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The Roast Of Christmas Past

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A single-origin, washed Christmas coffee from Kenya.

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Our latest African release comes from Kenya, bringing with it the classic and distinct flavour profile everyone has got to love. This coffee is grown at 1500 – 2000 M.A.S.L in the Central highlands and undergoes a traditional Kenyan washed method. Pulping, controlled fermentation and thorough washing. As with all Kenyan coffee; the green is then sorted via screen size at the dry mills to guarantee the AB quality standard. 

Kenya has strict laws around coffee grading; it is a legal requirement for all green coffee to be graded before being allowed to trade. The grading system is primarily based on Bean size, Density and Shape and is not based on cup quality. Typically, within speciality coffee you will see AA, AB and PB. Whilst AA is the biggest size, the quality is not always better; other factors such as soil type, altitude, variety and processing will play a big part in the overall cup quality.  

This coffee has achieved a grading of AB and has all the character of a typical Kenyan grown in this region, in the cup we are tasting Blackcurrant, Grape and Almond. 


Taste Notes

  • Almond
  • Blackcurrant
  • Grape
More Details

A very welcome guest

Our Guest Bean range is a regularly refreshed rotation of single origin beans from Africa, The Americas and Asia. Designed to bring the best beans to your kitchen, we work with our importers to source coffees that are a little bit different, so that you can explore the world within your cup.

Country
Kenya
Taste notes
Almond / Blackcurrant / Grape
Washed
Roast level
Light 1 2 3 4 5 Dark

  Enjoy
your
        cup

Our coffee team have devised recipes bespoke to this coffee, and designed to suit every method of brewing. It's a great place to start, but feel free to tweak some variables to suit your own personal taste.

Recipes

  • French Press/Cafetiere

    Recipe:
    - 17g coffee (coarse grind)
    - 300g water
    - Total brew time 4 minutes
    - Coffee to water ratio: 1:17

    Method:
    1. Pre heat/rinse French press with hot water then discard water
    2. Add 17g coffee to the French press and tare scales
    3. Start timer and pour 50g water onto the coffee grounds
    4. At 30 seconds pour in another 250g water and stir three times
    5. Add plunger to top of the French press and brew up to 4 minutes on the timer
    6. At 4 minutes, gently plunge the French press
    7. Serve into pre heated cups & enjoy

  • V60

    Recipe:
    - 15g coffee
    - 250g water
    - Total brew time 2:30-3 minutes

    Method:
    -Fold filter along the crease and place in the v60
    - Saturate the filter paper with hot water to ensure there’s no papery taste from the filter
    - Place v60 & vessel onto the scales and tare
    - Add 15g coffee to the v60 and tare scales again
    - Start timer and add 50g water going in smooth, circular motions working from the centre outwards (avoid pouring your water onto the filter paper at this point)
    - At 30 seconds add another 50g water
    - Continue to add 50g water every 30 seconds until you reach 250g
    - Gently swirl the v60 then let stand until all the water has passed through. This should be achieved between 3-3:30 minutes

  • Espresso

    Recipe:
    - 19g coffee (fine grind)
    - Espresso yield 38g
    - Extraction time: 30-33 seconds

  • French Press/Cafetiere

    Coffee: 30g (Medium/Coarse grind)

    Water: 500g

    Ratio: 1:16

    Total Time: 4 minutes +

     

    1. Preheat
      the french press with hot water.
    2. Empty
      out the water used for preheating and place French press onto the scales
      and tare.
    3. Add 30g
      ground coffee to the French press and tare the scales again.
    4. Start a
      timer and add 500g hot water in one go, give it a stir to ensure all the
      coffee is saturated.
    5. After 4
      minutes using a spoon, break the "bloom" whilst giving it a
      gentle stir to ensure most of the grinds sink to the bottom.
    6. Gently
      remove the remaining grinds left on top.
    7. Plunge
      the French press. (Only to the top of the settled coffee grinds at the
      bottom, if you puish too far it'll disturb the bed and can cause a
      grittier taste.
    8. Wait
      for the coffee to cool slightly before serving.
  • Aeropress

    Recipe:
    - 16g coffee (medium grind)
    - 240g water
    - Total brew time 2:30
    - Coffee to water ratio 1:14

    Method: Inverted method with paper filter
    - Turn aeropress upsidedown and add plunger but only insert far enough to create a seal (leaving enough room for the coffee and water)
    - Wet paper filter with hot water
    - Add aeropress to scales and tare
    - Add 16g coffee grounds to aeropress
    - Start timer and add 50g water
    - At 0:30 seconds add remaining 190g water and stir three times
    - Place cap on and lock in place
    - At 2 minutes, flip aeropress and slowly plunge into a sturdy vessel over 30 seconds until you hear an audible hiss from the aeropress.

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