During today's tasting I described the Stanton & Killeen Topaque NV as having aromas of "matcha mochi, straw, tatami, gyokuro."
I thought it was the 6 hours of tasting finally catching up to me, but recorded it anyway, until one of the MWs hosting commented on how she always tasted chamomile tea in Muscadelle Topaques, and another later told me she smelt oolong tea in it.
Not so far off after all(?)
Seriously affordable wine too…
Birmingham seems just a little bit miserable as cities go.
But most cities in England seem that way to me on Friday and Saturday evenings, especially when it's overcast. I guess it's the greater density of dive bars in smaller cities that makes them seem worse. Though this really does strike me as a city without much focus on specialty stuff — one or two coffee shops aside.
I should clarify that this place advertises itself as a café and coffee school…
— Is this a washed or natural coffee?
— Uh…I presume it's washed because it's roasted, so…I don't really get what you mean, sorry. I guess it's processed in the same way as any other coffee.
FFS.
@indigo Hoping to work for that company I did that internship at in 2015, at least for a while.
@indigo Birmingham for a masterclass, then back to Edinburgh after lunch tomorrow.
Then cram in a few days of work before Glasgow for 3 days of wine.
Good thing I'm leaving London today, cousin wouldn't stop going on about the election last night.
