espresso, no sweetener

    1 month ago · See more from Scott
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    Emily Schadler

    56 roasts rated, avg score of 4.14

    E.GU.PRIM Espresso Guatemala Primavera

    4.50 - Average

    This roast made a super smooth and thoroughly enjoyable latte. As an espresso, it was wildly tart on the first sip and then mellowed out as it cooled, though the predominant flavor stayed tart. Nomad roasts keep bringing the fun flavor sensations!

    Cupping Method:Espresso and latte

    1 month ago · See more from Emily
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    Scott Greenaway

    65 roasts rated, avg score of 4.07

    E.GU.PRIM Espresso Guatemala Primavera

    4.50 - Average

    4.50 - Aroma

    5.00 - Finish

    4.50 - Flavor

    5.00 - Acidity

    4.50 - Balance

    A very interesting flavor profile that hits with an unexpected tartness, swirls in a bit of sweetness, and rounds out with a light nutty chocolate-- a delight!

    Cupping Method:espresso and latte

    1 month ago · See more from Scott
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Editor's Overview

Nomad Coffee out of Barcelona is consistently mentioned in the list of world's best specialty coffee roasters, and we can see why. It's stylish, modern roaster with careful sourcing and a delicate treatment. You will find Nomad espressos powering many of the best cafes in Madrid and Barcelona. Nomad's single-origin specialty roasts (both espresso and filter) might not be for a few groups, such as traditionalists and newbies. They can be funky and unique, with a lot of effort to draw out unique characteristics around acidity. What we'll say is that if you read the notes in terms of what the roaster is trying to do, they tend to be very spot on in pinpointing unique flavors.

-Ted Chan, Managing Editor
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