Dark, Intense and Direct To The Bloodstream!

Cafédirect - Espresso (Dark and Intense)!

Well firstly welcome back after a relaxing and enjoyable Easter weekend. To start I thought that I deserved a break over the Easter holidays and hence why I didn't post on Easter Sunday, although that's not to say I didn't have this post ready to go (Cause I'm so organised.......). There was a lot of problems that got in the way of writing this post and it comes down to Easter, work and my amazing ability to forget certain things!

Moving on to the coffee and this weeks glorious choice is Cafédirect's Espresso Dark and Intense coffee. To my own surprise someone actually asked me to look at this ... I'm shocked as well (people actually read my blog, whoop whoop!). Espresso Dark and Intense is exactly what it says on the tin (or bag). On the front of the bag they have a number indicating the strength of the coffee, and to no shock this is rated 5 out of 5 on their scale. After having 1 cup of it, I can see it deserves that number, it is intense from the first moment you open the bag and get the strong, full bodied, fresh ground bean aroma to the moment you swallow that first intense and overpowering sip.

The Bitterness of this coffee doesn't really exist, you manage to get a hint of it after you swallow, like a lingering bitterness what soon disappears leaving the full flavour and richness of the coffee. This is the strange part of this coffee, it is so strong and so rich in flavour that the bitterness should be through the roof, but it isn't, it is there but not to the scale that I would expect for this type of coffee. The Richness of this coffee is where it wins all my praise! The fulfilling, intense, full bodied and fierce (enough adjectives) taste of this coffee, is enough to leave the tongue painting vivid images of it for days to come. The full flavour you get that fills your mouth really leaves you wanting more and more, while giving you the ever energetic feeling you were wanting when you poured the cup! This coffee ticks all my boxes and to be honest will be one I will buy again, although that being said, this coffee is for the intense (and when I say intense I mean like Belfast during a heatwave intense) taste loving coffee drinker.

Moving right along to the Aroma, which I have already described in the second paragraph, but for those skimming through I will describe it again. From the second you open the bag and lift it to your nose to take a big whiff, your senses are filled with this strong, full bodied and fresh ground bean Aroma. This smell continues to fill the room and radiate from the coffee once it has been mixed with the hot water and like a coffee shop smelling candle of pour ecstasy, it just makes you want to always have a full cup of the coffee beside you!

This looks like a very long post this week ... my bad! But we are finally at the end, and that means the SAO top guild ... KNIGHTS OF BEAN ... Have something to say!

Bitterness - 3 out of 5 Beans

 

Richness - 5 out of 5 Beans

 

Aroma - 4 out of 5 Beans

**A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.**