Ride & Grind
Motor Oil – Brazil, Re-fill bag
£8.49 – £18.49 — or subscribe and save 15%
Roast Type
What's in your cup
Origin
Castanhas Do BrazilProcess
NaturalVarietal
MixedTasting notes
Hazelnut, Dark chocolate, Plum
Roast Days
We currently roast through the week and orders will be processed the following day.
More about the farm...
Coffee that started it all. Motor oil was first coffee we have ever released, and have been using as our house espresso ever since.
With its classic Brazil taste profile – you will understand why we never looked back.
Castanhas do Brasil which translates as “Nuts of Brazil” is a blend made from mainly from one particular area called Carmo De Cachoeira. The coffee is selected for its sweet and creamy hazelnut praline profile by the cupping team in the Cocatrel Direct Lab who assign it to this profile blend. The coffee must have a clean profile and be scoring 83 + on evaluation.
All the coffees that are part of this blend are dried in static boxes. These are 1 m deep boxes with capacity for 15000 litre volume of cherry which equates to 25-30 bags of green coffee. The boxes have a vented grill at the bottom to allow for air to be circulated from below up through the drying coffee. There are two thermometers at different depths to ensure a safe temperature always below 40c. They are referred to as static due to the coffee remaining still in the boxes and not being turned or rotated during drying. After it is dried the coffee is then left to rest for approximately 1- 2 weeks before being milled. This method has allowed the production of more fruity and prominent profiles from the usual profile we associate with Brazil natural coffee.
