Good grief, today was like when God himself came down from the clouds and had a mixer with Zeus and the boys. But instead of sitting at a nice little bistro table in a cafe in southern France, they decided to take a swim in my coffee cup. Holy Jehosephat!!
First we poured a couple cute little Sumatras. It took a few shots to get that knife edge of goodness to pop, but when it did, zowie baby! Blaine, back me up, my man. Of course by then, we had three shots going. I personally prefer to sip a bit but Blainey just backs 'em up like the dumptruck to a landfill. But hey, I don't judge.
During this time I decide to roast out another batch, my last remaining greens of the Sumatra Mandheling, to the same profile as the one we just tasted. I'm taking that to Texas with me, beotches, and it'll be perfect when I get there!!
Next up, the big swinger. Yep, Kona. I know I've been oozing over this one for the past few posts, but hey, have you ever tried crack? It'll knock you out of your underoos, dawg.
I'm trying not to bias my bald buddy with my own commentary from the last time I sucked it down, so I just pour a shot. Espresso. Okay, pretty good. Until then he'd only had it as "coffee", that is, drip style. Not as espresso yet. Yep, it's got yer florals and such. Good stuff. In my opinion, not so great that I'd pay three times the price for it in espresso form. I noticed this last time too. But then came that milky soft, well, milk. Steamed to perfect creaminess and microfoamage. It just honeyed its way into the cup of espresso and mixed and twirled and danced and made sweet love to it.
Taste it now, girlfriend. Holey smackadoley! What is it that makes this so friggen different with cappas than other beans?!? I have NEVER tasted a sweeter cup o cap than this. Last time the same thing. I thought maybe the gods were screwing with me. The weather must have been just right. The butterfly in China flapped its wings slower. Or faster. But no. This time it happened again! WTF? How could it be that freaking tasty?
No, I think the only reasonable explanation must be that those who live among the clouds and look upon us with humorous benevolence, clearly decided to puff a taste of heaven into these beans. Yeah, that's got to be it.
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