Nice interplay of bittersweetness and nutty hints, with notes of light brown sugar, praline nut, dark cocoa, malted grains, syrupy mouthfeel, and burnt sugar finish. City+ to Full City+. Good for espresso.

Full Cupping Notes:
City+ roasts have an underlying bittersweetness accented by toasted grain, and mild raw sugars. A sweet underlay of malt syrup saturated the steam coming off the wet grounds, along with accents of brown spices, and some nutty intensity. This isn’t the first time we’ve had this coffee, and I found the bittersweetness in the cup to be moderately intense at City+, with a nice level of complexity. There’s a nice interplay of bittersweet cocoa and accents of praline nuts, malted grains, and a some burnt sugars in the aftertaste. This coffee has pleasant roast flavors that, along with body, are dense in mouthfeel, especially in the darker roasts. Full City+ roasts manage to pull out some sweetness in the cup profile, but it’s the brooding dark cocoa flavors that you’re left pondering. These are the kind of cup characteristics that have “espresso” written all of them.