Drop 01Espresso Rosso
Medium roast, washed Colombian and natural Ethiopian: milk chocolate, toasted almond and an apple acidity that stays soft.
From $18.00
Il caffè
Two coffees, roasted down the road.
Roasted in small batches by a local Charleston roaster, with the roast date printed on every bag, and shipped within forty-eight hours of it.
The two bags
Drop 01
Drop 01Filtro Bella Vita
Washed Huila caturra roasted medium for filter: red apple, panela sugar and a clean, juicy finish.
From $21.00
How to brew them
The numbers I use.
Weigh everything. Guessing is how you end up disappointed in a perfectly good coffee.
- Espresso Rosso as espresso
18 g in, 38 g out, 28 seconds. Medium roast, so it holds up in milk without turning bitter.
- Espresso Rosso as a pour over
22 g of coffee to 360 g of water at 96 C, medium grind, about three minutes.
- Filtro Bella Vita as a pour over
22 g of coffee to 360 g of water at 95 C, medium grind, three minutes. Red apple and panela sugar, clean all the way through.
- Filtro Bella Vita in a French press
30 g of coffee to 500 g of water, coarse grind, four minutes, then press slowly.
The Brewing Guide in the shop has twelve pages of this, moka pot included.
Roast dates
Four weeks from the date on the bag.
Keep it sealed, at room temperature, out of the light. Whole bean holds its sweetness about four weeks from the roast date; ground is best inside a week. Do not refrigerate it. People do, and then they write to me about it.
Reviews
From the people brewing it.
Great in a moka pot too
I don't own an espresso machine and it still tastes great in a stovetop pot. Ordered ground and the grind was right for it.
PR
Priya R.
The 5 lb bag is the move
Our office goes through a lot. The big bag stayed fresh longer than I expected in the valve bag, and it costs less per cup than what we had.
JP
Jack P.
Tastes like almonds and cocoa
Makes a very good cappuccino. My partner, who only drinks it black, also approves, which never happens.
SM
Sofia M.
Bright without being sour
Pour-over at a 1:16 ratio gives me red apple and a brown sugar finish. Exactly what the bag says, which is rare.
HL
Hannah L.
Converted a dark roast household
My husband claimed he hates light coffee. He has now finished two bags of this.
MC
Mei C.
Clean cup every time
I brew a Chemex every morning and this has been the most consistent bag I've had all year.
OH
Omar H.