Black Gold is an Italian-style, medium-dark espresso roast from West Berkshire Roastery with tasting notes of chocolate, cookie, and nut. The roast is aimed at delivering a bold, rich cup with a full body and chocolate-forward sweetness, suitable for espresso preparations and darker brewed profiles. Beans are roasted to order by the roastery.
Founded in 2014, West Berkshire Roastery emerged from a single coffee van and an obsession with solving the eternal mystery of why office coffee tastes so dismal. Their roasting philosophy centers on high-airflow techniques that 99% of roasters don't employ, coupled with rigorous lab testing for pesticides and mycotoxins—a rare commitment to purity in the specialty coffee world. From their Berkshire headquarters, where Bertie the black Labrador maintains quality control with his "paw of approval," they've built a direct-trade model that prioritizes transparency while crafting chocolatey, caramel-forward profiles that defy the industry's obsession with bright, fruity notes.
