Beans
Six coffees, dated.
Everything we roast, by the bag, with the farm, the process, the roast date and what we paid on the label. Ground to your brewer for nothing. Bags older than a month come off the shelf and go into the batch brewer.
The shelf
Brazil and Colombia
Groundwork
Chocolate, hazelnut, brown sugar. The house espresso since 2016.
Guji, Ethiopia
Guji Highland
Blueberry, florals, sweet black tea. Filter, or a fruity espresso.
Huila, Colombia
El Paraíso
Red apple, caramel, clean finish. One of the two farms we buy from directly.
Western Rwanda
Gatare
Blackcurrant, orange, cocoa. The other direct relationship.
Antigua, Guatemala
Finca Santa Clara
Milk chocolate, toffee, soft acidity. The one for people who say they do not like light roasts.
Tolima, Colombia
Decaf Tolima
Toffee, dark chocolate. Tastes like coffee, which is the point.
1kg bags of Groundwork are £32 and of the single origins £38 to £42. Ground for cafetière, filter, AeroPress, Moka or espresso at no charge; whole bean keeps better, so buy a grinder before you buy a lot of coffee. Posted the day after roasting; free delivery in Penarth, Dinas Powys, Sully and Llandough on the Thursday round.
Subscription
A bag every fortnight, £8.50, delivered.
250g of Groundwork, or the single origin of the fortnight, or alternating, ground or whole, through the door every other Thursday by our van within the local round or by post further out (£2.50). Pause it when you are away, change it when you want, stop it with an email. No minimum term; it is a standing order with a human on the end of it.
- £8.50 for 250g, £1 under the shelf price
- Free local delivery on the Thursday round
- Pause, swap or stop by email
On the back of the bag
Four recipes, four brewers.
Cafetière
60g per litre, coarse, water just off the boil. Four minutes, break the crust, skim, plunge gently. Pour it all out; it keeps brewing in the pot.
Pour-over
15g to 250ml, medium-fine, 94 degrees. Bloom with 50ml for thirty seconds, then two pours. Three minutes total. Sour means grind finer; bitter means coarser.
AeroPress
15g, fine, 200ml at 90 degrees, stir, steep ninety seconds, press for thirty. Top up with hot water to taste. The most forgiving brewer there is.
Espresso
18g in, 36g out, 28 to 32 seconds, with Groundwork rested at least seven days. Your grinder matters more than your machine; come to the course if it is fighting you.
Come in, or have it delivered.
Open from half seven on weekdays, roasting in the window on Tuesdays, cupping on Saturdays at ten. Beans by the bag in the café or on a fortnightly subscription; wholesale from £24 a kilo with the price list online.