{"id":2907,"date":"2018-02-04T01:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-04T07:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=2907"},"modified":"2018-02-04T13:34:27","modified_gmt":"2018-02-04T19:34:27","slug":"review-noble-coyote-coffee-roasters-guatemala-huehuetenango-la-esperanza-dallas-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=2907","title":{"rendered":"Review: Noble Coyote Coffee Roasters Guatemala Huehuetenango La Esperanza (Dallas, Texas)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This bag from Noble Coyote was another Whole Foods purchase, picked up during the holidays when I needed to have lots of coffee on hand to keep me going! I was making a fair bit of coffee to share with friends at a gig during this time frame, and I have found that Guatemalan coffees tend to be crowd pleasers &#8211; with notes like milk chocolate, nuts, and maple syrup, it&#8217;s hard to go wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Whole bean: Definitely getting a strong scent of milk chocolate.<\/p>\n<p>French press: Historically, french press has been my favorite method for Guatemalan beans, and it&#8217;s true here too &#8211; I wrote &#8220;creamy AF&#8221; in my notes. This cup was rich with nougat and caramel, like a Milky Way bar. Ridiculously sweet and decadent.<\/p>\n<p>Chemex: Clean, pleasant flavor but I missed the richness from the french press cup!<\/p>\n<p>AeroPress: The coffee concentrate tasted sour to me consumed straight. Even after adding additional water, it was still sour to me, until I ended up adding so much water that it tasted bland.<\/p>\n<p>V60: Slightly sharp flavor, not nearly as sweet as the french press cup even after it cooled a bit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong>: As far as I&#8217;m concerned, there&#8217;s only one way to brew these beans &#8211; in a french press for sure. The sweetness and delicious flavors produced by this method was unbeatable (except maybe pulled as a single-origin espresso, but that wasn&#8217;t an option at the time&#8230; maybe in the future&#8230;)!<\/p>\n<p>From the roaster: milk chocolate, nutty, maple syrup<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.noblecoyotecoffee.com\/shop\/la-esperanza-huehuetenango-guatemala\">Noble Coyote Coffee Roasters Guatemala Huehuetenango La Esperanza<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Review conducted 15-16 days post-roast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This bag from Noble Coyote was another Whole Foods purchase, picked up during the holidays when I needed to have lots of coffee on hand to keep me going! I was making a fair bit of coffee to share with friends at a gig during this time frame, and I have found that Guatemalan coffees [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"In a french press, this coffee tastes just like a Milky Way candy bar!","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[6,159,3,154],"tags":[26,71,119,61,129,53],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/tn_IMG-0732-e1515014740116.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":837,"url":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=837","url_meta":{"origin":2907,"position":0},"title":"Review: Publik Coffee Roasters El Salvador Calera Blanco (Salt Lake City, Utah)","date":"July 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Thanks again to my friend Alison for sending me this bag! 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