REVIEW
Stirling Coffee By Emma Jordan
This month we’re looking at Stirling Coffee, whose aim is to deliver barista quality coffee to your home. The beans are Fair Trade and Rainforest Alliance Certified and are roasted within two days of your order being placed. They also offer a subscription for £10 and will deliver two bags of freshly roasted beans every one to four weeks, depending on how much coffee you get through. The coffee arrives in low key lined brown paper bags with the company name stamped on the front. I rather like this: it seems authentic and fuss free. All the coffee we tried is very mellow and that’s quite a nice change. None of these three will blow your head off or give you a manic caffeine high, but they’re really lovely easy drinking coffees for people who like a bit of a gentle, unchallenging morning cup. 10
Brazil In the bag, the beans have an interesting sort of unripe and crisp alpine strawberry aroma. This does not seem to be borne out in flavour of the drink. From the cafetière, the aroma in the cup is milk chocolate. It’s quite mild, soft and sweet. The initial flavour is of toasted sugar and slightly singed candyfloss. The flavours are very mellow and the coffee has a watery texture with a glossy mouthfeel. There is not much acidity, although there is a slight touch of citrusy sharpness in the beginning and in the aftertaste, which is actually a bit zingy in contrast to the sweet flavours of the drinking experience. As an espresso, the aroma is the one you get when you open a box of milk chocolates; sort of sweet and creamy but there’s also something soft and Cibare Magazine
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