#saltwinds coffee

[missguomeiyun]

Saltwinds coffee

This gets its own post bcos it is special.

This was my March bean - I'm on a 2nd bean right now, which started in March but I'm still drinking it so I'll post that in the April post.

Anyway, y'all know I'm not a big fan of infused coffees. I've never had much of a good experience with them. The last one being the limited edition Starbucks maple & hazelnut one. .. it was not good at all! But I got this Saltwinds bean from my coworker bcos she thought of me as she was checking out online xD Thank you!

To summarize, Saltwinds Coffee Company is an eastern Canada roaster. Their selling point is that they infuse their beans with ocean air. I'm not exactly sure how; however, you can read up about it on their website. Essentially, their goal/mission statement is to recreate the 'old' coffees that traveled across the ocean in wooden barrels that, of course, had 'gaps' (not an enclosed system like the packaging we have today). The resulting coffee was believed to have a salty-note so Saltwinds tried to mimick this.

They have diff beans available, from 'regular' to infused flavours like vanilla ice cream =/ but this Captain's Blend is sort of their original "regular" flavour from my understanding. It's a medium roast, which, if you know, is not my favourite but I've had good medium roasts that don't taste that acidic.

So. .. the question is: does this have a salty note?

Yes but . .. depends on your prep method.

I have a regular coffee machine - if you make it really concentrated (ie: decrease amount of water used), it'll taste quite acidic but then you'll get a slightly salty aftertaste. It's really not that pleasant...

The 1st time I made it, I just used my pourover filter system. I probably extractd more than I should have. Body was thin, tasted sour. .. no saltwater taffy flavour.

I used the rest with the coffee machine but I added honey & milk to it haha normally I drink black but it was too acidic for me to drink black : (

Give this a try & let me know!