Apas, organic espresso from Brazil

Apas - Coffee Info 

How we would prepare Apas

Water: Total hardness 5 °dH , Alkalinity 3 °dH

Machine: Ascaso Steel Duo PID

Grinder: Niche Zero

Grind size: 15

Why does Apas taste the way it does?

The APAS blend is a blend of coffees from various organic-certified members of the APAS cooperative. 71 members have formed to market their coffee together under the APAS brand. They were Fairtrade pioneers in Brazil - and today they are among the very few cooperatives in Brazil that produce organic coffee. They operate their farms in the São Gonçalo do Sapucaí region. They are also consistently successful as individual producers in coffee competitions like the Cup of Excellence. The coffee cherries for the organic APAS blend are individually dried in the cherry by the members on their own farms and then mechanically de-pulped. This dry processing emphasizes the nutty and chocolatey character of the coffee.

Tell me more about the Apas Espresso  

It all started in 2017. In our barista training courses, we needed a coffee that would meet many home baristas where they were. It had to be a solid coffee, with a familiar taste profile, easy to set up, forgiving, and yet distinctly different from a mass-produced product. Through algrano, we got in touch with Apas. After importing the first pallet in 2017, interest in this coffee and thus its volume grew. Since Apas also made repeated appearances on our YouTube channel, it quickly became our bestseller. After a lot of preliminary work, we were able to transition to organic with Apas in 2022. This step strengthened demand and the partnership. Today, we import several containers of Apas annually and work more closely than ever before.

How do we roast Apas coffee?

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