Life of Keith - A Not So Easter Blend 2025
Always look at the Bright, si-ide of life - doo doo, doo doo doo doo dee doo...
Back for volume two of his two thousand year old journey to find the blessed cheesemakers, Keith has landed in a time where finally he is no longer plagued by bad coffee, a lack of toasties, and an overbearing mother determined to let the world know he is not the messiah, and that he’s just a naughty naughty boy.
However, if you’ve ever experienced a mouth full of our Keith toastie, you would know that Keith is in fact a saviour of sorts, just maybe not the messiah.
Served up black you’ll taste dark chocolate, salted caramel anddried apricot, in milk, smooth, choc hazelnut & neopolitan ice cream.
As espresso, Keith would shoot for 21g of coffee, 48-52g of espresso and a 29-33 second extraction. This blend may not be the messiah, but it is a saviour to your morning woes, and will do so as Stovetop, Plunger, Aeropress and V60 (if you're into more classic roast development flavours)
Components:
50% Peru Victor Garcia - Natural
50% Colombia Meridiano A - Washed
Tastes Like: Served up black you’ll taste dark chocolate, salted caramel anddried apricot, in milk, smooth, choc hazelnut & neopolitan ice cream.
Processes: Natural / Washed
Roast Date: 01/04/2025
Best brewed between 10-45 days after roast, black or with milk.
While it's worth noting all machines and grinders are different, here's where we'd start, then play around and tune it to your setup!
BLENDS:
Dose: 21 grams
Yield: 45 grams
Time: 28-32 seconds
Ratio (dry coffee:espresso): 1/2.1
SINGLE ORIGINS
These are roasted light, with great developement.. so leaves us running a couple recipes:
Light & Bright
Dose: 19 grams
Yield: 56 grams
Time: 17-18 seconds
Ratio (dry coffee:espresso): 1/2.9
Syrupy & Sweet
Dose: 19 grams
Yield: 58 grams
Time: 24-28 seconds
Ratio (dry coffee:espresso): 1/3
This is based on our commercial machine at the following parameters:
Pressure - 6 Bar
Temp - 95 Degrees Celsius
Basket - 20g VST
Shower screen - IMS
Pour Over
Dose - 15g
Water -
Temp - 100 Degrees
0:00 Bloom - 35g
0:30 First Pour - up to 140g
1:05 Second Pour - 195g
1:45 Third Pour - 255g
Brew time 2:45 to 3:00
Check out James Hoffmans Youtube for an awesome bloom technique, and use the Rao Spin after each pour.
Aeropress
Use the inverted method
Dose: 13g
Water: 220g
Brew Time: 1:30
Press Time: 30sec
Extend brew time to make it stronger, shorten brew time if you want a mellower brew.
General Specs
Ratio: 1:17
TDS: 1.25 - 1.35
Ext %: 20-21%
Breville Precision Brewer
Temp: 95 Degrees Celsius
Flow Rate: Fast
Bloom: 30 seconds
Basket: Flat bottom gold
Filter Paper: Melitta 8 - 12 cup
Dose: 70 grams
Water: 1,200 ml
Ratio (dry coffee:water): 1:17
Fetco
Temp: 94 Degrees Celsius
Brew Time: 4:15
Pulses: 10
Pre-Wet: 15%
Pre-Wet Delay: 1:00
Drip Delay: 1:15
Dose: 120 grams
Water: 2050 ml
Ratio (dry coffee:water): 1:17
