I really, really wanted to like this one. I picked it up at Rappahannock coffee on Columbia Pike. They roast in house, and it was very fresh. It was also way over-roasted for my taste. Near the end of the bag, I learned that dialing down the temperature on the machine might help salvage it, but I didn’t have enough left at that point to really experiment. I did not manage to get anything that didn’t taste burnt. Furthermore, it was so oily that it was hard to work with in the grinder.

I will probably go back to Rappahannock, but not on the strength of this batch. It would be very nice to find a good locally roasted espresso blend.