Colombia Santana El Bolsón
Colombia Santana El Bolsón prepared as an espresso shot and served in a tomato. I added thyme leaves to the grounds and portafilter prior to brewing to extract the thyme flavor into the espresso shot….
If there is one food I could eat for the rest of my life, it would be chips & dip. Hands down. Especially guacamole. I love a chunky guacamole, with loads of tomatoes and cilantro, just like Alton Brown taught me to make. One problem.. my husband hates cilantro 🙁 Some people have an allergy where cilantro tastes like soap. My poor husband is one of these people. We often clash on the subject of cilantro when I’m cooking dinner, so I have learned to work around it. If you think about it, a lot of the flavors in guacamole are found in Italian cooking; tomatoes, onions, garlic, and what herb goes better with those flavors than thyme? It’s thyme for guacamole :)…
On one of my last trips to the Starbucks Roastery, I was sitting at the experience bar waiting for a friend. The bar partner, Zach, was dialing in espresso shots for the Colombia Santana El Bolsón. It was a great time, I tasted this coffee as espresso at several different shot times. What stuck with me was how savory this coffee was, bursting with herbaceous notes of thyme, with a juicy acidity. We so rarely see such a savory coffee. We see lots of notes of fruit, and cocoa, but thyme and tomato are few and far between. These coffees usually are my favorites, and the Colombia Santana El Bolsón is no exception….