{"id":945,"date":"2015-07-27T12:28:30","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T17:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=945"},"modified":"2015-08-24T20:24:35","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T01:24:35","slug":"review-verve-coffee-roasters-guatemala-los-santos-santa-cruz-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=945","title":{"rendered":"Review: Verve Coffee Roasters Guatemala Los Santos (Santa Cruz, California)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Verve. This might not be a word I associate strictly with music, but it&#8217;s the name of a once-legendary record label, as well as a pretty good now-defunct band from the UK (who later had to change their name to &#8220;The Verve,&#8221; which still sounds odd in my head&#8230; it&#8217;s like saying &#8220;The Vivacity&#8221; or &#8220;The Happiness&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>Verve Coffee Roasters is one of the most respected coffee roasters in the United States; they regularly make &#8220;best of&#8221; lists like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thrillist.com\/drink\/nation\/best-coffee-roasters-in-america\">this one from Thrillist of the 10 best coffee roasters in America<\/a>. They offer free shipping with no minimum purchase, which is definitely a plus! I spotted this bag at <a href=\"http:\/\/bellanocoffee.com\/\">B2 Coffee<\/a>\u00a0during a recent trip to San Jose and did a little happy dance; my friend who was with me died laughing. I&#8217;m not apologizing, though!<\/p>\n<p>Whole beans: Hints of mango, tea, and rose petals.<\/p>\n<p>V60: This cup had sweet citrus flavor with a tropical note. I tasted tea-like tannins on the finish, as well as the richness of nougat.<\/p>\n<p>AeroPress: Juicier brew with a smoother feel. Flowery aromas dominated, with less fruit flavor\/aroma.<\/p>\n<p>Chemex: Marshmallow and nougat flavor, with orange on the finish.<\/p>\n<p>French press: Overwhelming nougat flavor and aroma. Richest texture. No fruit\/flowers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong>: A light, delicate cup that has a lot of natural sweetness. The immersion methods had more nougat flavor while the pourover methods had more fruity flavor. All were tasty!<\/p>\n<p>From the roaster:\u00a0Zesty and tropical in nature with flavors of navel orange, mango and chewy nougat. Los Santos delivers a punch and has a lengthy finish of caramel sweetness.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vervecoffeeroasters.com\/products\/los-santos\">Verve Coffee Roasters Guatemala Los Santos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Verve. This might not be a word I associate strictly with music, but it&#8217;s the name of a once-legendary record label, as well as a pretty good now-defunct band from the UK (who later had to change their name to &#8220;The Verve,&#8221; which still sounds odd in my head&#8230; it&#8217;s like saying &#8220;The Vivacity&#8221; or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"Review: Verve Coffee Roasters Guatemala Los Santos (Santa Cruz, CA)","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[6,156,3,154],"tags":[38,100,80,22,129,30,21],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/tn_IMG_1176.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":102,"url":"https:\/\/coffeecantata.co\/?p=102","url_meta":{"origin":945,"position":0},"title":"Review: Klatch Coffee Panama Elida Honey (Upland, California)","date":"March 12, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I have been looking forward to trying Klatch Coffee ever since I started reading up on specialty coffee roasters. 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