{"id":3219,"date":"2018-07-23T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=3219"},"modified":"2018-07-16T10:42:04","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T15:42:04","slug":"review-ritual-coffee-roasters-guatemala-candelaria-san-francisco-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=3219","title":{"rendered":"Review: Ritual Coffee Roasters Guatemala Candelaria (San Francisco, California)"},"content":{"rendered":"

On my recent trip to San Diego, I was wandering through the Little Italy Farmers’ Market when I spotted a sign outside of the Frost Me Cafe and Bakery<\/a>, proudly displaying the Ritual Coffee logo. I may have squealed a little bit… I quite like the beans I’ve tried from Ritual (their Day Drinker Espresso<\/a> was one of my favorites from 2017<\/a>), but they charge just enough for shipping that I haven’t ordered from their online store yet. Luckily for me, the shop had multiple varieties of coffee available, and they were all pretty fresh.<\/p>\n

Whole bean: This had a super satisfying scent: dark chocolate, plum, and gingerbread. Sweet and spicy!<\/p>\n

V60: A toasty and delicious mix of flavors and scents of almond, plum, and salted caramel.<\/p>\n

AeroPress: Tasted just like chocolate-covered almonds when consumed straight. With a little extra water added, it brought out more of the nut flavor.<\/p>\n

Chemex: After the really promising results of the first two methods, I think I was expecting a bit more from this, but the resulting brew (at a 3:50 extraction) tasted a bit watered-down, and not nearly as flavorful as the previous cups.<\/p>\n

French press: Same as the Chemex – the flavor just wasn’t as rich as I wanted.<\/p>\n

Summary<\/strong>: Really delicious when brewed in a Hario V60 (I particularly liked the flavors of plum and salted caramel), and in an AeroPress (for its chocolate and almond notes).<\/p>\n

From the roaster: Blueberry, dark chocolate, molasses<\/p>\n

Ritual Online Store<\/a><\/p>\n

Review conducted 8 days post-roast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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