Coffee Appreciation

@Bombcup, since I've been boshing through lot of coffee recently, I picked up some Monmouth Guatemalan de-caffeinated today.

I've only tried pouring a few shots to make Americanos, but I found that it has a very slight burnt plastic-y taste to it. It improved a lot when I reduced from 18g to 14g, but I was just wondering if you know of any advice for getting the best out of it. Maybe I should try a latte...

I'll still obviously stick to using the normal stuff in the daytime, but it'd be nice to drink in the evening and not be awake all night.

Cheers,

Roddy

Mate I have to admit I haven't got round to playing with the decaf as espresso. I do taste it as a filter most mornings and we're getting milk chocolate and a slight earthyness from it, one of the more convincing decafs I've tasted.

If you're concerned about it take it back to the shop where you'll get a replacement and it'll come back to the roastery to be tasted. It could be that the couple of bad beans (hard, medicinal tasting) which can sometimes find their way into decaf ended up in your bag.

I'm off until a week on monday now but I'll ask one of the bar folk what they do with the espresso. Have you had a decaf americano in the shop, and did you enjoy it there?