Reviews for Social Coffee & Tea Company
Richly and deeply complex. Black currant, blackberry, dark chocolate, brandy, hints of lemon and fir in aroma and cup. Crisply balanced acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Long, rich, resonant finish.
Rich and aromatically intense, with pungent intermingled notes of fresh-cut fir and black currant. In the cup, full body, smooth, lightly syrupy mouthfeel and delicately sweet flavors of honey, night flowers and a softer version of the fir and black currant complex. The fruit and floral notes soften and linger in a sweet finish.
Price: CAD $16 /12 oz.
Reviewed as espresso. Overall sweet-toned, deep, almost flawlessly balanced. Apricot, flowers, dark chocolate in the aroma. In the small cup medium-bodied, very smooth in mouthfeel, delicate but complex: flowers, orange, chocolate, a hint of tart coffee fruit. Very smooth finish. In two parts hot milk the orange-toned chocolate blooms richly.
Crisp, delicate, with molasses, moist pipe tobacco and nut notes in aroma deepening toward a molasses-inclined chocolate in the cup. Brisk acidity, light body, silky mouthfeel. Sweet, gently rich finish with continuing hints of molasses and chocolate.
An elegantly balanced cup, with sustained, floral-toned acidity and syrupy mouthfeel. Roundly layered notes of tartly ripe coffee fruit, citrus, cherry and dark chocolate in aroma and flavor. All carry into the finish, where the chocolate turns bracingly bittersweet.
Evaluated as espresso. A complete, big-bodied straight shot. Caramel, toast, flowers and orange in the aroma. All carry into a cup further complicated with deeper suggestions of brandy and chocolate. Flavors linger in the finish, developing solid sweetness in the long. Flavor notes consolidate nicely in two parts milk: turning even sweeter but maintaining complexity.
Price: CAD $14.00/12 oz.
Evaluated as espresso. Quietly bright and floral throughout the profile. Flowers, toast and apricot in the aroma with a touch of cardamom-like spice. Flavors deepen in the small cup: raspberry-toned chocolate, prune and molasses. The flavors linger long into the sweet, flavor-saturated finish. Round and sweet in two parts milk: delicate orange, milk chocolate and nut suggestions.
Price: CAD $11.00/12 oz.
Intensely pungent aroma: sweet citrus and dry chocolate. In the cup soft, sweet-toned acidity and silky mouthfeel with cherry and blackberry fruit notes, deep aromatic wood, hints of moist pipe tobacco and perhaps earth. Long dry finish with lingering pungent fir-like notes.
Price: CAD $13.00/12 oz.
Deep, fruit-toned aroma with complications of nut and butter. In the cup balanced, intense: light citrus, hazelnut and chocolate; hints of concentrated cherry and dried berry. The chocolate turns bracingly bittersweet in the finish with a faint astringent hint.
Price: CAD $16 / 12 oz.
Evaluated as espresso. Big floral aroma with notes of minty dark chocolate and orange peel. In the small cup, silky and smooth with continued floral character and layers of brandyish concentrated fruit - citrus, cranberry, blueberry modulating to chocolate. The fruit reverts to orange peel in the finish. In two parts milk the fruit turns to chocolate but sustains a complicating brandy and orange-peel edge.