Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Creama Coffee Co. (53 Bloor St E)


This is the second location opened by these guys. This one in particular is situated within a Freshii salad bar - I suspect that the brands are owned by the same company. It's interesting to have a coffee joint with a salad place.

As soon as I walked in I noticed the Clover machine - super cool. The all chrome espresso machine is unique too - it can pour up to 3 shots at the same time. After a wee bit of research, I learn that this machine is a Mirage Triplette Classic by Kees van der Westen. What a Cadillac of a machine.

With this post I am going to attempt to standardize the review of the actual coffee I order. I am going to switch to double espresso shots, served 'for here' in a ceramic cup. I'll use three criteria (borrowed from Starbucks) to describe the drink, they are: 1. Aroma, 2. Appearance, and 3. Taste Profile.

Epic Espresso Roast

Aroma
Deep, caramelly and roasty. I pick up a strong earthiness of intoxicating goodness. Perfect.   

Appearance
As the beans are roasted really dark for espresso and even with the added water this brew is very dark, black gold. The creama (no pun intended) swirling on the top looks like a burnt marshmallow colour.

Taste Profile 
This is full-boded coffee and the flavour resembles the aroma - I pick up deep layers of caramelly sweetness with the roasty rich flavour. It floods my palette and I find that the sweet flavour lingers (so high acidity) all over my tongue with each sip. 

Overall, this is great espresso. I really enjoyed it. Cafe number 3 is complete.

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