Trying new coffee flavors in a coffeehouse with Bianca, Fabio, and Camilla. Roasts from Kenia and Ethiopia.
Today Bianca and I wanted to do something fun in the afternoon.
We went to Rotterdam by car and decided to give @fabrews a call on the way there to see if he was up to something.
He had this cool idea to visit a coffee bar he wanted to go to for a very long time.
It's a place in Rotterdam where they roast their coffee in-house. Pretty cool.
I picked him and his almost future wife Camilla up from their apartment in Rotterdam and we went to the coffee bar.
Now to establish a baseline I want to show the machine I use every day to make coffee.
I had this machine for about 4 years and bought it second-hand from the Dutch eBay (called marktplaats).
It's been very trustworthy and makes filter coffee the way I like. Simple yet strong.
Upon entering the coffee place you see a machine they use to roast the coffee. They also have this huge grinder.
On the floor there are many huge bags filled with coffee. It's also the first time I think I ever have seen unroasted coffee in my life.
Behind the bar they have several machines to make coffee in different ways. Including filter coffee! Because this is the way I'm most familiar with I decided to go with this.
I ordered the 'test plank'. Basically 3 types of filter coffee in 3 cups. 2 roasts from Kenia and 1 from Ethiopia.
The one thing I found most striking about the coffee from these two African countries was the flavor. I'm used to earthy dark coffee flavor and this coffee was way more flowery and herby flavor. Very delicious but my brain couldn't wrap its head around the fact it was coffee. It appears I have missed out on a whole range of coffee flavor I didn't even know existed. I want to explore this further now.
To finish off I had a cappuccino made from a Brazilian roast. This was a way more familiar flavor and probably the best cup of coffee I had this year. But less exciting and unfamiliar than the other 3.
I love trying new food and drinks and Fabio certainly surprised me today! I had a fantastic afternoon with my friends!
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Coffee is a drink with great signature.
There is no perfect time to drink coffee.
Good try and enjoy coffee around the 🌍.
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@exyle I need to go out and try some other Coffee's just like you mentioned here in this posting. Still one of my favorite flavor Coffee's is Hazelnut Coffee that you can purchase at 7-11 store's here in the USA. It has a really good flavor.
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Thank you for your participation I told you wonderful pictures I hope you have benefited in your time in the city of Rotterdam . It shows through the giant pictures coffee and it will be wonderful and delicious . You have been touched by the details of the subject is wonderful, I was able by bringing us how to roast coffee until you get in the cup and become ready to consume, thank you .
I am glad to see you together guys.I can already smell the nice Coffee here :) Thank you for sharing these nice moments and enjoy your weekend!
That place looks great. The first time I saw unroasted coffee beans was when I got them delivered to try roasting in the house. It was amazing at how strange they look unroasted
Hey brother, stumbled across your page through what I think was Biancas page? bkbkb something? 🙏🏼
So you guys live in the Netherlands? How is your experience from living there? As I wrote on Biancas post I've been to the Netherlands over 20+ times for different festivals and will be visiting there now next weekend again for a festival with my girlfriend @sandrastarud.
We have been thinking about moving there in a couple of years, is it something you would recommend so to speak? Our dutch friends are trying hard to convince us 😉
Otherwise, if you're into travelling, vlogs, fitness, self-development etc feel free to check out my channel, in any case keep up the good work and I'll see you around!
I was born here. I think it's a nice country to live.
To be very honest i did not see unroasted coffee in my entire life. Btw how beautifully they made it, amazing.
Well you always give a new idea to relax the life once again you inspired me that how much it is important to give time to your partner.
Thanks for the tip @exyle :-)
Stay blessed, steem on
Ziet er gezellig uit zou ik ook eens moeten proberen want ik houd wel van een lekker bakkie zoals bijna alle Nederlanders! Ik ga kijken of ik ergens die brazillian roast kan vinden.
Super blog weer @exyle fijne avond!
I've never heard about flowery or herby flavour in coffee.
You learn something new every day :d