Are some of the "Third Wave" coffee roasters of Melbourne at risk of crashing under a cresting Wave?
Had an interesting trip to a few coffee shops in Melbourne yesterday, a few new ones to me and a few revisits.
Seems there has been a growing trend to roast lighter and lighter, for espresso roasts. This is to my palette leading to a lack of complexity and to overly bright or acidic notes. I got served a flat white with a real citrus kick and to me citrus and milk just dont work :P
Was also served up a Syphon of the much hailed Esmeralda Geisha varietal which to look at was over roasted for Syphon (also overdosed) use and it brought out the Tannins and muted the florals normally associated with this bean. Possible it is just to do with this years crop compared to others I have had but to look at the roasted beans I would call it over roasted for brewed use. Also heard from another coffee shop owner of it being offered as an Espresso
While some of this is perhaps hyper critical or super snobbish the trend seems to be there. Not particularly interested in specific names of venues due to possible libel issues but general thoughts from others would be interesting
Had an interesting trip to a few coffee shops in Melbourne yesterday, a few new ones to me and a few revisits.
Seems there has been a growing trend to roast lighter and lighter, for espresso roasts. This is to my palette leading to a lack of complexity and to overly bright or acidic notes. I got served a flat white with a real citrus kick and to me citrus and milk just dont work :P
Was also served up a Syphon of the much hailed Esmeralda Geisha varietal which to look at was over roasted for Syphon (also overdosed) use and it brought out the Tannins and muted the florals normally associated with this bean. Possible it is just to do with this years crop compared to others I have had but to look at the roasted beans I would call it over roasted for brewed use. Also heard from another coffee shop owner of it being offered as an Espresso

While some of this is perhaps hyper critical or super snobbish the trend seems to be there. Not particularly interested in specific names of venues due to possible libel issues but general thoughts from others would be interesting


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