Roast No. 01 · Dark
Atomic Breath
Our loudest roast. Handle with oven mitts.
- Smoke
- Cocoa
- Molasses
Roast levelDark
Field report · Lot KJ-25-0117
Tracked to Gayo Highlands
Wet-hulled Gayo beans taken right to the edge of second crack. Smoke and cocoa hit first, then a molasses finish that lingers like a footprint in wet sand. It shrugs off milk, sugar and Monday mornings.
★★★★★
“Walked in for a latte, left with three bags. The barista told me the monster made me do it.”
- Country
- Sumatra
- Region
- Gayo Highlands, Aceh
- Producer
- Ketiara Women's Co-op
- Altitude
- 1,500 m
- Process
- Wet-hulled
- Varietal
- Ateng & Tim Tim
- Harvest
- Oct 2025
- We paid
- $4.10/lb 2.3× the Fairtrade floor of $1.80
Lab results
Inside the beast
- 228°C drop
- 13:42 total
- 28% development
Brew guide
How to tame it
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Monster pick
01
French press
- Ratio
- 1 : 14
- Grind
- Coarse
- Time
- 4:00
- Water
- 94°C
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02
Moka pot
- Ratio
- 1 : 7
- Grind
- Fine
- Time
- 5:00
- Water
- Off the boil
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03
Espresso
- Ratio
- 1 : 2
- Grind
- Very fine
- Time
- 0:27
- Water
- 92°C
Also spotted near Dock 9
