The USBC Champion's Espresso On Bar Right Now

Finca Matalapa El Salvador roasted for espresso.  As used by Kyle Glanville on Monday to win the United States Barista Championship. 

As far as we know, the competition Matalapa is not a roast that Intelligentsia plans to make available this year to customers.  So it might be the one and only time locals will get to taste it.

This bag we have is currently in the same sweet spot (days off roast) that Kyle used to win the USBC.  Not saying the shots are going to be the same as Kyle's, but John's been pulling them yesterday and today and they are lusciously different than Black Cat - as a double 1.5oz, they're remarkably well balanced for a single origin, offering a bit of lime mousse and butterscotch with a velvety mouthfeel that slides into a sort of plum wine/tamarind finish, especially as it cools.

It's also very different from the drip roasted Matalapa which is more reminiscent of tree fruit (apple/pear/fig).  We have the drip roast on sale for home brewing.

We only came back with two pounds and about a quarter of it went to dialing it in, so we should have it for a couple of days.