It’s that time of year again!
The last 2015 delivery fresh from the JGC roastery is in right now at the plan cafe – and 250g bags of whole bean coffee are available to take away for gifts, or your own Christmas coffee for home!
I’m especially happy the selection this year, some fantastic coffees:
Konga Sedie Natural Yirgacheffe (a great natural; ripe strawberry, fig, melon, very fruity, soft, sweet acidity).
Ruiruiru AA washed Kenya (classic top quality Kenya, with distinctive, sweet juicy blackcurrant acidity, blue, black and purple fruit sugars, and tangarine):
Socorro Anexos washed Guatemala (big, succulent beans, chocolaty, but also clean, juicy fruity acidity a little like a great Kenya):
And, a very small amount of Anza Guintar Colombia (chocolate, black treacle, white fruit and apricot).
These are light roasts, suitable for any type of filter or immersion brewing.
For espresso, we have (larger bags only) of the awesome Naturelle, currently composed of Suke Quto Guji Ethiopia, San Antonio Guatemala, Finca el Paraiso Nicaragua, Merced del Potrero Mexico.
These are all whole bean only to take away – simply so that you can have the chance to get the best from these coffees by grinding fresh at home.
Grinding yourself is essential, not just so that you can grind fresh, but so that, crucially, you can adjust your grind and fine tune it to suit your specific brew method, bean, technique, batch size, etc.
You cannot do this if you buy preground coffee, and so are unlikely to be able to get the best results. Even if you get a cafe using a top quality commercial grinder to grind great beans for you fresh to take away, at that point they will begin to stale very rapidly, and, perhaps even more importantly, you cannot then alter the grind to suit your needs.
So, a good excuse to treat yourself to a grinder!