CHAUNCEY JENKINS - GRINDIN COFFEE REVIEW

This week, Pharrell and Pusha T launched Grindin Coffee. Named after arguable their most famous song together, the coffee is blended by Lavazza. The team at Grindin send Chauncey Jenkins a free sample to try. Here are his thoughts:

“Very balanced coffee with a sweet finish. Great daily drinking option.

The finish here is very long - still prevalent about 30 minutes after finishing the cup, but not a bitter finish the sweetness of the coffee slowly reveals itself. Lots of dark chocolate - like 70% cacao notes here - so a touch of that known bitterness of cacao then the subtle notes of berry (a little underripe blueberry, dried apricot feel on the palate) you get from intense dark chocolate.

There's a distinct and pronounced nuttiness that persists, I feel you get the nutty notes before the chocolate and think you need to let the coffee cool a bit to get more of the pronounced chocolate. It's like toasted macadamia and hazelnut covered a piece of 70% cacao.

I did this at 1:15 ratio in French press with a 30sec bloom. Water temp at 194 degrees Fahrenheit. 4 minute brew time. Gonna try it as pour over to test the difference! I'll be trying the dark roast soon!”