Ink Review: Monteverde Trailhead Coffee & Cathedral Grove + Pen Flush (Dromgoole’s Exclusive)

Dromgoole’s released a new collection of inks for the Portland PNW Pen Show. The set was a collaboration with Monteverde x Dromgoole’s Trailhead Coffee and Cathedral Grove (30ml ink set + 30ml Pen Flush for $23.04 – 0.25 per ml) and were inspired by the Pacific Northwest. Trailhead Coffee: Trailhead Coffee is a rich, earthy brown inspired by freshly brewed coffee with the addition of a gold shimmer. Not sure glitter makes me think of coffee but I love a good brown ink and I don’t have any that have shimmer in them. When I first sampled Trailhead Coffee, I wondered if Monteverde took an existing brown ink from their collection and added shimmer. I compared it to Brown Sugar but it was much warmer and much lighter. It’s possible that they referenced a different brown from their collection like the new Paws German Shepard Brown (scented ink). The golden sheen warms the color but I think the shimmer also makes the ink more dense overall and decreases shading. When compared with other…