Benchmark - Seasonal Blend: Brazil + Colombia

Origin

• 🇧🇷 Brazil· Minas Gerais
• 🇨🇴 Colombia· Cauca

Tasting notes

Character

• Funky
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Easy drinking and approachable, whatever your chosen brew method, Benchmark really is the perfect choice for any coffee drinker. Benchmark is one of our signature, seasonal offerings that is designed to be versatile and balanced. Our Benchmark is perfect for drinking as a standalone espresso or bold enough to hold up in any milk based beverage. It is also versatile enough to use on any brew method you please. Being a seasonal offering, we update the Benchmark with fresh crop coffees as they arrive throughout the year. We always aim to keep the flavour profile and the tactile qualities as similar as possible when we are buying new lots for this seasonal blendBlendCoffees from multiple origins roasted or mixed together for a consistent, balanced profile year-round — the traditional backbone of espresso menus.. The current Benchmark is a blend of: A naturalNatural processThe whole cherry is dried with the fruit still on the seed. Gives heavier body and big fruit flavors — think berries and wine — sometimes with a fermenty edge. processed coffee from Natalia Brito's farm, Fazenda Jaguara in Minas Gerais, Brazil. This coffee sets a great base for the blend and shines through with some bold chocolate notes as well as some subtle toffee like sweetness. A washedWashed processThe fruit is removed from the seed before drying, usually with fermentation and a water rinse. Tends to give clean, transparent cups where origin character shows clearly. processed, regional coffee from the Cauca region of Colombia. This coffee showcases a delicious tropical-like sweetness in the blend as well as enhancing the toffee notes in Brazil with a sweet caramelized sugar flavour.