Coffee Specialists American Coffee Beans | African Medium-Dark
Exotic African origin blended with South American beans
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Description
African and South American beans in one medium-dark blend.
Coffee Specialists American brings together African coffee and South American beans, roasted medium-dark for a full body that holds up well under milk. It is built for cappuccinos, flat whites and lattes.
Coffee Specialists is a group of European roasters bringing specialist European coffee to Australia. Choose a 500g or 1kg bag, whole bean or ground to your brew method on the day we ship.
Pick American if most of what you make is milk coffee and you want a bean that still tastes of coffee under 200ml of steamed milk. The African component brings depth, the South American beans bring body and sweetness, and the medium-dark roast keeps it from turning sour in a home machine.
How to brew it
- Espresso machine: fine. Start with 18 to 20g in a double basket and aim for about 25 to 30 seconds; go finer if it runs fast, coarser if it chokes.
- Stovetop / moka pot: fine to medium-fine, a little coarser than espresso. Fill the basket level and do not tamp.
- Filter and pour over: medium. Around 60g per litre of water is a good starting ratio.
- AeroPress: medium-fine, with one to two minutes of contact time.
- Cold drip: medium-coarse, dripped slowly over several hours.
Not sure which grind to pick? See our coffee grind size chart.
Specifications
| Brewing Method | Aeropress, Cold Drip, Espresso Commercial, Espresso Home, Filter, Stovetop |
|---|---|
| Drinking Choice | Cappuccino, Flat White, Latte |
| Roast | Medium/Dark |
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Blend or single origin?
A blend mixes beans from more than one farm or country, balanced by the roaster so the cup tastes the same bag after bag. A single origin comes from one place, so it tastes distinctly of where it grew and shifts a little with each harvest.
This one is a blend.
Which grind should I pick?
- Whole Beans
- Unground, exactly as roasted. Pick this if you have a grinder at home. It keeps its flavour far longer than ground coffee and will always give you the better cup.Shop grinders →
- Ground: Espresso – Commercial
- Fine, set for a cafe machine with a 9 bar pump and a 58mm portafilter. Too fine for most home machines, which will choke on it.Shop commercial machines →
- Ground: Espresso – Home
- Fine, but a touch coarser than the commercial setting, so a domestic espresso machine can push water through it without stalling.Shop home espresso machines →
- Ground: Aeropress
- Medium-fine, between espresso and filter. Suits the short steep an Aeropress uses.Shop brewing gear →
- Ground: Stovetop
- Medium-fine for a moka pot or percolator. Finer than filter, coarser than espresso, so it does not clog the basket.Shop moka pots →
- Ground: Filter
- Medium, for drip machines and pour over. The most forgiving grind if you are not sure which to choose.Shop pour over →
- Ground: Plunger
- Coarse, for a French press. Fine grounds slip past the mesh and end up as silt in the bottom of your cup.Shop plungers →
- Ground: Cold Drip
- Coarse, for cold drip and cold brew. A long steep in cold water needs a coarse grind or it turns bitter and muddy.Shop cold brew →
- Ground: Powder
- The finest we grind, like flour. For Turkish and Greek style brewing in a cezve, where the grounds stay in the cup.Shop cezve and Turkish machines →
- Ground: Very Fine
- Finer than espresso, short of powder. For very short, very concentrated brewing.
- Ground: Fine
- Espresso range, for pressurised brewing.
- Ground: Medium
- The middle setting, filter and pour over territory.
Ground fresh on the day we dispatch, not pulled off a shelf. If you are between two, whole bean keeps best.
At a glance
- Roaster
- Coffee Specialists
- Roast
- Medium-Dark
- Size
- 500g, 1KG
- Grind
- 12 to choose from
- Category
- Coffee
- SKU
- COF.CS.AME.B.500
- Availability
- In stock
Ground to your chosen brew method on the day we dispatch.
Common questions
Pick the brew method you actually use and we grind to match it: espresso, filter, plunger, stovetop or Turkish. Choose whole bean if you have a grinder at home, which will always give you the better cup.
We grind and dispatch on the same day rather than pulling a pre-ground bag off a shelf, so the coffee is as close to roast-fresh as mail order gets.
Keep the bag sealed and out of the light and it will hold up for roughly two to four weeks after opening. Whole beans hold longer than ground. Do not refrigerate it.
Yes. We run a prepaid twelve month coffee subscription: pay once, choose four coffees and how often you want them, and a kilo arrives on schedule for a year.
Description
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- Category: Coffee Specialists
- Type: Coffee
- Availability: In Stock
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Coffee Specialists American Coffee Beans | African Medium-Dark
- 500g / Whole Beans
- 500g / Ground: Espresso – Commercial
- 500g / Ground: Espresso – Home
- 500g / Ground: Aeropress
- 500g / Ground: Stovetop
- 500g / Ground: Filter
- 500g / Ground: Plunger
- 500g / Ground: Cold Drip
- 500g / Ground: Powder
- 500g / Ground: Very Fine
- 500g / Ground: Fine
- 500g / Ground: Medium
- 1KG / Whole Beans
- 1KG / Ground: Espresso – Commercial
- 1KG / Ground: Espresso – Home
- 1KG / Ground: Aeropress
- 1KG / Ground: Stovetop
- 1KG / Ground: Filter
- 1KG / Ground: Plunger
- 1KG / Ground: Cold Drip
- 1KG / Ground: Powder
- 1KG / Ground: Very Fine
- 1KG / Ground: Fine
- 1KG / Ground: Medium