Throwdown in D Town Recap

What a sweet night it was! This was the best balanced jam ever. Along with the usual suspects we had a grip of new folks, baristas, roasters, coffee geeks and dogs all show up. Good times.

The night started out strong with solid espresso and and a little guacamole (to cleanse the palate). 

Brock was a wonderful host, providing Samurai Ale (from Great Divide), chips and guac, gelato and of course Stranahans! It is a bit of a challenge to actually taste the coffee with all that going on, but who cares.

After a solid hour of socializing it was on to the main event. Scott from Herkimer traveled out to show us a couple of coffees. We tasted a beautiful Brazil, a Harrar and a Sumatra. Many folks got the chance to taste the coffee and talk to the roaster, a good combo.

After tasting the coffees the competition was on! Scott made two blends of the Harrar and Sumatra, each competitor got a chance to taste the coffees and guess the percentage of each coffee. So after cleansing my pallet with whiskey and guac I knew I was the front runner. Alas, the winner of the coveted Tal Tack, the one who got it almost perfect (I think she was only 5% off on one of them) was Saadia from Aviano!

So the Tack won't travel far, for next month the Scandal of Aviano erupts...

See you there.