Cervantes Coffee Tasting
Back again after a bit of a delay. For Valentine’s Day, I got a gooseneck kettle with a built-in thermometer, finally allowing me to get some proper use out of my pour-over equipment and using a better water temperature in my French press. As I mentioned in my previous post, I was going to taste the Cervantes coffee I received after my visit to their roasting facility and café a few weeks ago using three different brewing methods: pour-over, French press, automatic drip coffee maker. Having most* of the proper equipment now, I was able to do this over the weekend and Monday morning. Maybe I should preface this as well by saying these are not super in-depth reviews at this point…I’m just not that sophisticated yet. These are more reviews for normal people, following a normal routine. As I progress, I imagine they will get better and more detailed, but that is going to involve some learning (i.e., cupping/tasting classes). So don’t expect a lot of tasting notes to start off wi