{"id":5846,"date":"2019-07-10T12:00:03","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T17:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=5846"},"modified":"2019-07-10T12:07:35","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T17:07:35","slug":"review-rare-earth-coffee-house-roast-fresno-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=5846","title":{"rendered":"Review: Rare Earth Coffee House Roast (Fresno, California)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I was contacted by the folks at Rare Earth Coffee<\/a> about testing out a couple of their coffees. Rare Earth Coffee is a relatively new addition to the coffee scene; the company was founded in 2014 in the Central Valley of California. One aspect of this company that sets them apart from most is their use of a Sivetz air roaster<\/a>; most companies use traditional metal drum roasters, and air roasters are purported to result in a much more even roast level because there’s no possibility of beans scorching. I’d only encountered one other company that touts their use of an air roaster (here’s my review of Kaladi Brothers Coffee Costa Rica San Pablo<\/a> back in 2015), and that coffee actually didn’t have a terribly even roast, but I had higher hopes for these beans from Rare Earth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This House Roast is labeled as a medium roast. “Medium” is a pretty vague descriptor for a coffee and there’s a range of what I think would be considered acceptable. For me personally, I expect a medium roast to have a rich brown color but not have any oil on the surface of the beans. When oil starts appearing, in my opinion, that’s verging into medium-dark\/dark territory (Full City + and higher in roast level). This House Roast from Rare Earth is definitely on the darker side of medium in my opinion – it perhaps wasn’t QUITE so oily but it reminded me a lot of Peet’s Major Dickason’s Blend<\/a> in its appearance, roast level, and scent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whole bean: Very evenly roasted with an oily sheen. Looks rather darker than I’m used to, and it has a strongly roasted aroma. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

V60: The coffee brewed in this method had flavors of bittersweet cocoa and toasted almond. It took me a few swallows to acclimate to the flavor because these beans definitely taste dark-roasted to my palate (but I’m much more accustomed to drinking light-roasted coffee these days). I think if I had this coffee along with food (perhaps a breakfast plate at a diner, or with a nice dessert), it would be better for my taste. Straight up, though, it was a little bold and acrid for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AeroPress: This had a much smoother and more well-rounded flavor than the V60 cup. Dark chocolate flavor abounds in this cup. Much easier to drink. This may be a coffee that lends itself better to immersion methods of brewing vs. pourover\/drip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chemex: I had a hard time dialing in my grind correctly for a 4 minute extraction time – the final result was more like a 2:45 extraction time, but the coffee came out similar in flavor to the AeroPress cup. Chocolaty and sweet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

French press: I made the mistake of having my phone nearby when making this cup of coffee and I got carried away while texting a friend, so I accidentally brewed this coffee for 6:30!! 2:30 longer than I intended. However, this coffee didn’t appear to suffer for it. The flavor was loaded with chocolate and nuts, and it had a nice depth to it. Not bitter at all. Very smooth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summary<\/strong>: Immersion methods bring out sweet, nutty, and chocolate notes in this coffee. Brewing this in a Chemex (underextracted) also gives a nice and balanced result. My suspicion is that this coffee brewed in a Hario V60 or as automatic drip would taste more assertive and closer to a dark roast, with less sweetness and more roasted flavor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the roaster: No tasting notes provided
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rare Earth Coffee House Roast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Review conducted 10 days post-roast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disclaimer: I received this product gratis in exchange for a fair and honest review. Even though I received this for free, I treat and test it the same way as if I had paid for it out of my own pocket.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was contacted by the folks at Rare Earth Coffee about testing out a couple of their coffees. Rare Earth Coffee is a relatively new addition to the coffee scene; the company was founded in 2014 in the Central Valley of California. One aspect of this company that sets them apart from most is their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"There is a wide range of \"medium\" roasts out there, and this is definitely on the darker side. This air-roasted coffee blend features chocolaty, nutty flavors in immersion methods but is less successful in pourover methods.","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[158,87,159,3,154],"tags":[300,96,90,18,36,352,53,118],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG-7053-e1560274797174.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1616,"url":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=1616","url_meta":{"origin":5846,"position":0},"title":"Review: Origen Coffee Roasters Tanzania Tarime (Escondido, California)","date":"October 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Thanks again to my friend Erin for these beans! If you read my review of Origen's Mexico Oaxaca\u00a0beans, you'll remember I noted that this roaster seems to roast on the darker side, as the beans were pretty dark and shiny. The roast level is definitely darker than what seems to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Africa"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeecantata.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/tn_IMG_1780.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2834,"url":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=2834","url_meta":{"origin":5846,"position":1},"title":"Review: Two Guns Beach Blend (Manhattan Beach, California)","date":"December 14, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I picked up this bag from the Two Guns Espresso location in Manhattan Beach at the same time that I got a bag of the Two Guns Espresso Blend. Both of these bags are roasted by Dillanos Coffee Roasters in Washington. I don't think it's possible to buy Two Guns-branded\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "AeroPress"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeecantata.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/tn_IMG-1566-e1513010062798.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6670,"url":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=6670","url_meta":{"origin":5846,"position":2},"title":"Review: Cherry Coffee Co. Hang Around Espresso Blend (Fort Worth, Texas)","date":"April 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"I attended the inaugural Dallas Coffee Festival earlier this month and had a good time exploring the booths of many local roasters, about half of which I'd not yet heard of. Novel Coffee Roasters is a Dallas-area roaster I've enjoyed many times, and I was intrigued to see they were\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blends"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeecantata.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0179-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":142,"url":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=142","url_meta":{"origin":5846,"position":3},"title":"Review: Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters Ethiopia Amaro Gayo (Sacramento, California)","date":"April 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Africa"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeecantata.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0848-e1430540584874.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5848,"url":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=5848","url_meta":{"origin":5846,"position":4},"title":"Review: Rare Earth Coffee Bold Roast (Fresno, California)","date":"July 10, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"This is the second of two coffees I received for testing from Rare Earth Coffee. The first, their House Roast, was roasted quite darkly in my opinion for a medium roast, so I had anticipated that this Bold Roast, which is labeled as a dark roast, would be significantly darker.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "AeroPress"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeecantata.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG-7068-e1560276428505.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6587,"url":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=6587","url_meta":{"origin":5846,"position":5},"title":"Review: Ceremony Coffee Roasters Synthesis Blend (Annapolis, Maryland)","date":"March 3, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"I've had the pleasure of trying coffee from Ceremony Coffee Roasters before; in addition to their single-origins, they offer blends with nerdy names, and I had made a mental note that someday, I wanted to try their Thesis, Antithesis, and Synthesis blends. The packaging makes it appear that the Thesis\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blends"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeecantata.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-2531-scaled-e1677692604255.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5QIia-1wi","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5846"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5846"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5883,"href":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5846\/revisions\/5883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}