House blends are the backbone of any coffee merchant. They depend on it and tasting a house blend is a good way to find out if you can depend on a roaster. They make choices from hundreds of coffees to achieve a successful blend. A blend is not simply a mixture. It is a combination of the desired coffee characteristics and cannot be maintained by simply adhering to a formula, as no two coffee crops have the exact same characteristics. The blender measures uniformity by the effect of the whole rather than by the quantities of the component parts.
After tasting several of her freshly roasted coffees, from single origins to complex blends, we selected Mary's Blue Moose Blend, the House blend at Electric City Roasting Co.'s very own Zummo's Café. This blend is very well balanced with excellent acidity and a medium bodied flavor. Blue Moose is a unique, premium blend of 100% specialty grade Central and South American Arabica coffees. It will impress even the most critical taster.