The Blend, The Roast

Blend 12 shouts out everything that makes up a good coffee. The individual characteristics of the coffee bean’s origin, the balance of the blend, flavours developed in the roast, the grind designed for maximum extraction. With the Kickstarter Blend the indicators all point north as we offer our most intense taste profile yet.

Blend 12 is a specifically selected mix of Indian Robusta coupled with Arabica beans from South America. These beans offer a vibrancy of flavours designed to be enhanced in the very dark roast.

The very dark roasting process pushes the transformation of the bean to the limits and starts to break down the plant fibres in the bean. This adds the raisin and spicy oak flavour notes that are characterised as ‘dry distillation’ flavours.

The result is a coffee where the roast character is dominant. The big heavy undertones of the Robusta bean coupled with the flavoursome aromatics of the Arabica extract as an intense and lingering taste profile.

Why You’ll Like This Coffee

Blend 12 is designed to set your senses alight. The aromatics, the sensory taste experience, the full bodied mouth feel and the lingering after tones all point the dial at maximum intensity.

The Best Way To Drink Blend 12

Is often.

Enjoy all the intensity and flavour as a short or long black.

The Kickstarter Blend also makes a full flavoured coffee with milk.

Interesting Facts

The caffeine content in coffee diminishes in the roast. However, very dark roasted coffee contains less moisture and is lighter, therefore it takes more coffee to make up the same fill weight as a lighter roast. As a result, caffeine content is pretty much the same across all of our coffee blends.

The Blend, The Roast

When asked about the characteristics of the blend and roasting behind Blend 10, our roaster replied, “maximum Robusta content, maximum roast”. Blend 10 is the embodiment of what the very dark roast does to the flavour of the coffee bean.

Start with premium Indian Robusta, as much as is possible, to give the roast some big meaty natural elements to work with. Add Brazilian Arabica, a high quality bean providing the balance of flavour.

With very dark roasts it’s all about the crack. Roasters listen for the first crack, when the bean gives off its moisture, and then the second crack (at around 225oc) as the cell structure in the bean starts to carbonise (burn!).

Blend 10’s very dark roasted beans lose their original flavours and take on the flavour from the roasting process. The coffee has a smoky perhaps even slightly burnt taste. Bittersweet flavours are prominent. The coffee has a spicy aromatic note delivering strong flavours that can have an almost warming effect.

With our 100% oxygen barrier capsule technology, your Blend 10 coffee is as fresh as the day it was roasted.

Why You’ll Like This Coffee

Blend 10 offers an in-cup experience that is very intense. The blend and the roast are designed specifically to play havoc with your senses from the moment you lift the cup to your mouth.

The Best Way To Drink Blend 10

Is first thing in the morning.

Try it as an espresso or long black for flavour that will linger through the morning.

The taste profile will carry through to make a full flavoured flat white.

Interesting Facts

Very dark roasting is an art, an expression of the roasters ability to put their own stamp on the flavour of the coffee bean. If a very dark roast is allowed to progress much further the coffee will literally go up in flames.

The Blend, The Roast

The Blend 9 story starts with dark roasted Indian Robusta that underlines the healthy full body and deep rich taste profile. You can immediately sense the intensity of the caramelised natural sugars and oils, drawn out in the roast, that offer the sweet toffee flavours.

Add on top a selection of specialty grade Arabicas chosen to offer just that little bit more. Brazilian Arabica that is soft, nutty, with a nice bittersweet chocolate taste. Sense the typically vibrant tones of citrusy, bright and delicate Nicaraguan coffee. Finally, savour Colombian Arabica, considered one of the finest Arabicas, that is blessed with a sweeter and lighter taste.

Our roasters dark roast Blend 9 to develop the natural characteristics of each bean as well as introduce the aromas and flavours of the roast. They cleverly retain the balance of the lighter brighter Arabica and the sweet and syrupy Robusta so that you can hit the sweet spot of extraction every time.

Blend 9 is packed tight into capsules featuring our 100% oxygen barrier technology. Enjoy coffee as fresh as the day it was roasted.

Why You’ll Like This Coffee

Blend 9 is quite simply the best coffee blend that can be put into a capsule.

The in-cup result is a pretty amazing coffee that is full bodied, powerful and creamy.

If you are searching for your perfect espresso, then start here!

The Best Way To Drink Blend 9

Is anyway that you like. This is a winner enjoyed black or with milk.

Enjoy as a short or long black to experience the full flavour profile.

Add some warmed milk for that perfect flat white.

Interesting Facts

High quality Indian Robustas are highly sought after in espresso coffee due to the strong taste and crema that they are able to create.

