Coffee
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NO WAY! You’ll notice that we’ve included Key Flavours for each of our coffees. These refer to the flavours that are naturally found within the bean, these flavours are influenced by how the coffee is grown and processed.
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People often perceive dark roast coffees to be stronger than lighter roasts, this is due to how our brains interpret the bitter, acrid compounds created in dark roast coffee. Chain cafes and supermarkets tend to roast their coffee fairly dark as they are intended to be made into lattes or cappucc...
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Can I have only dark roast coffee?
We consider the Roaster's Choice subscription to be an experience package. We want to encourage you to try coffees from all over the world and appreciate just how widely the flavour of coffee changes just by where it is grown in the world (it really is incredible). We roast each coffee depending ... -
When talking about strength of coffee, different people mean different things. Some people consider a darker roasted coffee to be stronger, conversely others may consider a light roast coffee with lots of acidity strong. To keep things simple, when discussing strength, we purely mean the ratio of...
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I have a nut allergy, can I drink your coffee?
You may have noticed that some of our coffees have flavour tags such as Hazelnut or Peanut. These are flavours which come naturally from the flavour compounds within the coffee beans which are brought out and accentuated by the roasting process. We never add any flavourings to our coffees and we ... -
Speciality coffees receive a Quality Score of more than 80 from the Speciality Coffee Association of Europe (SCAE). The Quality Score is based on a scale of 100 and is judged on a variety of factors, which include acidity, balance, sweetness, mouthfeel and overall flavour.
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We tend to categorise our roasts into 5 different roast names: Light, Light Medium, Medium, Medium Dark and Dark. We mainly roast our coffees around the middle of the scale as these roasts tend to give a good balance of the positive charactaristics of the lighter and darker roasts. All of the ro...
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Why can't I see the Roaster's Choice coffee I enjoyed on your website?
If you are a Roaster's Choice subscriber, you'll be receiving loads of different coffees to your door. If you've really loved one of the coffees and you're trying to buy more, you may be out of luck. Sorry! We introduce two new coffees to the Roaster's Choice menu every four weeks to ensure the g... -
Why don't I ever receive dark roast coffee?
Chain cafes and supermarkets tend to roast their coffee fairly dark as they are intended to be made into lattes or cappuccinos so need that extra punch to stand up to the creaminess of the milk. When tasted black these coffees have lots of that dark roast flavour and bitterness, we understand tha...