Comments on: For the love of Starbucks Mexico Chiapas

By: Enlightened Coffee Sage

Enlightened Coffee Sage — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:41:42 +0000

Sounds like an awesome tasting! I love coffee tastings; wish I could have been there for it.

Alternately, I wish you could have been here when I did a tasting of it for my Coffee Master seminar. No one came to it, so I had to do it with the baristas. It made me a sad panda. But it was tasty, at least! I paired it with some hazelnut chocolates as well; it seems an obvious choice. (If you don’t wanna go that fancy, I imagine it’d also pair quite nicely with a Snickers bar.)

Mexico Chiapas is absolutely one of my favorites. It’s not my absolute favorite (that honor belongs to Kenya), but it might be my second. I really dig the chocolatey, nutty flavor, along with the medium body. It’s one I wish they’d make a permanent offering; or hopefully they’ll make it a yearly offering, like Casi Cielo.

On that note, has anyone else noticed that this year’s Casi Cielo is way, way bolder than usual?

By: ALN

ALN — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:34:54 +0000

This is my favorite Starbucks brew. I think the description on the bag may fool people into thinking it’s a flavored coffee with the chocolate and nut notes (I know it did for my mom, who was reluctant to try it when I sent it to her).

By: Brendan206

Brendan206 — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:54:50 +0000

That tasting sounds like a really neat experience! I’ve never done anything like that before. I have tried Mexico Chiapas all by itself, however, and it stands out among the current Clover offerings, in my opinion. It’s not as dark and flat-tasting as some of the other Latin American coffees; it tastes more “medium” (as the stamp implies) and has a decent acidity, and I recall tasting notes of chocolate. The more I think about it, the more I want to try Chiapas with a bite of chocolate, or something nutty!

By: Hayley

Hayley — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:50:57 +0000

That looks so awesome! And I read on MSI they are doing a coffee tasting for the pour over launch in Seattle.
I wish so much that other cities (like mine) would offer these…it would be such a new experience and I’m sure give you a much better appreciation of the beans and their origin!

By: camspi

camspi — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:35:53 +0000

I get mad at myself because I don’t get creative with coffee/food pairings… I tend to just eat whatever is in the pastry case.
It seems like we had a twitter convo about pairing food with Chiapas… I suggested salsa, I think. Salsa=dumb idea!!!
Is Jeremy on twitter? I think I may follow him.

By: LatteRose

LatteRose — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:08:59 +0000

I will second the recommendation to try Beecher’s! They had samples at a cheese tasting a few months ago at the Metropolitan Market. Excellent cheese.
Love the photos, as always.

By: Wes

Wes — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:02:26 +0000

Had a discussion via Twitter last wk re. New whole bean coffee for the esspresso maker and Chiapas came out as a top rec. The only thing is the seasonal offering and limted avail. I will go and re-bother my baristas for some or when it will be avail. As one who also likes mostly bold coffees this could be a great departure from the norm. Thanks for the post!

By: BOSTON STARBUCKS REBEL

BOSTON STARBUCKS REBEL — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:51:09 +0000

I’ll do this tasting today. I do have to agree that this coffee is much better than the OMX, normally offered by Starbucks.

By: CABarista

CABarista — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:05:55 +0000

with Gouda! Wow! Sounds incredible!

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:10:08 +0000

I usually like only the bold coffees. This is a medium that has found it’s way into my favorites.