As you will know if you are looking for espresso coffee beans; espresso is the base for most popular drinks like cappuccinos and lattes. With this in mind, it is easy for us to say that the espresso coffee beans you choose to serve can make a huge difference to the taste and quality of your coffee.
At Two Chimps Coffee, we roast single origin speciality coffee. Our espresso coffee beans are lovingly roasted in small batches by hand.
Our Coffee
Let’s start from the beginning and tell you why and how we do what we do.
It all starts with the coffee beans. Our coffees are carefully grown and harvested by smallholder farmers and cooperatives. We ethically source all of our beans straight from the country of origin through specialist importers. The farmers take pride and care in harvesting, picking and processing this coffee to ensure that it is of the highest quality.
When the green coffee beans arrive with us, we test the beans for moisture and density, and record all the figures. With this information, we can ensure that the roast profile is correct, giving consistency. The humidity of the beans can make a big difference to the roasting, too. Moisture control units are installed into the roastery to ensure that the green coffee is stored at the correct humidity. When roasting, the beans are often delicate. Too much heat early on in the roast could scorch the coffee. We determine the amount of heat the beans can take by knowing how high they were grown and also by their moisture and density readings.
Roasting
The roasting process is very precise. The roaster gathers its airflow from outside which means that the roast profile or recipe may need to be tweaked from time to time depending on the outside temperature. The outside temperature will create a different air pressure inside the roaster. With this and other factors in mind, we roast your espresso coffee beans by hand using our sensory skills to ensure that you get a consistent coffee each and every week.
Espresso Coffee Beans
We roast our espresso coffee beans a little darker than our filter or cafetiere coffee beans. The longer we roast the coffee, the more the sugars in the beans will caramelise. This can help to emphasize the sweetness of the coffee. If you brew this coffee in a pressure device like an espresso machine, you will highlight this lovely sweetness.
To ensure you serve the best Two Chimps Coffee, we will set up your grinder and espresso machine to suit. We will also train your staff to understand and learn more about making drinks with speciality coffee.
Freshly Roasted
We hand roast our coffees every week and deliver our local orders in person. Keeping in touch is important to us, and we’re always here to answer your questions – and make sure your grinder and machine are behaving themselves!
We don’t want you all to be doing the same thing, so we only supply espresso coffee beans to a select number of establishments per area. Get in touch quick!
Find out more about us as wholesale coffee suppliers, or contact the roastery to arrange a chat.
Meet the chimp behind this article!
Head Chimp founded Two Chimps alongside Laura in 2016 after being self-employed from the age of 21. He caught the coffee bug from using an at-home roaster, and the rest is history!
What Andy does outside of the treehouse:
When the weather’s nice, Andy loves going on bike rides with his trusty sidekick, microchimp Felix (who always leads the way, of course). Andy also enjoys spending time tending to the family’s vegetable garden, and looking after their at-home farmyard, which includes a cat, two guinea pigs, and six chickens!
Andy says…
“I believe every day is a school day, and I’m always looking for opportunities to stick my head in a book and absorb new knowledge. I also love a problem to solve and fix – there’s no such thing as problems, only solutions.”
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