{"id":6599,"date":"2023-03-08T12:18:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T18:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=6599"},"modified":"2023-03-06T13:48:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T19:48:38","slug":"review-rare-bird-coffee-roasters-colombia-la-hermosa-falls-church-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=6599","title":{"rendered":"Review: Rare Bird Coffee Roasters Colombia La Hermosa (Falls Church, Virginia)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I visited the Rare Bird Coffee Roasters cafe <\/a>in early January 2023. Normally, I prefer to drink black coffee, but if I see an unusual item on a cafe’s menu, I’ll try it out of curiosity. That morning, I tried their cardamom vanilla latte (very sweet, creamy, and dessert-like), and picked up a bag of this Colombia La Hermosa to take home. It was only a day or two post-roast, but I caught a cold just after this trip, so I waited to try these beans until I was feeling better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whole bean: Evenly roasted, no oil on the surface of the beans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

French press: tart, juicy, with flavors of black tea and lemon. Rich texture to the brew, thanks to the lack of paper filter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clever Dripper: Compared to the French press cup, the tart lemony notes were dialed way down – this had a much smoother, “darker” flavor that was like a cup of black tea without the tannins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hario V60: Very floral, light, perfume-like cup that tasted a little grassy. Total brew time was only 2:30 on my normal grind setting for this method, but I don’t think it suffered for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chemex: I had a really hard time dialing in the grind size for this, for some reason. My usual grind setting range was not working out and despite going WAY finer than usual, I still only managed a 3:00 minute total brew time over two attempts. I wasn’t willing to go for a third. The resulting coffee was a bit pithy, tea-like, similar to the French press cup but with less tartness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summary<\/strong>: Depending on your brewing method, you can unlock tart, floral, citrusy flavors, or you can unlock rich, smooth, deep flavors. I happen to like the Hario V60 method best for these beans, but none of the coffee was bad – it just depends on your preferences. If you make this in a pour over method, do note that you may need to grind your beans much<\/span> finer than usual to get a target 4:00 extraction time on a Chemex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the roaster: persimmon, butterscotch, peach<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This coffee is no longer available at the time of writing, but I’ve put a link to the online store below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rare Bird Coffee Roasters Online Store<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

I visited the Rare Bird Coffee Roasters cafe in early January 2023. Normally, I prefer to drink black coffee, but if I see an unusual item on a cafe’s menu, I’ll try it out of curiosity. That morning, I tried their cardamom vanilla latte (very sweet, creamy, and dessert-like), and picked up a bag of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"Different brew methods bring out a wide spectrum of flavors from this single-origin from Colombia, including lemony, floral, and tea-like notes. 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