Wild Grounds - Dark Roast
Wild Grounds - Dark Roast
This coffee has been retired.
Bold, smooth, and full of purpose—this dark roast helped raise funds and awareness to protect wild horses on America’s public lands.
As part of our simplified coffee lineup, this roast has been discontinued—but the mission remains.
Suggested Replacements:
Mendocino Vienna – Full-bodied dark roast with a smooth finish.
Songbird Colombian - A medium-dark roast that protects critical bird habitat and delivers a rich, clean cup with a gentle brightness. Every bag supports migratory songbirds through our Songbird Coffee program.
Keep riding with purpose. Learn more at: Americanwildhorsecampaign.org
Customer Review
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
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"Love dark coffee and this is one of the best I’ve tasted. Also love that a portion goes towards the Wild horse Campaign and is Fair trade, will absolutely buy again and again!!"
