We love trying new kinds of food, new types of wine – and now we’ve been given the opportunity to try some new varieties of coffee.
This was made possible thanks to the people over at The Roast Club – a speciality coffee delivery company.
They offer a flexible subscription service whereby you sign up on their website and they send you a month’s supply of beans through the post – in a box that easily fits through an average-sized letter box so you won’t miss delivery. Each month, you’re sent a selection of four premium beans.
They only sell beans, so you’ll need your own grinder. Once roasted coffee beans have been ground, they begin to oxidise and deteriorate – The Roast Club advises (and so do we) that you should try to grind your beans mere minutes before you’re going to use them.
Each 100g bag of their single-origin beans come with explanatory notes about the region, grower, roaster, process and taste – just like you’d get with a case of wine… they and we take our coffee very seriously!
Since our box arrived, we’ve downed tools for an espresso tasting session each afternoon. This consists of cutting open one of the pouches, doing a quick stick-of-the-nose-in-the-bag and inhaling deeply (everyone does this, right?), spooning out a couple of scoops, grinding, pouring, tamping, brewing, tasting, enjoying.
Our selection of four coffees were all medium roasts and very mellow. The Roast Club opt for these mellow varieties over rich roasts as they feel the subtleties of the beans can shine through more easily. As for those subtle flavours – caramel, chocolate, jasmine, lemon… even pineapple and strawberry can all come through as you sip. My favourite of this month’s offering is #30, Kochere from Fortitude Coffee.
If you like the sound of discovering and learning about new coffees each month, The Roast Club makes it easy. Place a one-off order or a recurring 1/3/6/12-month subscription that you can pause or cancel at any time (with free P&P for UK customers).
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