Espresso blend?

carlamoose

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Ok from what I understand, I thought espresso meant the way you make the coffee. When a company sells an espresso blend, what exactly do they mean? I'm guessing they mean a mixture of beans that is highly recommended to use when making espresso to get the best taste of coffee? Or is it just a play on words and means absolutely nothing when making espresso?
 
For me it means to get the flavor profiles from 2 or maybe even 4-5 different varities and roast levels to get the final flavor profile my customers want.
 
So a mixture of beans and roasts that they recommend using for espresso drinks?
 
Hi Carlamoose, you were correct in your understanding, that espresso making is a brewing method. It's neither a type of coffee bean nor does it describe roast level.

You can prepare an espresso blend, using various origin coffees and various levels of roast.

Here's a neat thread on an espresso blend review by Shadow745:

http://www.coffeeforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=6861
 
One would hope an "espresso blend" is a mixture of coffees sourced from different origins blended and roasted to deliver a particular type of cup characteristic when used in an espresso machine. many of my customer buy my espresso blend for use in a french press but to be honest the way the coffee is blended and roasted makes it far less suited to drinking through methods other than espresso machine extraction
 
Straight to the point...

Yes! An espresso blend is a mixture of different coffees that is highly recomended for using in espresso
 
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