This coffee is so lively and complex, it’s throwing a dance party on my tongue!’”īut the Village Blend crew has little time to revel in the success of the new coffee, as the tasting is interrupted by a bee invasion. And it’s a clean, bright sweetness, not heavy or syrupy. But as the coffee cools, there is so much more-a luscious honey sweetness. ‘Peach and candied apricot with a hint of rose petals.
“‘I got the fruit and floral notes,’ he began. The staff unanimously gives the coffee a thumbs-up, with assistant manager and part-time actor Tucker Burton waxing especially ecstatic in his praise: She plans to serve it at a “honey roast” honoring Matt’s mother, Blanche Dreyfus Allegro Dubois, known to all as “Madame.” Clare has micro-roasted several test batches and has now brewed the final batch in a French press. But not to fear, coffee lovers, the book, like the others in the series, also contains a generous helping of coffee talk that will satisfy even the most devoted aficionado of the caffeinated bean.Īs the story begins, the Village Blend staff is tasting a new honey-processed coffee that Matt Allegro, the Village Blend’s coffee buyer and Clare’s ex-husband, has obtained in Costa Rica.
The mystery in Honey Roasted, as you might suspect from the title, involves honey and bees. For long-term readers of the series and first-time readers alike, it’s great fun to visit the Village Blend coffeehouse in Greenwich Village and see manager and amateur sleuth Clare Cosi get entangled in a cleverly plotted mystery.
Honey Roasted is the 19th entry in Cleo Coyle’s long-running Coffeehouse Mystery series, and it’s a good one.
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