Fruitcake Blend

Fruitcake Blend

£9.99

A delicious spicy & fruity coffee, reminiscent of Christmas cake.

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Origin: Sumatra. Ethiopia. Honduras. India

SCA Score: Arabicas: 84, 84.5, 83

Certifications: Organic. Fairtrade

Roast: Medium dark

Suitable for: Espresso. Cafetiere. Sage Coffee Machines. Aeropress (espresso-style, standard non-inverted method)

Varietal: Ateng. Bourbon. Catuai. Caturra. Djimmah. Forest. Kaffa. Limmu. Pacamara. Robusta

Process: Galling-Basah, Washed and Natural

Nutty, Spicy & fruity, reminiscent of Christmas cake, easy to dial in for espresso.

This is a mix of 100% Arabica speciality coffee beans from Sumatra, Ethiopia & Honduras and a very high quality Indian Robusta, which blend brilliantly to produce a smooth yet powerful, tasty & well-balanced coffee.

This is perfect for espresso, it will also work well for cafetiere, stove top, and espresso-style, standard "instructions method" Aeropress.

These coffee beans are grown at altitudes of 900-1600mm, the Arabica varietals are Ateng, Bourbon, Catuai, Caturra, Djimmah, Forest, Kaffa, Limmu & Pacamara, the Robusta is Indian Cherry.

The processing methods are Galling-Basah, Natural processed and Washed, and the Speciality Coffee Association score of the Arabica coffees used is 84, 84.5 & 83.

How it Tastes

This is a punchy coffee, but it’s not a wallop across the chops type of punch. There are definite fruity notes there, with an overriding background cick of spices and nuts.

Coffee tasting is subjective, and it depends how you’re brewing it too of course, and how good an extraction you manage to achieve, but this is quite a forgiving blend, so it’s fairly easy to work with, and most people will get lovely fruity & spicey notes from this without too much faff.

Sumatra, Honduran & Ethiopian Arabica + Indian Robusta

This is a blend of three Arabicas with a small amount of Indian cherry Robusta to just amplify things slightly, but without taking it into the realms of burnt rubber!

If you’re looking for a forgiving blend which is easy to work with, with most brew methods, this is a decent bean to go for, and it’s really nicely balanced between punch and flavour.

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Customer Reviews

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Ian D.
Great taste and smell

Great tasting coffee as a expresso and the smell gets you in the mood for Christmas

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Mark L.
Very high quality organic blend

I am glad to find such a good espresso blend that is also organically grown. Given that coffee growing is having such a huge global impact it feels important to buy organic where possible but not to have to forsake the taste. Good price too!

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Dave S.
Quite a light roast

I’ve tried various settings for this blend, but I’ve not been able to get a taste that I like. The best is very grind fine, pre-infusion on Dual Boiler at 55 pressure until first drops appear at 18 seconds, then brew. Takes 32 seconds overall at 95C. It still tastes too acidic for my liking.

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Raymond M.
Very enjoyable

Smooth with very pleasant flavour. Required minimal adjustments to my grinder and espresso machine to produce excellent expresso.

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Joanne L.
Smooth and tasty

Fruitcake blend I am really enjoying. I'm not experienced with ground coffee so it took me a few times to get the amount right but once I did, in my little Melita drip gadget with the paper filters.... Very good 😊

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