While we were designing our new house blend, we took the time to think about how to articulate what we want in a blend. Generally speaking, people usually drink blend as a way to get a stable and consistent cup. But when I think about it, specialty coffee has established its place in the coffee market enough for us to get an affordable and delicious single origin.

All of the 3 origins we are using to make our new blend, Colombia, El Salvador and Ethiopia are equally delicious on their own, and we also have enough green beans to offer them as individual single origin. So, why create a blend?

The answer may not be around the words we said at the beginning, “stable” or “consistency”. Through the process of making this new blend, we reached an opposite conclusion- what makes a blend interesting and irreplaceable is its subtle unpredictability and fluctuation. Any delicious single origin can bore you after a while if you drink it every single day- we thought, this nuanced difference in each cup is actually what brings people back every day. Seize the moment, and enjoy the once in a lifetime encounter in your cup of our new House Blend Light.

With extraction as an espresso in mind, the bean temperature is set to reach 6 to 8°C higher than that of light roast coffee. To avoid losing unique characteristics, we roast all the way through with medium heat for 10 minutes.

try Head Roaster Kosuke’s Recipe for House Blend Light

・Dripper:ORIGAMI Dripper
・Coffee : Water ratio: 14g : 200g
・Water temp.: 91℃
・Grind: Fine

Step by step:

00:00- Pour 100g of hot water
00:45- Pour another 100g (total 200g）
Finish at approximately 1:30

or

Conical Dripper:

・Dripper: Hario V60 Dripper
・Coffee : Water Ratio: 14g : 200g
・Water temp.: 91℃
・Grind: Coarse

Step by step:

00:00~ 40g（Total: 40g）
00:40~ +60g（Total: 100g）
01:10~ +50g（Total: 150g）
01:40~ +50g（Total: 200g）

Finish brew: Approx. 02:30

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Flat Bed Dripper:

・Dripper: Kalita Wave Dripper
・Coffee : Water Ratio: 14g : 200g
・Water temp.: 92℃
・Grind: Coarse

Step by step:

00:00~ 30g（Total: 30g）
00:40~ +30g（Total: 60g）
01:10~ +140g（Total: 200g）

Finish brew: Approx. 02:05 to 02:15

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Conical Dripper:

・Dripper: Hario V60 Dripper
・Coffee : Water Ratio: 14g : 150g
・Water temp.: 91℃
・Ice cubes: 70g
・Grind: Medium fine

Step by step:

00:00~ 40g（Total: 40g）
00:40~ +60g（Total: 100g）
01:10~ +50g（Total: 150g）

Finish brew: Approx. 02:10

Check out our Japanese Iced Coffee Recipe for more information!