PATTERN, GUATEMALA

225g / Bean

£10.00

PATTERN, GUATEMALA

Origin: Guatemala | Process: Washed

Caramel, chocolate, soft & juicy

£10.00

Expect big thick sweet espresso full of soft fruits and chocolate, and toffee and caramel when milk is added.

We try and rotate Pattern as little as possible, in order to keep things predictable and reliable. However, we also want to move with the seasons and keep coffee fresh. So whilst we await the arrival of our next harvest Brazil, we are showcasing an exceptional coffee from the Huehuetenango region of Guatemala, an area known for its dense, sticky sweet, chocolatey coffees.

Once again this coffee is from a small single farm, a feat rare in the coffee world, especially for a House-style coffee. The farm is called Yulchen and it is run by Rosendo Domingo.

Yulchen is super small and we’re buying a large proportion of Domingo’s coffee. It looks more like a rainforest than a coffee farm, with Inga, Gravilea shade trees spread throughout the coffee plants.

Domingo adds a little bit of fermentation to increase the sweetness of the coffee. As a result there is a good amount of dense, jammy acidity alongside the traditional chocolate-forward flavours that make this a great coffee for milky drinks.

Only the ripest cherries are picked and depulped them the same day of the picking. The coffee was then fermented in water between 36 to 40 hours and washed with clean water. The first hours of the drying process the coffee was left in thick layers to lower the humidity and then rested in 5mm thick layers in sun for five days to reach 12% humidity for exporting.

Pattern is an elevated House-style coffee, a higher quality coffee that still hits all the chocolate and sweet notes you want from a House coffee.

We recommend brewing this coffee at a ratio of 60g/1 litre for filter and a ratio of 1:2 for espresso (so 18g of coffee for 36g of espresso)

Espresso: start at 18g in, 36g out. Aim for good body, sweetness and a smooth finish. If it’s bitter or drying, shorten the yield slightly or grind coarser. If it’s sour or underdeveloped, extend the yield or grind finer. If it lacks intensity, increase the dose slightly or tighten the ratio.

Filter: start at 1:16 (e.g. 20g coffee to 320g water), Aim for a balanced cup with chocolate, nuts and low acidity. If it tastes heavy or dull, grind slightly coarser. If it feels thin or lacks sweetness, go to 1:15 or slightly finer.

All orders placed with a combined total of £30.00 or over will automatically qualify for free delivery.

We roast and dispatch coffee on Tuesday and Thursday. Any order placed before 9am on those days will be dispatched the same day.

UK Shipping

Any UK purchases will be charged a flat rate of £3.99. Sometimes deliveries can be delayed. All orders will go out on a 24hr tracked service. See below for more information on roast dates and shipping.

We believe rested coffee tastes the best, which is why we will sometimes send out coffee up to three weeks post-roast. This will have no negative impact on flavour, in fact it tastes better rested.

More often than not (due to workflow) our coffee will be roasted the same week as dispatch. If you can wait, we recommend resting the coffee a little before brewing (especially when brewing espresso).

Any recurring subscription orders will be generated one month (or other specified time) after the initial order. They are then dispatched the following Tuesday or Thursday on a 48hr service.