Name: Prologue
Roaster: Stryville coffee company
Roasting degree: Full City
【Flavor scale】
Aroma: 3
Sweetness: 4
Acidity: 2
Bitterness: 3
Richness: 3 ※Grade 1 to 5
【Impression】
Medium, sweet and mellow, milk chocolate, a touch of cardamon, well balanced sweetness and bitterness, no notable acidity detected in hot cups, mild, hot chocolate like sweetness, a bit earthy as African beans, cinnamon, raw cacao like sweetness as a long lasting after taste.
【Note】
According to them, Prologue is the signature blend, only one Stryville has, sourced from three continents. If you prefer decaf, pick epilogue blend.
Stryville is simple. There are only two kind of coffee beans they carry: Prologue and Epilogue. This simplicity make things easier if for people feeling tired of choosing specialty beans by regions and estates. The Prologue is the signature blend, also the only one coffee they carry besides decaf, Epilogue. This makes much easier for both customers and the roaster, but much bigger challenge for the roaster to present who they are through one blend.
Signature means does not change. However, unchangeable matter gradually changes underneath along the change in environments. Hope Stryville will stay as challenging as they are now from now on.
Pulled attention by the sign on the sidewalk, there was a new cafe found on the top floor at pike place market, where Starbucks gave birth.
Storyville coffee company,originally founded as a coffee roaster in 2006, started to run cafe in last year, September 2013. There have been a lot of news about the roaster even before they opens cafes for some reason, taking an opposition to "Big coffee roasters" who over roast the beans and serve a cup with "milk", "vanilla syrup" and "hazelnuts syrup" magics.
Certainly, Seattle is the place where "espresso-based" drinks boosted to spread around the States, swiping out old fashioned "American diner" style coffee. This means also, Seattle is the place begin to over-roast beans by naming "Italian roast" or "Dark roast". So, they made a statement: Coffee should not over roasted". This statement wasn't made by Storyville coffee but by, so called, the third waver.
After years of roasting, Storyville coffee company finally opened the cafe at Pike Place Market, where "the big coffee" history launched.
On top of the location, their cafe may offer you more than you expected.
Once you passed the door, modern but woody interior design welcomes you there: Atmosphere was cozy and quiet, feels the best hideout from noisy and busy outside.
Pastries are house baked and offered fresh everyday and have variety of choice from ordinarily "turnovers" to creative "salty caramel rolls". My order was "Caramel roll", which might have differently named, caramel graced crispy pie roll with sea salt flake. This was kind too sweet but good with their coffee.
The best was atmosphere: teams hospitality filled in the cafe. They know how to treat people and how to make their customer comfortable.
Maybe, this is because the are new. Maybe, so.
however, there are the way to treat people who noticed the sign on the side walk and came up stairs to visit the cafe on the third floor, which Storyville's baristas know very well.
The view is wonderful. Their coffee is tasty.
Hope this cafe stays here as it is from now on.
