{"id":142,"date":"2015-04-06T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T14:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=142"},"modified":"2015-08-24T20:37:39","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T01:37:39","slug":"review-chocolate-fish-coffee-roasters-ethiopia-amaro-gayo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=142","title":{"rendered":"Review: Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters Ethiopia Amaro Gayo (Sacramento, California)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters is a roaster and coffee bar from\u00a0Sacramento, California. As soon as I heard the name, I immediately knew this company was either founded by a Kiwi or by people that have a love affair with the country of New Zealand. Chocolate fish are a type of confection found in New Zealand – it’s a chocolate-covered marshmallow in the shape of a fish. They’re typically given to children as a reward for a job well done.<\/p>\n

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A Google image search for “chocolate fish” will net MANY more photos of chocolate fish with their poor heads bitten off.<\/p>\n

The beans I got were approximately 11 days post roast, picked up at a coffee shop in Denton. I try and buy coffee that was roasted within the past week, and consume it within three weeks of the roast date, but I made an exception for these beans since I was so curious to try them.<\/p>\n

Upon opening the bag, the blueberry aroma was pretty strong, along with a sweetened cocoa powder scent. It was pretty much what I expected for a natural-processed Ethiopian bean. They smelled the same after grinding, but with a bit more of a breakfast cereal note – think Crunch Berries?<\/p>\n

In all of these preparations, the bloom was fairly inactive, which showed that the beans were nearing the end of their freshness window. There was still degassing, but I know I’ll need to drink up my supply quickly. There was a rich reddish-brown color to this coffee (mostly in the Chemex, V60, and Aeropress; less so in the french press). I have found that regardless of prep method, natural-processed Ethiopian coffees have a slight plasticky taste when freshly brewed, but that flavor dissipates as the coffee cools a bit to reveal more flavors.<\/p>\n

V60: Nice flavors of bittersweet cocoa and tart blueberry. Made my mouth pucker, but not unpleasantly. Nice balance of depth and brightness. Musically, I would liken this to a woodwind quintet.<\/p>\n

Aeropress: Oily, heavier cup. A little lemony and fruity. Complex and strong; assertive all the way around. Tastes like the Stravinsky Octet.<\/p>\n

Chemex: A very clean and light-bodied cup with less chocolate and much more berry flavor. This is a flute choir.<\/p>\n

French press: Heaviest in texture of the four. Nice depth of flavor! More dark chocolate and less fruit in this cup. A little muddy tasting (to clarify: it doesn’t literally taste like mud, it is the least filtered of the four methods so I was tasting a bit of grit and coffee sludge), but enjoyable. This tastes like a brass quintet.<\/p>\n

Summary:<\/strong> I like this coffee. I went through a period of about 6 months where I was almost exclusively drinking natural-processed Ethiopians, so I personally am more interested in other flavor profiles now, but this coffee is delicious for anyone that enjoys blueberry\/cocoa notes. Today I think I actually enjoyed the french press the most, but they were all eminently drinkable.<\/p>\n

From the roaster: Thick body, chocolaty, dried banana and blueberry, sweet rich chocolate aftertaste, very clean and consistent<\/p>\n

Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters Amaro Gayo Natural<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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