Coffee school

Understand what you're drinking

The bag says "medium" or "washed", and the coffee's own page adds "1800 m" and "Bourbon". Here we explain what those mean — not so you become an expert, but so you can put into words what you like.

In the cup

Light roast More acidity, more fruit, less body. The taste of the origin stays in front…Read more Washed process The fruit is removed before drying. Clean, predictable, and it shows you the origin…Read more Altitude Higher up it is colder, the cherry ripens more slowly and the bean gets denser — usually more flavour…Read more What do the tasting notes mean? Not an additive, not a flavouring. What the coffee actually contains — and what you actually taste…Read more Medium roast The balance. The fruit stays, with a caramel body underneath. It works with almost any machine…Read more Dry (natural) process The bean dries inside the fruit. Winier, sweeter, fruitier — and harder to get right…Read more Coffee varieties — why they matter Like grapes: the variety decides what the coffee is capable of — and how fragile it is…Read more What does "specialty" actually mean? 80 points and up on a 100-point scale — and a chain you can follow back to the farm…Read more Dark roast Body, chocolate, molasses — but our "dark" is not burnt. We never go as far as second crack…Read more Honey process Halfway between washed and dry. Part of the sticky layer stays on the bean…Read more Bourbon One of the original varieties. Sweet, round, complex — in exchange for a small crop…Read more Freshness — when is coffee at its best? Not on the day it was roasted. And not six months later either…Read more How is coffee decaffeinated? With water or carbon dioxide, before roasting. Good raw material makes good decaf…Read more Caturra, Pache and the other mutations Natural mutations that give a shorter bush and an easier harvest…Read more Castillo A Colombian variety bred against coffee leaf rust. It used to be looked down on; today that is not justified…Read more

The best lesson is two cups of coffee

One cup on its own is just "good coffee". Two side by side, and you taste the difference immediately. That is why we roast the same green coffee three ways.

Three-roast pack — from 5 990 Ft