Oddly Correct

Cherry and milk chocolate each turn up in three of Oddly Correct's nine active coffees, which on a list this short means the two notes keep meeting in the same cup. That pairing describes the house character better than any roast number does.

Blends hold four of the nine slots. A 44 percent share is close to half the catalog, and it leaves five single origins to carry the origin work, drawn from four countries with Colombia taking two of the five and one lot apiece coming from Brazil, Costa Rica and Ethiopia.

The roasting spans four of the five rungs on the scale, so a buyer can move from the bright end to the roasty end without leaving the shelf. Prices at the common 12-ounce size run $19 to $32 against a median of $23. The top of that band is where the occasional small lot sits. One coffee is decaffeinated. The roastery works out of the Midwest.

Single Origins

Blends

Roast Profile & Flavor Range

Four coffees are roasted medium, three are medium-light, one is medium-dark and one goes dark. Only the light rung is unused. The same shop therefore sells a bag for a pour-over drinker and a bag for someone who wants the roast itself to show, which is a lot of ground for nine items to cover.

Acidity averages toward the low middle and body sits a little above it. The reading is rounder than the three medium-light roasts on their own would suggest, and it comes from the medium and darker coffees pulling the numbers toward weight. Processing among the five single origins splits three washed to two natural. Prices at 12 ounces start at $19 and reach $32, with the median at $23. Blends make up 44 percent of the active catalog, four items out of nine.

What Oddly Correct Coffees Tend to Taste Like

Cherry is the loudest note. It is named in three coffees outright and once more as black cherry, which puts some form of it in nearly half the list. Blackberry adds a darker berry alongside it and apricot brings the only stone fruit.

Milk chocolate matches cherry for frequency at three coffees, with a general chocolatey marker in a fourth. Caramel gives the sweetness somewhere to land and almond adds a nutty edge. Two coffees are described simply as sweet, one as balanced and one as clean, which are structural words rather than flavor words and suggest the roastery cares about how a cup holds together as much as what it tastes of. Clove is the single spice note on the whole list.

Why Buy Oddly Correct

• Blends carry the catalog: Four of nine active coffees are blends, a 44 percent share. CoffeeByMe lists them beside the single origins rather than behind them.

• Four rungs of the scale: Three coffees are medium-light, four medium, one medium-dark and one dark. Only the light rung goes unused.

• A floor under twenty dollars: Twelve-ounce bags start at $19 with a median of $23, and only the top of the range reaches $32.

• Cherry and chocolate together: Cherry appears in three coffees and milk chocolate in three more. The tasting sheet reads like a jar of preserves sitting next to a chocolate bar.

Is Oddly Correct Right for You?

A drinker who wants one dependable bag rather than a rotating origin list will do well here. Four of the nine active coffees are blends and the roast spread runs from medium-light through dark, so there is a version of the house style for most brewing setups. Cherry and milk chocolate carry the flavor, which suits filter and espresso alike. The single origins are the limit worth knowing about. That is a small bench. Five lots from four countries and two processing methods will not satisfy anyone who shops by producer and ferment, and the jump from a $19 floor to a $32 ceiling is worth checking before the cart closes.

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