Each day on the Kaldi’s Espresso Roastery is an train in coffee-geekery. We get very enthusiastic about new single origin espresso rollouts, can’t wait to roast and cup the most recent small lot choices from our producing and importing companions, and sling hand brews like there’s no tomorrow. However there’s an entire different aspect to this story, and it’s one which we put simply as a lot time and fervour into: our blends.
Thus, enable us to shine a much-deserved highlight on a mix that our common clients and visitors know and love: 700.
A graphic used for Espresso 700 mix earlier than 2015.
THE BASICS OF 700:
700 was designed to style nice as espresso, whether or not at our cafes or in your house set-up.
Our best espresso mix is:
- a medium-roast
- simple to dial in
- offers that nice chocolate and caramel style
- leaves in a backdrop of the distinct fruity traits of the coffees
After we supply the elements of 700, these are the tastes we’re particularly in search of.
HOW 700 GOT ITS NAME
Prospects far and large, however particularly within the St. Louis area, know us for our DeMun location, our very first cafe and the place we began roasting espresso. Situated at 700 Demun Avenue, it was solely becoming that our flagship espresso mix adopted part of its backstory. Moreover, after we moved our roasting operations in 2005, it was to 700 St. Bernard’s Lane, and the remainder is historical past.
For years, 700 was referred to as “Espresso 700”. The label included a word that it tastes “fantastic as drip espresso”, however we discovered that having ‘espresso’ within the title was making some clients leery about shopping for for his or her residence espresso machines. 700 is an distinctive on a regular basis espresso irrespective of the way you brew it, so we needed to ease that apprehension.
Subsequently, with our bag redesign within the fall of 2019, we formally dropped ‘espresso’ from the title. Identical mix, similar love and a focus, now with a wider enchantment. We love the brand new identify for its simplicity and its connection to our previous.
Luggage by means of the years
High quality, High quality, High quality:
All of our blends are topic to thorough and routine qc for style and consistency. We cup our lineup of coffees virtually on daily basis to make sure tastes are as much as par, inexperienced espresso is holding up, and so on… however 700 will get just a little additional consideration, or an additional cupping bowl, or an additional roast profile to see what temp and instances throughout the roasting course of is bringing out the most effective flavors.
And we don’t cease there. Each Thursday, our Roasting and High quality Management group spends over an hour dialing in that week’s roast with our espresso grinders and espresso machine, after which shares the most effective practices with our cafe groups to assist them guarantee wherever it’s served, it’s tasting nice. It’s protected to say that no different espresso will get consumed and scrutinized extra on the Kaldi’s Roastery or by our lead baristas.
Study extra about QC in our weblog, “Chasing High quality: A Stroll By Espresso QC“
What does this imply for you? While you get 700 in your cup, you’re ingesting the product of rigorous consideration to element from begin to end.
A game-changing, crowd-pleasing, on a regular basis sort of espresso
A standard story by means of the years has been of an individual being transformed from, let’s say, “different” espresso manufacturers after ingesting 700. The profile of 700 is one which tastes acquainted to any espresso lover, however the high quality, freshness, and a focus to element simply shines by means of. It’s candy, it’s comforting, it’s bought a slight, pleasing acidic tingle, and you’ll drink cup after cup.
A type of tales comes from our personal group. Earlier than becoming a member of Kaldi’s, our e-commerce supervisor used to herald airpots filled with 700 to his workplace, offering a little bit of aid to his coworkers from the standard fare. And he quickly turned his father, sister, sister-in-law, and anybody else that may hear over to it. Years (and lots of different coffees) later, it’s nonetheless their go-to.
700 simply has that impact on individuals, and we’ll by no means get bored with listening to tales like these.
A Mix that’s Greater than a Mix:
Like all of our blends, the elements of 700 change all year long primarily based on harvest schedules and crop freshness. However typically talking, there’s at all times at the very least one espresso in 700 that represents an extended, fruitful relationship with our producing companions.
Colombia Monserrate: Relationship since 2007, visits about every year (try our weblog right here)
Nicaragua Don Roger / Jinotega Group: Relationship since 2011, visits each 2 or 3 years, and a detailed relationship with the Ben Weiner (try our IGTV with Ben right here)
El Salvador Manzano: Relationship since about 2010 or 2011, visits about each different yr. (try our Feast TV profile right here)
Relationships are important to the way in which we function, and nice espresso begins with these nice relationships. 700 isn’t any completely different. With every iteration, there’s a years lengthy story to be advised and the significance of this mix goes nicely past the ultimate style.
Our group visiting our companions at Monserrate.
700 and past
Espresso is a humorous factor. It’s an on a regular basis, ubiquitous, oftentimes senseless a part of individuals’s lives, however behind each cup is an extended story of human connection, arduous work, and dedication. 700 is part of the a lot bigger espresso story, however it’s one which has meant the world to us and our visitors for a lot of, a few years, and has come to signify a lot of our philosophy and id.
The subsequent time it’s in your mug as drip espresso, or a latte, or as an espresso shot, know that there’s a narrative unfolding earlier than you, and revel in your second with it. We certain did.
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