The Blend, The Roast

Blend 7 introduces Indian Robusta to our range. Known as a premium Robusta which allows the roast to go that little bit harder. When blended with Brazilian Arabica Blend 7 offers a medium to strong intensity coffee that is full of flavour.

Indian Robusta is widely used in Espresso coffee. A longer roast caramelises the bean’s natural sugars and oils to reveal a less acidic coffee with more sweetness. Brazilian coffee is soft, nutty, with low acidity, and offers a nice bittersweet chocolate taste.

Blend 7 is a clever design where the new (coffee) world meets the old. Indian Robusta allows the roaster to develop the full body and intensity of the Robusta bean that provides the bold and earthy base to each cup. Sprinkle on top the spicy tones of a classic Brazilian Arabica that have been allowed to draw out in the roast.

Blend 7 is freshly ground and packed into each capsule so that you get a great pour every time.

Why You’ll Like This Coffee

The Blend 7 experience starts at your machine. You’ll sense the chocolaty aroma as the coffee’s full flavour is extracted into every cup. The fruity and bright spicy tones are retained by the medium roast that produces the full body and deep rich crema of a high quality espresso.

The Best Way To Drink Blend 7

Is as a flat white. Find your perfect espresso pour and add some warmed milk.

Blend 7 can also be enjoyed as a short or long black.

For a taste sensation, try a double shot with milk. Ooh la la.

Interesting Facts

Robusta coffee plants grow at lower levels than Arabica and can better withstand unfriendly weather and plant pests. They are little bit tougher, have double the caffeine level and are more grunty than their Arabica cousin.

The Blend, The Roast

Our roasters have taken this 100% decaf blend of Colombian Arabica and produced a rounded smooth coffee that just oozes quality. Medium roasted to develop the sweet, floral and fruity tones synonymous with Arabica and delivered with balanced acidity. Free from the harsher jagged edges of darker roasts, decaf offers a smooth full flavoured coffee that can be enjoyed throughout the day.

Decaffeination Method

This coffee has been decaffeinated using the chemical free Swiss Water Method.

The residual caffeine content is 1-2% of the original caffeine levels.

Why You’ll Like This Coffee

Our Decaf is the champagne of coffee. Speciality grade Colombian Arabica perfectly roasted to bring out the flavours that will delight the senses.

The best way to drink Decaf is throughout the day. Enjoy a full flavoured coffee without the caffeine follow through.

Interesting Facts

Colombia, with its perfect terrain and climate, is one of the only countries that produce 100% arabica beans. Arabica is widely considered to be the superior bean and is known to offer a sweeter and lighter taste with stronger acidic notes.

How To Make The Perfect Caramel Coffee Drink

To Get The Full Caramel Flavours Use The Espresso (40ml) Setting On Your Nespresso machine

1. Run Your Machine For 3 Seconds Without Your Caramel Pod
2. Add The Capsule To Your Machine
3. Extract 40ml Of Caramel Blend
4. Add Hot Frothed Milk To Taste

- Coffee Origins: Colombia And Brazil

- Roasted, Ground And Packed Into Capsules In Australia

- Flavours And Sweetener (955) Added For The Caramel Taste

Our coffee is roasted and packed in Australia using imported coffee beans.

Each of our blends is labelled as an intensity out of 12.

Blend 5: Smooth, Balanced and Chocolaty

Blend 5 is designed for the discerning coffee drinker. A 100% Arabica blend that is both smooth and flavour-some. Ideal for short or long black; the subtle notes are maintained when milk is added.

Blend 7: Earthy, Bold and Spicy

A strong roast that offers a full coffee flavour without the heavier tones of darker roasts. The 'dark chocolate' and 'spicy' notes" can be enjoyed as an espresso shot, long black or with added milk. Try a double shot to really understand the full flavours offered by this blend.

Blend 9: Full bodied, Powerful and Creamy

A dark roasted Arabica / Robusta blend from a roaster at the top of their game. Every capsule is packed full of flavour delivering a powerful coffee topped off with a deep rich crema. Blend 9 is best served using the Espresso (40ml) setting on your Nespresso® machine.

Blend 10: Intense, Dynamic and Spicy

You’ll immediately sense the big, heavy undertones that dominate the taste profile. That’s the very dark roasted Robusta bean giving maximum intensity and flavour to this Robusta / Arabica blend.

Blend 12: Bold, Intense, Powerful

Blend 12 is designed to set your senses alight. The aromatics, the sensory taste experience, the full bodied mouth feel and the lingering after tones all point the dial at maximum intensity.

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