I use to brew Dolce and Vita on a regular basis. After the price increase on these beans a while back at WLL, I switched to Intelli Black Cat. Great espresso, but not the best in my opinion. I am in love with Counter Culture Coffee's Espresso Aficionado. I do their three month pre-order (double subscription) and every other Thursday, I have beans two days off roast at my doorstep.
The CCC blend is great and has much more taste complexity than the Black Cat, Dolce and Vita (in my opinion - but don't get me wrong, all of these blends are good - and taste is subjective). I get a lot of chocolate sweetness and nut flavor from CCC. When I first started getting into espresso, I took a good year and only brewed one bean/roast (I used Black Cat for this) until I was confortable pulling shots and making the minor adjustments needed to get better tasting espresso. After this, I felt I had the skill set to find a new bean that met my needs and CCC (at least for now) does that. On Sep 29, 9:50 pm, MBB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This morning I dove into some new beans from Cafe Vivace. Espresso > Dolce is my new favorite and just may be the best beans I have ever > experienced. I am still playing around with the temperature, but I > think 96 is a good resting spot for now. The flavor is very clear but > complex and the crema is a pure delight. It was a very nice start to > the day, too bad the market killed the rest of it. > > Any recommendations for fantastic beans? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
