Sunday, June 9, 2019

Black Oak Coffee Wagon Wheel French Roast | Review by Kaplowitz

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Black Oak Coffee
Wagon Wheel French Roast

LOCATION: Ukiah, CA
ORIGIN: Blend
ROAST: Dark

PACKAGING: 12oz whole bean
PREPARATION: Pour-over

WEBSITE: blackoakcoffee.com

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NOTES:
Noses a bit like the ash on a cigar. Smoky on the palate w/ a cocoa & molasses forward march. Undertones are a woody nuttiness. Clings long to the cheeks and tongue via a full-body but never shows more there than a smoky potting soil bittersweet note of some mottling. 

Very straightforward and rather simple but deep nuances stave off boredom. If dark boundary-pushing French roasts are your thing, meet your new thing. It very-well might be my new thing as well. 

FINAL GRADE: A-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59

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