No. 9 Roast

'The No.9 Roast has been especially developed by us for those of you that enjoy more traditional espresso roast profiles. You'll find a touch more bitterness than in lighter roasts, which works particularly well when balanced by adding milk. Serve black for an intense, well-balanced brew.'

If you'd like to know about how the No.9 Roast came about, head over to our blog post here.

This is really solid, well-balanced coffee that is super easy to brew and it's been designed specifically for espresso - a first for us!

In your brew, you can expect to find a touch of nutmeg spice and a hint of dark chocolate-like bitterness, along with a gentle, blood orange-like acidity. The overall vibe is of sticky toffee and caramel. Yum. 

The roast is just a tad more developed than we usually go for (but still no oil on the beans or anything like that - yuk!) and it's just perfect for those of you that like just that little bit more intensity and boldness in the cup. 

It tastes amazing in espresso-based drinks as frequenters of Cafe No.9 in Nether Edge, Sheffield will no doubt tell you. Anyone looking for an easy-drinking, easy brewing coffee - look no further. Absolutely perfect for bean to cup machines too! 

Origin:  Inza, Cauca, Colombia.. 

Varietals: Caturra, Castillo

Processing: Washed

Roast colour: 126 (read more).

Suitable for: All Brew Methods (read more) but best for espresso. 

You can get more sensory information about the coffee by looking at the diagrams in the images above. If you need to know how these work, just click here. 

Taste and flavour perception are complex and difficult to articulate. We love sharing our tasting notes with you, but please don't rely too heavily on our reports. Your experience is what matters most and it may be different. We've written about that whole issue here.

IMPORTANT: Please read our short Coffee Bean Care Guide here. 

Want to know more about this coffee? 

This coffee is produced by small holder growers in Inzá municipality, which is part of the Tierradentro region located on the western side of Cauca.

This region is 80% inhabited by the indigenous tribe called Paeces. The average size of the farm is 0.5 to 1.5 hectares. We collaborate with our friends from Occicafe and Globalcafe. Through them we can have a direct relationship with the farmers and have better control on the quality. Farmers own small parcels of land where they grow coffee at 1700 m.a.s.l and the crops are mainly Castillo and Caturra.