More Mixed Beans

We've all done it. Sometimes we do it with great success. Sometimes we want to spit out the coffee, wash our mouths, and try to forget what we just had. I'm talking about mixed beans coffee. I've written about it before. This is when you have the end of one bag of coffee, and you combine it with another coffee. Today we have the outstanding Nicaraguan coffee I recently reviewed by Bow Truss, with the nuttier El Salvadoran I also wrote on from Dark Matter. So how did it turn out?

Mark was concerned that the coffee looked light. I let him know that there is more caffeine in a lighter roast coffee. Both of these coffees are on the lighter end of a medium roast, so that makes sense.

What comes out in these two coffees is a strong cocoa taste of the Bow Truss, with the earthier, nuttier aftertaste of the Dark Matter. The blended very well. You smell more of the Bow Truss, but the Dark Matter comes through. For the record, it was 70% Bow Truss and 30% Dark Matter.

Both coffees went through a washed process in their development. The Bow Truss is the darker roast of the two, but it's a minimal difference.

On our Face Slapping Scale....the Bow Truss was a Cher slapping Nicolas Cage(10 out of 10), the Dark Matter was a less harsh slap. These strength these two bring is more an 8. It will wake you up, not as mellow when it's just the Dark Matter.

Maybe these two roasters should talk? I think they could make an interesting blend. All in all a good experiment.

Charlie