Bête Noire - Dark Roast Blend

Garage Roasters' bespoke darker roast blend exhibits incredible power but also possesses a reassuring level of finesse and elegance.  It is the proverbial iron fist in a velvet glove.  It's roasted darker, and therefore displays more roasty character.  It has a small proportion of high quality Vietnamese Robusta which gives the coffee texture and punch (Robusta has double the amount of caffeine relative to Arabica).  There's the obligatory Brazilian component (hopefully Brazilian coffee will still be available given drought in that country) providing the classic blend characters of chocolate and nuts.  Finally there is a component of Guatemalan coffee which gives the blend a slight and bright lift on the end palate.

Tasting Notes: chocolate, caramel, low acidity

Processing: natural, washed

Suitable with milk? yes

Roast level: medium dark

Roasted for: espresso

Acidity: low

Body: very full bodied