Coffee and Food Pairing Party: Coffee Reviews and Food Pairing Combinations [2018]

milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: oat milk

Almond milk is lower in calories and can add a nutty flavor.

sweetener

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: sugar

Honey offers a natural sweetness with unique flavor notes.

Introduce the coffee and food pairing party.

Prepare a cold brew coffee from Honduras and taste it, noting its nutty flavor and strong acidity.

Taste the Ethiopian espresso, describing its thick texture and woodiness.

Pair the cold brew with Trader Joe's cheddar cheese with caramelized onion, noting the strong onion flavor.

Try white cheddar cheese with the cold brew, commenting on how it balances the acidity.

Taste organic pepper jack cheese with the coffee, expressing that the flavors do not mix well.

Introduce saffron bread made with honey, yeast, and dried milk, and taste it with coffee, noting its sweetness.

Taste banana bread made with hard wheat, white wheat, bananas, and butter, commenting on how the sweetness enhances the coffee flavors.

Introduce a French roast coffee from Costa Rica, describing its smoky notes and smoothness.

Pair the French roast with a dark chocolate croissant, noting how the butteriness enhances the coffee's sweetness.

Taste a cheese danish, commenting on how its tartness complements the coffee's sweetness.

Taste New York style cheesecake, noting its fluffiness and how it enhances both the cheesecake and coffee flavors.

Summarize that sweeter, buttery foods pair best with coffee, while cheeses were hit or miss.

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