The Upsetter
The Upsetter
The Upsetter beat out 170 other coffees in a double-blind taste test to win the 2019 Good Food Award. The award highlights both the superior flavor of this blend while honoring our social and environmental responsibility. This one-of-a-kind blend includes sweet, nutty tastes of Nicaragua, spicy notes from Congo, and the beautiful fruit-forward qualities of Ethiopian beans.
We named our Upsetter Espresso after Lee “Scratch” Perry, known as “The Upsetter”, a Jamaican record producer famous for his unusual remixes, using 8-track analog recording to produce strange, unique, and beautiful sounds. Read more here.
Although we originally created this blend to be an espresso coffee, this blend won the 2019 Good Food Award as an outstanding drip coffee - try it both ways!
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Coffee to Water Ratio
Using the correct amount of coffee will ensure that your coffee is brewed to strength, without over-extracting or under-extracting the coffee to compensate for an inappropriate dose. We recommend 2 grams of coffee for every fluid ounce of water used to brew. Weighing coffee is the most accurate way to measure the appropriate dose. If a scale is not available, we recommend 2 heaping tablespoons of ground coffee for every 5 ounces of water used to brew.
Grind Size
Producing the correct particle size in ground coffee is one of the most important steps in coffee brewing. In general, a finer grind will produce a more intense brew and a coarser grind will produce a less intense brew. At the same time, a grind that is too fine will produce an over-extracted, astringent brew, and a grind that is too coarse will produce a weak, under-extracted brew lacking flavor. In pour-over methods, grind size also affects the rate of extraction, as water will pass more slowly through a finer grind, and more quickly through a coarser grind. We strongly recommend burr grinders over blade grinders.
Water Temperature and Quality
Water temperature dramatically affects the extraction of coffee’s flavor during brewing. We recommend brewing with water at 200-202° Fahrenheit for best results. Using fresh, clean, chlorine-free water is essential.
Coffee 101
Discover how to make the most in your cup with our brew blog - Coffee 101. Brewing variations, roast colors, coffee storage, steaming, and so much more. Not just for beginners, this info has gems for all coffee enthusiasts from novice to barista and beyond.
"This is an extraordinarily balanced cup. It has some nice fruit-forward accents backed up by earthy earth beats down low. One of my favorite coffees I have tasted in a a long time. It's worth ordering for sure, and I will be again."
