COLOMBIA, Pitalito

The Pitalito is a Castillo, Caturra, Colombia variety from the Huila region. The coffee was selected as part of the regional select program with green coffee importers Cafe Imports. The program is designed to highlight versatile flavour profiles in high yield speciality regions of the powerhouse coffee origin that is Colombia. It contributes a chocolatey, brown sugar base to the blend. These beans are one of our favourites to roast as they’re plump and uniform.

GUATEMALA, Waykan

The Guatemalan component of Smokey Bird adds body to the blend. Like the Piendamo, it is also part of the regional select program. The coffee is bought from lots that cup between 84-87 on a 100-point cupping scale. The flavour profile leans towards a nutty, toffee cup. The indigenous population in and around the region of Huehuetenango where we source this coffee plays a large role in the coffee production here, and coffee accounts either directly or indirectly for roughly 80 percent of the local economy.

Colombia, Manos Juntas

Manos Juntas is a micromill in Sotara area of Colombia's Cauca region, operated and managed by our exporting partners at Banexport. The entire concept of this micromill is based on simplifying tasks and responsibilities, for both producers and Banexport.

The cherry is "aged" in tanks for a period of five more days before they are taken to solar dryers. Drying takes 30–45 days.

Recommended recipes:

Espresso:

1:2 ratio

19g Dry Dose

38g Yield

25-30 seconds - taste test is always best!

Filter:

1:16 ratio

19g Dry Dose

305g Yield

3-3.5 mins

Aeropress:

1:14 ratio

15g Dry Dose

50g Bloom

210g Yield

Stovetop/Mokapot:

- Fill with fine ground coffee so that the basket is full

- Low-Medium gas until coffee starts brewing/coming out of the spout, then move to low gas

- Turn off gas when coffee stops running and it starts spitting

Smokey Bird Espresso Blend