Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters Vienna Roast – Dark Roast (Commercial Espresso Grind) 250g | Made With 100% Specialty Grade Arabica Freshly Roasted Ground Coffee, Bag

The coffee is not soluble which they should mention. The smell is strong and bitter but the taste is on the more okayish side. I tried Nescafe black roast and that certainly feels more prominent in taste dense and soluble as well as the taste lingers on the palate. Also this is not as strong I would say to wake me up.

I used to be an avid Nespresso drinker back in Europe and was worried when I move to India, which coffee would atleast give me that espresso taste and feeling. Did a lot of research on Amazon, and shortlisted this one to try out. It amazed me. It is even better than many Nespresso flavours. It has the perfect taste, is full bodied and has the rich aroma of an espresso when you make it in the Moka Pot. The brew is really rich and the Moka pot (bialetti brikka) does full justice to it. Yes it is expensive but worth it. You can savour it for special ocassions if budget is an issue. Be forewarned to have this coffee atleast 8hrs before sleep, else you’ll have a tough time sleeping. It jumpstarts you till atleast 4pm in evening if you have it around 9am. As a replacement , I found the Lavazza cremo gusto to be fine as well considering the price point.

As a coffee addict, it is very customary for me to constantly be on the look out for that just perfect blend, which I prefer very dark and bitter of, and so far Davidoff’s Espresso 59 was the only one that I’d found as close to perfect as I could, but it being ridiculously pricey makes it entirely impossible for me, as a student who drinks 3 huge cups of black coffee each day, to buy it for Rs. 500 per 100 grams. And so, though I might taste a lot of coffees, I do in the end return to Bru instant and the occasional very acidic local South Indian blend that just tastes terrible as a black coffee.

This brand was very new to me, and actually recommended by my father, who is not a coffee drinker, and so I wasn’t very keen on getting an indie brand coffee I’d never heard anything of ever, but just because he mentioned it to me, I just got the darkest blend I could find. And boy am I worshiping my dad right now, because holy hell. This is literally the best blend I have ever made at home, and my moka pot has perhaps never been blessed to make such an amazing coffee ever either.

This coffee is everything it promises to be, it is dark, oaky and bitter-sweet and I am wholly and entirely in love with it. The grind size is perfect for my pot, and and I’ve brewed it with cold water in the water chamber, which means it was heated for about a minute and a half before the extract pushed out, and even still, the coffee was not that terrible burnt bitter that moka pots are infamous for. If this coffee tastes half as good a month later (which is when I reckon I’d finish 250 gms by myself), as it does today, ie. 3 days after it was ground, then I’m subscribing to this baby for life.

Yes, it is just that good.

EDIT: So, I have had the Vienna Roast ordered about 3 times, and so far the quality was not compromised, so I’m definitely impressed with the consistency. And I have tried a few more brewing methods, just to find what tastes best for this particular blend.

If you’re using a moka pot, then I would recommend boiling the water first and filling the chamber of the pot with boiling water rather than cold water because trust me, the taste comes through. With the cold water, it takes about a minute and a half for it to boil in the chamber, and in that period the coffee will begin cooking, so the extract is a little more bitter than ideal, and loses its oaky flavor. All of this is retained if you just change the water with boiling water, and so the decoction begins to come out within 10 seconds, and since the coffee is already a dark roast, the extraction is not overdone.

Another thing to remember is that it’s a dark roasted coffee. Which means it loses its flavor and aroma that quickly as it decarbonates. Anything longer than 3 weeks and the coffee is not half as good and aromatic as that first week. But then again, I bought it pre-ground, so I’m sure that has something to do with the shelf life as well. But since it does last me about 20 days per packet, I’m not complaining.

In the past 4 months I have tried other Indian specialty coffees (KC Roasters ultra dark roast), and Blue Tokai’s other blends- KALLEDEVERAPURA PULP SUN DRIED, and the Cold Brew Blend- Medium dark roast, and still the Vienna Roast remains my favourite of all.

I liked the strong flavour and strength of this coffee. It gives out a good crema on my espresso coffee machine. This is the second pack that I have ordered and I recommend it to all.