{"id":2967,"date":"2018-03-05T09:30:09","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T15:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=2967"},"modified":"2018-03-05T09:30:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T15:30:00","slug":"review-lamill-coffee-bliss-espresso-alhambra-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=2967","title":{"rendered":"Review: LAMILL Coffee Bliss Espresso (Alhambra, California)"},"content":{"rendered":"

For anyone that read about my incredible water drama with LAMILL’s Ethiopia Wote Konga<\/a> beans, rest assured that for espresso tastings, I only use bottled water with a maximum of 3 grains hardness… this water has never seen a cremini mushroom. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

As I noted in my previous LAMILL review, these beans were not freshly roasted to order, but they were only about a week old when I received them, so they were still quite fresh. LAMILL has several espresso blends available for purchase and I opted for the Bliss Espresso somewhat arbitrarily – I figured with a name like Bliss, it should be good.<\/p>\n

Whole bean: fresh aroma… nothing particular stood out, scent-wise, just that it smelled good and refreshing and restorative.<\/p>\n

Espresso: I had this pulled both as ristretto and normale shots and they were drinkable all around, but I liked it as a normale shot for the smoothness. The ristretto shots were a bit too intense flavor-wise for my liking, with cherry notes. The standard shots had a great balance of nutty and chocolate flavor and went down easily. They had a bit of an aftertaste of apple juice, which I found unusual, but it brightened up the end of the shot which was nice.<\/p>\n

Favorite parameters: I feel like I could have experimented a bit more with these beans, but I enjoyed the shot I pulled at 205 degrees F, 17.5 grams in, 38 grams out, 30 second extraction.<\/p>\n

With milk: I rarely drink milk drinks anymore but I braved a sip of a latte of this. I don’t actually think the milk complemented this espresso very well – it brought out some almost sour notes in it, and I didn’t really enjoy the drink. I would stick to consuming this espresso straight.<\/p>\n

AeroPress: The beans tasted less complex when brewed in this method, but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing – I think the apple flavor is muted by this method and the chocolate\/almond\/caramel notes stood out more. Delicious!<\/p>\n

Summary:<\/strong>\u00a0Good espresso for straight shots; less successful in milk drinks.<\/p>\n

From the roaster: chocolate, almond, apple, caramel<\/p>\n

LAMILL Coffee Bliss Espresso<\/a><\/p>\n

Review conducted 14-18 days post-roast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For anyone that read about my incredible water drama with LAMILL’s Ethiopia Wote Konga beans, rest assured that for espresso tastings, I only use bottled water with a maximum of 3 grains hardness… this water has never seen a cremini mushroom. \ud83d\ude09 As I noted in my previous LAMILL review, these beans were not freshly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"If your idea of bliss includes nutty chocolate flavor with apple juice on the finish, give this a try!","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[87,8,157,3,154],"tags":[96,125,26,28,18],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/tn_IMG-0873-e1517675602968.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5666,"url":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=5666","url_meta":{"origin":2967,"position":0},"title":"Review: Ipsento Coffee Roasters Wildfire Espresso, now known as Cascade Espresso (Chicago, Illinois)","date":"March 28, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Ipsento Coffee Roasters is another Chicago-area coffee roaster I wanted to visit on my trip, but when I discovered I could order fresh beans from Ipsento via Javaya, it was a no-brainer. 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