{"id":3193,"date":"2018-07-09T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=3193"},"modified":"2018-07-09T09:08:01","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T14:08:01","slug":"review-cafe-grumpy-heartbreaker-espresso-blend-brooklyn-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=3193","title":{"rendered":"Review: Caf\u00e9 Grumpy Heartbreaker Espresso Blend (Brooklyn, New York)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Caf\u00e9 Grumpy calls their Heartbreaker blend their signature house espresso blend. Like a lot of blends, this one appears to rotate components based on availability and current flavor profiles. Right now, this blend is a combination of Guatemalan and Ethiopian (Kochere) beans, so I guessed that I could expect chocolate and perhaps some fruity\/berry and floral notes.<\/p>\n

Sort of silly of me, but I had a great time testing these beans while playing this fantastic album in the background. Seemed appropriate!<\/p>\n

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Whole bean: These smelled like chocolate graham crackers. Sweet!<\/p>\n

Espresso: I probably pulled a dozen or more shots over 2 days with these beans, and I’m not sure I have quite figured them out. There was a fantastic amount of crema (at about 1 week post-roast) and the flavor was generally a combination of dark chocolate and blackberry. I ended up preferring this espresso pulled at a pretty high temperature as I felt the lower temperatures brought out perhaps a little too much blackberry flavor and the shot came off rather sour.<\/p>\n

Favorite parameters (though I never really feel like I found the “perfect” parameters for these beans): 18 grams in, 209 degrees Fahrenheit, 39.3 grams out, 23 second pull.<\/p>\n

With milk: This espresso in milk drinks was nice, but not particularly noteworthy in my view. Nothing wrong with these drinks, but they didn’t particularly bowl me over. I do think they work better with less milk though – in a latt\u00e9, the espresso flavor was drowned out for my taste.<\/p>\n

AeroPress: This was rather nice brewed straight – great body, chocolate flavor with a bit of berry brightness and nutty flavor.<\/p>\n

Summary<\/strong>: Did these beans break my heart? Not really, but I also don’t feel like I got to know them fully. If these beans were a person, I’d feel like they were an acquaintance I wouldn’t mind meeting again, but I’d need more time and perhaps a mutual friend (a trained barista?) to help me get a sense of the true essence of this blend.<\/p>\n

From the roaster: blackberry, amaretto, dark chocolate<\/p>\n

Caf\u00e9 Grumpy Heartbreaker Espresso<\/a><\/p>\n

Review conducted 7-9 days post-roast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Caf\u00e9 Grumpy calls their Heartbreaker blend their signature house espresso blend. Like a lot of blends, this one appears to rotate components based on availability and current flavor profiles. Right now, this blend is a combination of Guatemalan and Ethiopian (Kochere) beans, so I guessed that I could expect chocolate and perhaps some fruity\/berry and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"On our \"blind date,\" I didn't get my heart broken, but I am not convinced that I got to know these beans as well as I would have liked. 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