Sweet Maria

More Left Coast Coffee.

When the label reads, like this, including, “Honeyed mouth,” and "brightness,” with chocolate overtones? Seriously, this is just coffee, albeit coffee from Sister’s micro-roaster, on the Left Coast, like next door or something.

Artisanal Coffee — oi.

However, thusly noted, this stuff smells so very, very good. Pungent, but with a lighter side to it, not like opening a can of vacuum-packed ground coffee. Totally the opposite, as there are delicate, herbal essences that seem to be included, fruity, to an extent, and carrying a hint of confection.

While not a uniform roast, some dark beans, some lighter, and each bag had least one bean that looked like a little white grub in the midst of the coal-black dirt, as a blend, it is just excellent.

Best used, in my mind, and from my recent experience — as a “pour over” with about a heaping tablespoon or so of fine, fresh ground beans as the starting point.

Sweet Maria

Boil water. Pour over the ground coffee.

When it’s fresh, that first bloom as the hot water hits the grounds? There’s a burst of aroma — truly some of the finest smelling coffee.

Sweet Maria

Its aroma carries the promise of a new day, a better world, a place where chickens can cross the road with no one questioning the chicken’s motivation.

After the second or third tiny cup of the coffee? Still warm and fresh, within the first half-hour of its inception? There’s a giddy, silly essence.

Sweet Maria Coffee Beans

#coffee