Coffee Review: Dancing Goats Blend From Batdorf & Bronson
In the coffee world we have a legend that goes something like this ….A legend that an Ethiopian goatherd named Kaldi found his herd dancing from one coffee shrub to another, eating coffee cherries. To make it short… Coffee was first discovered. Or was it?
Whether or not coffee was actually discovered by goats first is up for debate. It’s actually kind of funny to think there could be a chance that the goats actually discovered the coffee before humans.
The reason for the story above was that a new company was added to GoCoffeeGo’s roaster list.
Introducing, Batdorf & Bronson. They aren’t a new company (Est. 1986), but when a company is added to GoCoffeeGo I see it as a huge honor. They strive to bring you the best artisan coffee roasters around.
The reason I ordered from Batdorf & Bronson this week was not that they were new on GoCoffeeGo, but that they have a signature blend called Dancing Goats Blend. I knew I wouldn’t be able to resist not trying this blend. Come on, you can’t resist a coffee with that name can you?
Dancing Goats Blend is:
dark, smooth and sweet with a beautiful floral aroma, exceptionally clean acidity and a heavy, nutty body. Flavor nuances include fresh citrus fruits and fine chocolate. Caramelly and spicy.
It wouldn’t be until the coffee arrived that I knew I was in for a treat. I barely had the box open and the aromas flew out like a hurricane. I opened the bag only to be greeted with the most luscious chocolate note you’ve ever smelt.
I was excited to grind this coffee ground up and brewing. While the coffee was brewing, I started to notice some chocolate play, some nuttiness, but overall the coffee carried an aroma I could not seem to place.
Digging deeper into the aroma, I found it was mellow, carrying a chocolate note, hints of nuttiness and floral notes. The aroma may have been mellow, but it carried a wide variety of notes in each sip.
After the first sip I was hooked. Chocolate, nuttiness, floral, and spicy notes. One note after another started appearing. A good friend of mine described the taste as bourbon like. I can agree.
For me, this is like a good coffee that you only want to drink on those special occasions. You want to savor it for as long as you can. The only problem is that coffee goes stale so you need to drink it in a timely manner.
The coffee tastes even better as it cools as more of the fruity play comes out and the chocolate note really shines.
Overall, after the first few sips you realize this coffee has a somewhat heavy feel to it, but as it cools it becomes a little more mellow, and a very enjoyable coffee that you’ll wish you never ran out of.
I’d give this coffee a 4.5 out of 5 cups.
Go grab yourself some of this. A 16oz bag will run you $13.95.
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Jamie Ferguson
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