Strawberry coffee. Who knew?
I've recently decided to get back into 'proper coffee' and bought a new expresso machine (though as it turns out my problem was largely technique). I've been practicing on 'commercial coffee' with some quite good results and decided it was time to try speciality.
This is coffee but not as I've ever known it. IT TASTES OF STRAWBERRIES! This might seem odd but anyone who is into wine and used to appreciating the leather or tobacco tastes in wine will know that taste combinations are a complex thing. The big company coffee Italian roasts I had been using mainly tasted of strong. This is milder with a strawberry up front and a refreshing citrus finish and doesn't leave me with a caffeine headache. I did try it as an Americano with milk but it was a bit minging.
I had no idea that coffee could be so complex and unusual. It's a whole new world. I was doing 16g beans extracting to 35ml coffee with as fine a grind as my machine could manage (not very). A bit too expensive (80p/espresso) to drink as much as I want to but now my once a day treat. Exceptional!