I'm not familiar with either of those. I've used Monkey Blend for both espresso and brewed coffee. I really like Monkey Blend for iced coffee. I normally roast single origins for drip so YMMV.
Liquid Amber is a favorite among my coffee drinking friends. I like Puro Scuro and Moka Kadir for espresso, but not coffee. Try the Liquid Amber for both espresso and drip.
Puro Scuro as coffee is exceptional (and a darn fine espresso shot, deep rustic chocoalte). One of the deepest cups you'll ever have. Moka Kadir is good too, but Puro for outshines it a little bit in depth in my opinion.
I have tried all of SM's blends and IMO they are all exceptional. I suggest you do as I did - try them all, you will see wich ones you like the best and you will truly enjoy the expertise of an expert blender. The one I like the best is Monkey, it is excellent for espresso, latte, french press and filter coffee.
Most interesting, as I have not had much luck with Monkey blend as brewed coffee. It always seemed to have a hole in the flavor profile to me. Just never has added up so to speak. But to each their own and worth a try!
Moka Kadir is one of my favorite drip blends, but I've never tried it for espresso. Monkey Blend for that, although I think Tom at SMs advises against Monkey as a drip blend. At ~$5/pound, it's not much of a risk to try them both, but I bet you'll like Moka Kadir. No experience with Puro Scuro.
Peter
------------------------------------------------------ Know beans, know coffee. No beans, no coffee.
love them both for my espresso. I try to roast just til second crack starts. I am on my second order of the samplers from SM, and have a different bunch of samples. I like the sampler, because there is enough to try, but not too much if you don not like it.
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