Silver Joes Espresso Roast

The espresso roast from Silver Joe’s was my favorite of the coffee that they sent to me.  It was smooth and dark, without scorching or bitterness.

The beans are dark and shiny, small and plump, without a lot  of broken or cracked coffee beans in the mix.  The aroma was about average on opening the bag, deep coffee scent but without any depth or complexity..you smell coffee.  Which is good, I mean you wouldn’t want to open a bag of espresso and smell hay, or asparagus, or something, right?

But I mean that there were no secondary notes.  Just coffee.

The coffee brewed up nice and dark.  We did almost double the amount of coffee we used.  I am wondering if it is the Arabica beans that they use, if we got a batch that was not as fresh as it could have been, or if they just roast a less robust coffee?  This was my one disappointment with Silver Joe’s.  The advertising is very extreme but the coffee is very couch potato.  Not a bad coffee at all, very good in its own way…but not extreme.  Nothing unexpected, no depth or edginess.  A little flat.

I do recommend trying the Silver Joe’s Coffee.  It  is a nice coffee.  Just don’t expect to get swept off to exotic places as you drink the cup… Maybe Iowa.

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