This Valentine's Day, my wife treated me to some local coffee. All the way from Newport, South Wales (well just around the corner from me really) comes Basecamp Coffee from Scout Coffee Roasters.

The Coffee

Scout Coffee Roasters Basecamp Cold Brew Coffee Review

Basecamp uses a classic Brazilian bean. Even my wife knows what coffee I really love. This bean, unlike the others I have tasted before, is a light bean with notes of dark chocolate, caramel and almond.

Setup

Using the OXO cold Brew Coffee Maker, adding 1.3 litres of water to the whole bag of 250g ground coffee. I went with an Aeropress Grind this time, which was a bit finer than I'm used to.

The Taste

While pouring the coffee through the Hario Jug with custom cheese cloth filter, I found the coffee very strong. The coffee had to be diluted a bit more than usual to get the right taste.

After sorting out the strength, the taste was very much of dark chocolate. That strong hit right at the end of every sip and, it was quite potent too. Giving a good kick in caffeine.

Considerations

It's priced at £10 per 250 gram though 1 kg is £29. Its up there with the premium brands but Scout Coffee is partnered up Ecologi. With every 1 kg of coffee sold, they will plant a tree. Something a bit different from the other coffees I have had before.

Oh, and you get a cool little sticker too!

The Score

Overall, I will give it 3 beans out of 5.