Bean Review: Bonanza Espresso Blend

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The last time I was in Berlin I took some time to visit and try their independent coffee scene. During my trip one roaster/place was the highlight, Bonanza Coffee Roasters. Independent Berliner retro innovative roaster, with a philosophy of roasting as little as possible to fully develop flavours and bring what makes the coffee distinct

Coffee Time

Bonanza's Espresso Blend is a mix of Irmas Pereira Brazilian with Ethiopian Limu beans from Seka Forest

Roaster: Bonanza

Medium Roast

Espresso Blend

Varietals: Acaia / Bourbon / Catuai / 74110 / 7227 JRI

Score: 5/5

I got a bag of their espresso blend thanks to a friend that lives in Germany and was kind enough to bring it back to London. The coffee has a medium body with long aftertaste and mild bitterness. Short but sharp acidity coming from citrus notes and cherries. To balance flavours some chocolate, caramel sweet notes, and a nutty touch from hazelnuts

Macchiato

Great for milk based drinks such as flat whites or macchiato as the milk highlight the sweetness and hazelnut flavours

The beans were grinded with a Rancilio Rocky grinder and the extraction made with a Rancilio Silvia

Bonanza
Coffee Roasters
Twitter: bonanzacoffee

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The Irish Burger

With all these world cup matches and sunny/hot days here in London, BBQs are in everyone plans. For the match of Germany vs. Argentina my friends Dermot and Sasha invited us to watch the match and have some burgers at their place. What could be better, my two favourite teams playing, beers, good friends, and a homemade grilled burger.

As soon as I got the burger I told Dermot I will post about it. In my opinion it was really good, I think he can compete with the meat wagon. I would have never guess he could prepare such a nice burger. It was so good I ate two, everybody was eating ice cream and I was still eating another burger. He prepared the patty with fine chopped onions and garlic, put the patties in the grill, and then added cheddar cheese and put it with the buns in the oven to melt the cheese and toast the bun, finally added tomato.

If I had to rank Dermot’s burger with the others I would have given him a solid 7, there is room for improvement here, at least in the chips/fries section.