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2012-03-12
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i'm not a coffee aficionado, but i like my good shot of espresso; i'm not a coffee expert, but i'm intrigued enough to want to learn more.On a friend's recommendation, i decided to pay a visit to this little coffee place, not aware that i'd stumbled upon their friday tasting night.Knockbox was a box alright, half of the space was taken up by the bar/work bench area which looked remarkably like a science lab with fancy and rather good looking apparatus. The remaining half was occupied by a coffe
On a friend's recommendation, i decided to pay a visit to this little coffee place, not aware that i'd stumbled upon their friday tasting night.
Knockbox was a box alright, half of the space was taken up by the bar/work bench area which looked remarkably like a science lab with fancy and rather good looking apparatus. The remaining half was occupied by a coffee roaster, a table and a book-shelf. Jonathan, one of the baristas, introduced the working of a tasting nite to us and started our education right away by passing some freshly grounded beans for us to smell. This was followed by a small shot of hand-dripped coffee made with those beans.
Even though we arrived 2/3 into the event, we still managed to taste 5-6 different beans, I can't imagine staying for the entire event, I'd be so caffeine-drunk!! Some of these beans were roasted by famous roasters overseas and yet that was not a guarantee that it would be better than the same beans roasted locally. Sometimes it really pays to look homeward.The discussion that ensued was very much a dialogue where everyone's opinion was valued, novice or expert. Afterall, coffee is a beverage and is meant to be a pleasure to drink, regardless of the myriads of nuances and levels of complexity. Having been an espresso drinker all along, it was a bit of a shock to the system to be introduced to coffee that was "watery", almost tea-like, but once the dominating oil is filtered, the underlying floral could truly blossom.
The experience opened up an entire new coffee world to this nursery grade coffee drinker. While people all have different preference and tastes, in the context of learning, the lesson to take home is to keep an open mind. Who would have thought watery is not (always) "bad", acidic is (sometimes) a treasured feature? I certainly didn't. I have learnt a lot last night, and there's a lot more to learn. This is what makes life so fascinating.
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The grading below refers to the tasting night experience and not as a "cafe". $80 for a whole night of tasting and education is pretty good value.
(以上食評乃用戶個人意見 , 並不代表OpenRice之觀點。)
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