The Coffee Concierge took a stroll down the posh-ish neighbourhood of Chip Bee Gardens today and popped in at Da Paolo's Gastronomia this afternoon. The cakes and pastries looked awfully tempting as always but sticking to his mission, he ordered just an expresso and a slice of cocoa pound cake and carried both gingerly back to a workloft nearby to sample.
Along the way, the aroma was strong and full bodied and later the taste was to match. There was plenty of flavour: a little sweet in the middle with only the slightest hint of bitterness at the end. However when swilled to the sides of the mouth, a certain sourness was in evidence which decreased when the coffee was cool. Overall, a coffee blend which would please most. The crema duly stayed put a good few minutes as can be seen in the photo taken approximately ten minutes after it was made. For caffeine lovers however, there seemed to be less of that so presumably it was dark roasted with the consequent loss in caffiene content though not flavour.
Overall rating:
Cost: S$3
Taste: 3 beans
2 comments:
Hey there!
Chanced on your blog as I was looking through the traffic coming to the coffee journal.
Nice to know there are more coffee lovers out there!
Adding you to my blogroll. Cheers!
Thanks...as you can see, you're already on my blogroll as I've always liked your blog. I'm only just starting out really so am still learning a lot from the other coffee lovers out there like you.
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