{"product_id":"robert-oster-x-tcmc-coffee-moster","title":"Robert Oster x TCMC Coffee Monster — 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHue:\u003c\/strong\u003e Officially a dark brown like a cup of black coffee. On my swatches it writes as a warmer, mid coffee brown than that suggests, and where it pools it throws a dark slate blue-grey edge that the official description doesn't mention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShading:\u003c\/strong\u003e Strong. Light strokes go golden amber and heavier strokes deepen to dark brown, with darker edges on the letterforms. Where it pools, the brown and the slate grey split into distinct bands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheen:\u003c\/strong\u003e Minimal. A faint coppery lustre in the heaviest pools; none in normal writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShimmer:\u003c\/strong\u003e None.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlow:\u003c\/strong\u003e Medium\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe interesting bit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Made for TheCoffeeMonsterzCo (TCMC), the Canadian sticker and stationery shop run by illustrator Helen Wang, who had been wishlisting Robert Oster inks since she started using fountain pens in high school. The ink takes the shop's name, and the brief was a brown that looks like black coffee and dries like a coffee stain. It launched in 2024 alongside its sister ink, Day To Night.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is a hand-decanted 4ml sample vial from my own bottle.\u003cbr\u003ePhotos are my own swatches on Tomoe River Paper.\u003cbr\u003eI'm a collector and I'm always happy to talk ink, so please message me if you have any questions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert Oster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57266212176198,"sku":"INK-046","price":2.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/9696\/1862\/files\/RobertOsterxTCMC-CoffeeMonster3.jpg?v=1789764461","url":"https:\/\/thepensmuggler.co.uk\/products\/robert-oster-x-tcmc-coffee-moster","provider":"The Pen Smuggler","version":"1.0","type":"link"}