In my last post, I talked about a lighter roast of
coffee called Veranda. I feel bad starting out with such an awful coffee that I
have decided to jump to something amazing and awesome in order to make up for
it. So, without further ado, I present you with one of my favorite blends:
Starbucks’ Casi Cielo.
Casi Cielo is a wonderfully rich blend of beans. It
originates from Guatemala and is claimed by Starbucks to be such a great coffee
that they gave it a name which translates to “Almost heaven”. The description
given by Starbucks states that Cielo will have undertones of lemon and dark
cocoa. With this in mind, I sped over to the nearest grocery store and grabbed
a bag of assorted Ghirardelli chocolates and began my exploration into this
Spanish heaven contained in the coffee.
While thinking about the origins of Cielo, I
attempted to think of a good blend of music to go with the coffee. With the
descriptions, the one thing that kept popping up in my mind was Antonio
Banderas, a smooth, classy Spaniard who has the same appeal to the ladies (and
some gentleman as well) as chocolate does. Lo and behold, there is a video of
Mr. (er. I mean Sr) Banderas playing guitar from the movie "Once Upon A Time In Mexico".
And thus began my first sip of “almost heaven.”
The result was something along the lines of this.
My mind was blown. I loved it. I wanted the coffee
materialize into a Spanish women so I could take her flamenco dancing to the
music inspired by this tasting. It was indeed “almost heaven”. The combination
of the Ghirardelli chocolates added to
the chocolate texture and as I continued to consume both the chocolate and the
coffee simultaneously, I slowly fell in love with this dark, mysterious coffee
from Guatemala.
