Olympia Coffee Roasting
Big Truck Espresso
| Roaster Location: | Olympia, Washington |
| Coffee Origin: | Not disclosed. |
| Roast Level: | Medium |
| Agtron: | 44/60 |
| Review Date: | May 2009 |
| Aroma: | 9 |
| Body: | 7 |
| Flavor: | 8 |
| Aftertaste: | 8 |
| With Milk: | 9 |
Blind Assessment
"Exciting" espresso for co-taster Byron Holcomb (91) with a shifty, hard-to-read complexity in aroma and small cup. "Fruit, chocolate, salty/sweet" for Byron, "butter, nut, cedar, earth" for Ken (90). Medium-bodied, with a long, rich, though slightly astringent finish. But comes into its own in four parts milk, where the ambiguity smoothes, fattens and becomes all good: in Byron's reading, "milk cocoa with lots of spice notes: ginger, herb, allspice, clove."
Notes
All of the coffees making up this blend are certified organically grown. Olympia Coffee Roasting is a small-batch wholesale and one-location-retail roasting company with a youthful, no-nonsense style and a commitment to high quality organic coffees. Visit
Who Should Drink It
A rugged rig that performs particularly well in milk.
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This review originally appeared in the May, 2009 tasting report: Espresso: Tasting Super-Heroes
