Here is a link to a small article about Finca La Lomita and Mr. Alvaro Diaz getting payed a premium (by us) for his quality coffee. Scroll down on the page and you will see a picture of his wife and son as well as the boss of the cooperative he is part of.
We roasted the last batch of Gatundu this week.
Unfortunately we have run out of this lovely Kenyan coffee.
If you haven’t tried it yet, or if you are one of the Gatundu fans, I recommend trying the last brew of it on an Aeropress.
After our internal Aeropress championship, Tim Varney brewed a really characteristic and well balanced cup of the Gatundu coffee. His recipe is as follows:
18 grams of slightly fine filter ground Gatundu
2dl water straight from the water boiler.
15 seconds steep time after 3 vigourous stirs.
Press and enjoy.
For a picture series of how to brew with the Aeropress visit our Flickr page.
Our new espressoblend is now for sale.
New seasonal coffees have arrived from Colombia and Ethiopia and therefore we want to highlight the new coffees in our espresso blend.
The blend now consists of 4 coffees:
30% Finca La Lomita, a washed Caturra from Huila, Colombia.
30% Mununga, a washed coffee from Kenya.
25% El Agrado, also a washed coffee from Huila, Colombia
15% Aricha #32, a natural processed coffee from Ethiopia.
As you might see from these coffees, the new blend is all about fruit flavour. Fruit, fruit, fruit and more fruit. Tutti Frutti, you might say. It is a very nice contrast to the previous blend that had 50% Indian coffee in it with tons of chocolate flavour.
The Lomita coffee contributes with citric acidity and a very soft and pleasant aftertaste. The El Agrado is a bit more citric and has more body at the same time. The Kenya contributes with sweetness and pulpy black currant and rose hips flavour. The Aricha is all about flowers and strawberries, ripe sweetness and creamy mouthfeel. Add all these together and you get a very fruity, bright, lively and sweet espresso.
For a full flavour profile, you need to either taste the blend yourself or read it on the bag in the store.
We hope you like it.
Finally the Aricha #32 has arrived.
If you fell in love with our previous Aricha #7, you are going to love this new Aricha lot #32. This is a natural processed coffee from Ethiopia with an exceptionally clean and intense fruity flavour. The taste of the coffee is very similar to Aricha #7 and fortunately the green coffee is vacuumpacked to ensure optimal freshness and taste.
The Aricha #32 will be for sale after 2pm on Tuesday the 18th of november for kr. 160,- pr. 250 grams.
Here are the taste notes:
Aroma: Fresh fruity aromas of fresh strawberries with cream and stonefruits.
Acidity: Ripe and refreshing berrylike acidity.
Mouthfeel: Very creamy and sweet. Refreshing aftertaste remniscent of ruby grapefruit and hoppy beer.
Flavour: Intense fruity flavours of strawberries, stone fruits, hoppy beer (IPA) and jasmine. As the coffee cools, flavours of ruby grapefruit and fruity and floral hops are more present.
The coffee is extremely lightly roasted to intensify the fresh fruity flavours and aromas.
Coffee from Aricha has been of great success this year. Not only did the Swedish Barista Champion, Daniel Remheden get 4th place in the World Barista Championship this year using only Aricha coffee, our very own barista Chris Kolbu used it as a part of his presentation when he took 9th place in the same competition.
We also won the Nordic roaster competition this year, competing with the sold out Aricha lot #7.
We will also start using this coffee in our espresso blend in a couple of weeks.
The coffee from Finca La Lomita arrived this week.
We will roast the first batch for sale next tuesday.
More info to come…
