Drip coffee mix: The Melange Italian coffee mix with beans

Melange is one of the most interesting coffee blends in which the ingredients are roasted to varying degrees and therefore need to be roasted separately. For example, having both

The charcoal flavor of the deep roast and the lively acid snap of the light roast Mid-American coffee. The following gives a blend, a deep roast taste, excellent body and some lively light acidity:

40% Colombia Tuluni Whole City Roast-provides alcohol (or other types of Colombia, Nicaragua La Illusion,Brazil Monte Carmelo)

30% Mexican Tres Flechas French Roast-Provides a sharp charcoal flavor (or other Mexican flavor) 30% Kenyan Bean Urban Roast-Provides a bright, lively light sour flavor (or other Costa Rican, Central American beans with a bright taste)

If you want a Melange that has a good body, a good bitter sweet, but still has acidity and no charcoal, the recipe is as follows: 60% Colombia Whole City Roasted

40% Kenyan or bright central American beans Urban Roasted

If you want a balanced Chinese-American coffee with moderate acidity and alcohol, you can mix it with different roasts of the same coffee: 60% Colombia Tuluni or Nicaragua La Illusion, all city roasts, 40% the same coffee, city roasts--just over a pop

Our association's in-house trade show is a great place to sample popular coffee blends displayed by big roasters (who provide them to discussion groups) and benchmark blends identified by some coffee roasters. At the 1998 Specialty Coffee Association SCAA event in Philadelphia, there were numerous Melange blends that offered a lively, light acidity at 30%-40% Kenya beans. This is a good way to dimension the taste in the cup, highlighting the acidity and depth of bitter sweetness, which has a better taste than regular Kenyan coffee.

The article comes from "Coffee Bean Blending Basics"