The cup exhibits - mellow roundedness with bright fruit notes and a medium-ish finish – with a crema that holds up surprisingly well for a full decaf.
Salvation - our decaf blend features three great decaffeinated coffees.
This blend is down on the caffeine, but not so on flavour using Honduras El Chino, Takegnon from Sumatra and Atalaia from Brazil. Brewed correctly you will be rewarded - just remember shot sizes are a tad smaller for decaf espresso - so stop the shot just as its consistency becomes loose and/or the colour starts to blonde.
A drawback of decaffeination in espresso extraction is the limited production of crema, but surprisingly this blend provides a reasonable production - but don’t expect a huge furling crema and a long lasting bed – although we find flavour and mouthfeel stay relatively intact
Brewing Notes:
The espresso brewing system used, the number brewing parameters and methods employed pulling an espresso shot will have an influence on the coffee's flavour and mouthfeel.
We provide brewing benchmarks or brewing range indicators to all of our espresso blends to provide as much data as possible to gain the highest degree of consistency from the roastrey cupped shot to the baristas shot. These benchmarks and/or brewing range indicators are just that – all they do is suggest what to be looking for to get near to the roastery cupping shot as possible.
Where a brewing temperature and/or a shot time is not indicated in the notes it will be our standard set-up: - we use La Marzocco GB5 set at a temperture of 93.33C (200f) with a shot time of 20-23 seconds as from the first drop appearing from the portafilter. We dose our portafilters by levelling which is usually 18g of coffee per double shot.
Roasting Notes:
We place espresso quality before convenience – our espresso blends are never pre-blended before roasting thus ensuring the ideal roast profile is reached for each varietal used in a blend.
Other Brewing Notes:
Filtered: Yes
Espresso: Yes
