{"id":1309,"date":"2015-09-03T10:00:55","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T15:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=1309"},"modified":"2015-08-28T08:49:35","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T13:49:35","slug":"review-lexington-coffee-roasters-colombia-huila-lexington-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=1309","title":{"rendered":"Mini Review: Lexington Coffee Roasters Colombia Huila (Lexington, Virginia)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The next two coffees\u00a0I will be reviewing were gifts from my lovely friend Sarah. Thanks, Sarah! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I usually will talk a bit about the individual roasters at this point, but instead, I’m just going to link to Lexington Coffee Roasters’ “About Us”<\/a> page, because I think it encapsulates their personality better than I possibly could!<\/p>\n

V60: This brew took a few minutes to open up. Initially, my first thought was of peach pit… a little bitter and nutty in flavor. I usually don’t eat at the same time as doing tastings, but I was hungry so I cooked some eggs (overeasy). Oddly enough, drinking the coffee along with the eggs really brought out a sweet milk chocolate flavor! It’s making me think about optimal food\/coffee pairings. Hmmm…<\/p>\n

AeroPress: Beautifully smooth and balanced flavor… not too fruity, not too floral, not too overwhelming in any particular flavor characteristic. Nice dichotomy between depth of flavor and a bit of acidity to keep things interesting!<\/p>\n

French press: If the coffee I sampled from the AeroPress was a voice speaking in a normal, conversational volume, the French press coffee was someone speaking just a LITTLE TOO LOUDLY for the space. The acidity was more pronounced (which I happen to like, but I know a lot of people prefer “smooth” coffees), and the flavors grabbed you much more robustly from start to finish.<\/p>\n

Summary:<\/strong>\u00a0Delicious example of a carefully crafted Colombian coffee. The AeroPress cup was the most gentle start to the day but if you need a coffee version of someone yelling, the French press might fit the bill!<\/p>\n

True story: I typically will have some sort of background music playing while I’m brewing. When I was making the AeroPress cup, Japancakes’ cover of My Bloody Valentine’s “When You Sleep”<\/a> was playing. When I was just finishing the French press cup, my iPod had switched over to Japandroids’ “The Nights of Wine and Roses”<\/a>. Appropriate for what was in my mug!!<\/p>\n

From the roaster:<\/p>\n

Aroma:<\/b> Caramel, grape<\/p>\n

Flavor:<\/b> Green apple, grape and milk chocolate<\/p>\n

Acidity:<\/b> Nippy<\/p>\n

Body:<\/b> Medium<\/p>\n

Aftertaste:<\/b> Dry and lively<\/p>\n

Lexington Coffee Roasters Colombia Huila<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The next two coffees\u00a0I will be reviewing were gifts from my lovely friend Sarah. Thanks, Sarah! \ud83d\ude42 I usually will talk a bit about the individual roasters at this point, but instead, I’m just going to link to Lexington Coffee Roasters’ “About Us” page, because I think it encapsulates their personality better than I possibly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"Mini Review: Lexington Coffee Roasters Colombia Huila (Lexington, Virginia)","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[159,3,154,10],"tags":[26,163,162,61,161],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/tn_lex_colombia.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1323,"url":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=1323","url_meta":{"origin":1309,"position":0},"title":"Review: Lexington Coffee Roasters Guatemala Waykan (Lexington, Virginia)","date":"September 7, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Thanks again to my friend Sarah for these beans! :) I consider my tasting skills to be decent, but I can't hold a candle to the fine folks at Coffee Review. 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