BigShoulder Coffee (BlueLine- Chicago)

8/22

最近在芝加哥咖啡圈最有趣的新聞大概是兩家新店家的到來“BOW TRUSS” 和 “Big Shoulders Coffee‘ ，其中 BOW TRUSS 是之前 Noble Tree 的老闆新開設的烘豆店（這傢伙還和人合開了 Next Door Cafe），往北搬到Intelligentsia Broadway旁邊是要正式宣戰嗎？笑

扯遠了，今天趁著課程的空擋，跑到Big Shoulders Coffee  看看這邊還好嗎？這家店坐落在 Chicago Ave x Milwaukee Ave x Ogden Ave，有大大的窗漢有設計感的店面。要來這裡搭乘 Blue Line 到Chicago Station 一出站就是，相當方便。不過我必較喜歡坐 No.8 到Haldtel St. x Chicago Ave再慢慢走過來，一路上慢慢聞着麵包香，看著路邊的塗鴉和Vintage Poster 讓人放鬆期待今天的咖啡。Big Shoulders Coffee 填補了這個區域咖啡店的真空，在她的西邊有SwimCoffee, 北邊到Wrick Park 有 WormHole, 和 The Coffee Street, 往南邊有 Le Colombe, 和Jupiter Outpost。

走入店裡、可以看到一個大大的烘豆機、搭配老闆15年的烘豆經驗、BigShoulders在大芝加哥地區提供豆子給八個店家。在這裡我又一次看到了Strada和MAHLKÖNIG、現在開店硬體的等級越來越高、雖然花錢、不過這也是為了提供高水平穩定咖啡給客人。話說回來、在芝加哥還沒看過用Syphon的店家（勉強算例外的大概是用Syphon煮茶的Star Lounge Bar、笑）

Burundi Kirimiro (Clever Coffee Dripper)

Strong Acidity, Grapefruit flavor, Perfume Aroma, 
Tea (BlackTea -Pu'er tea) aftertaste, Clean Body.

Nut, Butter 

Ref. CoffeeShrub

Cupping Notes

This Kirimiro lot is a floral coffee with tremendous sweetness and fruit flavors. Perfumed aromatics like spiced apple cider or more basically put, mulling spice, set the tone in the dry fragrance. Caramel sweetness permeates the crust while the same sweet, baking spice notes a la clove or small spice appeared in the break. Malic acidity continues to dominate the cup profile with both red apple and juicy, crisp Asian pear flavors. The sweetness is more akin to tamarind and is even honeyed with the mouth feel having a rich, clarified butter texture. A deeper roast showed us much more of the toasted almond, caramel and cream notes with acidity more like hibiscus or rose. The finish is extremely clean and pleasantly dry like Assam tea. We pulled some really beautiful unblended espresso shots from it, loaded with dark berry, black currant and tea notes.

Big Shoulders Coffee Works
1105 W Chicago, Chicago, IL 60642
Mon-Fri 6 am - 7 pm
Sat 8 am - 5 pm , Sun 9 am - 5 pm