What it is?
This blend was created as a collaboration with our friends at Starr Hill Brewery to be used in their fabulous coffee cream stout, Little Red Roostarr. Perfect by itself and excellent when paired with cream and sugar, this medium-dark roast is rich, smooth, and complex. Look for notes of dark chocolate and praline with a hint of citrus sweetness in the finish.
Key Benefits
The art of coffee blending, sometimes unfairly maligned by single origin enthusiasts, has been around since the earliest days of coffee trading. The intent of a perfect coffee blend is to piece together traits of different varietals, processes, and roast profiles to develop a cup with a specific set of attributes. For example, our Funky Chicken blend is designed to suit those coffee drinkers who are interested in a slightly bolder cup of coffee, but don't want the roasty notes of a dark roast, and prefer a sweet and balanced finish. This is achieved through what is known as a "post-roast" blend, meaning 3 coffees are roasted to 3 profiles and then blended together at specific ratios. In contrast, the Floyd Farmhouse is a "pre-roast" blend (coffees are blended in green form, then roasted to the same profile) and designed to have a fruit forward, sweet, and milder taste profile. The Old Crow (post-roast blend) is designed to taste great as espresso, and the 4&20 (pre-roast blend) is our darkest blend offering.
What else you need to know
Tasting Notes:
- Dark Chocolate
- Praline
- Citrus