Klatch - Real Pumpkin Late

This seasional drink from Klatch uses real pumpkin puree, their ecspresso and sweet milk

 

The aroma of this coffee is of cinnimon, and carmelized sugar with a slight hint of citrus like of bergamont

 

The flavors of this coffee are promintaly pumkin with a subtle vanilla note through out. The pumkin itself is sweet with a all spice and nutmeg taste coing through. The espresso is slightly lost in this cup but does bring this drink together with its citrus and earth notes of it. 

The body of this drink is smooth with a chcolate ganache mouth feel and a velvity texture

Mixing this drink it becomes overly creamy with the milk being the only flavor and taste

This Pumpkin late is very well made and not overly sweet along with being with a good complexity and great body

 

Klatch - The Naked Verbina

This seasional drink by Klatch uses Lemon Verbina leafs, Lemon zest, with there 2003 USBC espresso.  

This is more of a unusal drink for a coffee shop in that to make this drink you need a cocktail shaker to combine all the ingrediants then layer them on top of the symple syrup. 

The aroma of this drink is high on the lemon along with burnt sugar, coca nibs, and ginger ale

The flavors of this drink is of lemon zest, almon flour, burnt sugar, cracked ginger, marshmellow, vinilla, caramel, thyme, and blood orange

This drink must be stured to combine the symple syrup and coffee and in doing so it does bring out delicate acidity and a velvity body of this drink.

 

 

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Klatch - The Everyman

This seasonal drink at Klatch was by Sam Penix of Everyman Espresso in NYC.

Klatch adapted this for them and featues Ethiopia Sidamo Guji, peach nector, and lime.  

The aroma of this is of peach blossom, sugar, orange zest, and a delicate note of all spice

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The flavors of this drink are heavy on the peach with notes of raspberry, cinnamon, bosk pear, Hawaiian papaya and blood orange

The lime is very faint but a great note of acidity to this. 


To me this drink is over sweet of the peach and districts from the coffee itself


This drink is very refreshing on a California Summer and I would suggest to even try this blennded.

Lavender Gamocha

 

 

Signature drink created  by Blair from Augie's 

This drink is a Gibraltar with lavender and parliament chocolate

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The aroma is of lavender and burnt sugar

The lavender is the star with the chocolate bringing in the tart notes from the coffee

The milk separated slightly bringing out a sour citrus note in the coffee like kumquat. 

I sweet brown sugar is throughout the cup.


There is a banana foster like body to this with a slight watery note at the end This does have a high acidity to it that is tart, and juicy with a sweet and delicate tartness 






Klatch - The "Pepper" Mint Latte

This seasonal drink craeated by Klatch is a latte using Klatch Espresso, Fresh Mint, and Black Pepper with a chocolate topping. 

 

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The aroma of this coffee is of burnt sugar, bakers chocolate, marshmallow, and spearmint

The flavors of this drink are prominaly of mint with the pepper much like Sacashghuan coming through slightly of earth notes and bing a Little spicy along with slight hint of tobacco. The milk foam is of light marshmallow and vanilla with slight bits of pepper combing through.

Mixing this latte the pepper comes through more with the mint more of a back note.


The chocolate on top was as I see for decorative use with no flavor in this drink 


I would recommend this drink if you like your coffee with a slight bite or not sweet


Klatch - The Toblerone

This sessional coffee from Klach is inspired by the classic chocolate bar and features chocolate, honey, and uses almond milk for the base. 

 

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The aroma of this coffee is of toasted halzelnut and burnt sugar with a slight hint of yeast. 


The flavors of this coffee are of almond and of chocolate. The honey is a nice sweet touch but does not bring anything to this drink.  

This drink is lacking in body and is more like a dirty chocolate water. The coffee is lost and is a real disappointment  


This drink has a lot of potential but needs to be worked on to improve the body and characteristics of it first  



Coffee Nutzz - Meximocha

This drink created by Coffee Nutzz is a mocha with the addition of in house made horchata

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This Drink is thick and the chocolate is forward with a sweet hint of the horchata.  

The coffee is on the bitter side and tastes of an over roasted Brazil but they say all their coffee is from Peru.

The horchata is very pleasant and not to sweet along with it bringing out the characteristics of the rice. 


This is a very pleasant and suprising find that is worth a try. 

Klatch - Peppermint Mocha

This sessional drink by Klach uses 

 

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The aroma of this coffee is of light mint and caramel


The flavor of this coffee are of  Peppermint and eucalyptus. The milk foam is overpowering and distracts from the coffee. There is a nice hint of lavender that comes through once you get to the coffee. 

Mixing the drink, the peppermint is very prominent along with vanilla bean and raisin.  


The chocolate is not very notaseable and once you get some it's not sweet but bitter and chalky.  



Klatch - Candy Cane Escomocha

This seasional drink by Klatch is made with candy canes and is a blended mocha. 

The aroma of this drink is of peppermint and light brown sugar. 

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The flavors of this drink are prominent of the candy cane and of chocolate. The coffee is not prominent in this drink and is to me good for people that don't like the taste of coffee.

Most of the flavor in this drink is at the bottom and is very consintrated and overly sweet. 


As the ice melts this drink becomes the taste of peppermint and airplane coffee. 


This is a very refreshing drink for the Sothern California Winters and would be a great hot drink to.  

Klatch - Gingersnap Latte

This sessional coffee created by Klatch is made with allspice and raw sugar in it.

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 The aroma of this drink is of tasted gram cracker and burnt sugar. The ginger is not over powering and is in fact allspice. 

 The first sip of this drink you get some of the top that has a slight crunch like your eating a cracker but it's from raw sugar. There is a spice note to this like of muted cardamom and a faint hint of nutmeg. There is a maple syrup taste and feel in the body. 

 The espresso in this drink is lost with the milk and would help it bring more depth to this drink.  

The end of this drink is filled with the spices and is very strong and overpowering to the point it can hurt your taste buds.  

This is a good drink and I hope this drink stays for people to try. 

Portola - pastel Rojo

This drink created by Portola Coffee Lab is created by Thomas Ifergan and Bryant Trinh.

 

This is their rendition of a bloody red velvet ice latte, this drink has the flavores of the cake. This drink has no flavors of the coffee coming through. 

Its is a disappointment that this is not more of a Red Velvet flavor.  

The presentation of this really fun with the red food coloring and the bone stur

 

This is a great fun drink and concept but I think this is poorly executed

 

Portola - Orange Mocha

This drink created by Rick Wheeler Portola. 

The aroma of this coffee is of navel orange. 

The orange is center at this with the chocolate coming through at back.   

They brew this drink with the espresso going on orange peel and also using orange bitters

This is a great and refreshing hot and cold.  

Out of the new drinks at Portola's Therom this is the best.  

Klatch - Sweet Shot

This seasional drink by Klatch is made with a double shot of espresso and shaken with sweatend condensed milk and served over ice. 

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The aroma is of sour cream and honeycomb. Its a little disappointing and not sweet at all


The flavors of this drink are of the espresso that is prominant with flavors of red current, meyer lemon, and bitersweet chocolate. The condensed milk brings out flavores of Mexican vanilla and cane sugar. 

This is a very refreshing cool drink on a hot fall day and is very well rounded and developed  

Cafe Royale - Mocha De Mexico

This coffee drink is Made by Cafe Royle in Redlands California is made with two shots of espresso ( pulled at 24 seconds) from Coffee Brothers Wood Roasted coffee of Colton California and Mexican chcolate. 

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This is drink is tart from the coffee and the steamed milk. The chcolate comes through at first but then drops to the bottom and is not existant.  

After the chcolate drops this drink seperates and the milk and water go to the top makeing this more of a dirty watery mess then a mocha. 

This coffee has so much potentual but with the subpar coffee and exucution of this drink, I would not sudgest this drink.   


Klatch - Horchatte

This seasonal drink by Klatch features their award winning espresso with home made horchata.

The aroma of this drink is like steamed white rice and citrus

The flavors of this drink is more of cream and the espresso.

The espresso it self is full of berry notes along with citrus like of lemon peel. The home made horchata is not like a true horchata and is more of a heavy cream with a little cinnamon and nutmeg added in. 

This is a disappointment and i had high hopes but this drink falls short of going out of your way to try it. 


Klatch - Indian Summer

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This sessional drink made from Klatch has an aroma of fresh lemon that is very prevalent. 

The coffee is made with a brown sugar and ginger syrup made in house and gives it a great kick of spice. 

The ginger is not overpowering and rounds this latte with their espresso giving a great chocolate flavor with subtle earth tones throughout.  

This is one of the best sessional drinks I have had by Klatch and is worth it to seek this out and try.   

Klatch - The "Arnold Palmer"

This is a new seasonal drink created by Klatch Coffee that features their espresso, brown sugar, and tamarind.

The flavors of this drink are over powering with the tamarind. It is on the sour side and the coffee is lost in this drink. 

To me this coffee is lacking something to cut the intensity of the tamarind and the coffee is lost do to it. This is a great drink to have on a hot day though.

I would seek this out to try the combination of flavors. I hope they work on this a little to make this drink more rounded and smooth.


Loaded Joe's - Snickers

This coffee creation is created by Loaded Joe's in Vail Colorado.


This coffee drink is made with Dark Chocolate, Carmel, and Hazelnut. 

The dark chocolate comes through most prominently. The hazelnut and carmel does not come through at first and the coffee it self is over roasted. 

If you mix the coffee the carmel and hazelnut comes through and brings the Sinkers together as a whole.

Ink! - Powder Day

This coffee created by Ink! Located in Aspen Colorado is a simple drink made with Caramel, White Chocolate, Stemmed Milk and their House Quake coffee. 

 

The white Chocolate and carmel are very prominent with the coffee. The coffee it self comes through and you get a nice spice note to it along with a sleigh nuttiness like of hazelnut. There is a slight citrus note to this coffee creation like of orange blossom.

This is a great coffee if you do like sweet coffee drinks but can be to sweet to most so be careful. If you do like sweet coffee then this is a great drink to try.




Yetis Grind - Salted Cocomel

This creation is by Yetis Grind in Vail Colorado. 

This coffee creation is very strong in coconut flavor and the carmel is more of a side note and does nothing to this nor does it come through in favor. This coffee is lacking in the salt and to me was just an after thought and had no porpoise in adding to taste or texture.

The coffee itself was tasteless and could have been any store bought coffee that is over roasted. 

 

This was a big disappointment and could use more. 

I would not recommend getting this coffee

 

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