Sparrows H.O.M.E.S. Blend
The brunch blend. Easy to drink, well rounded, with enough roast and chocolate to hold its own and a touch of sweetness behind it.
- Roaster
- Sparrows Coffee
- Origin
- Colombia Cauca, Guatemala Huehuetenango
- Process
- Washed
- Roast level
- Medium-dark
- How to drink it
- Takes milk well
Sparrows Coffee, Grand Rapids. Colombia Cauca as the base with Guatemala Huehuetenango as the accent, both washed. $16 for 12 oz.
This is the brunch coffee. Easy to drink, properly round, with toast and chocolate and some roast behind it, and a touch of sweetness that keeps it from being flat. It does the thing a blend is supposed to do: nothing sticks out, and you can drink it for an hour without getting tired of it.
Sparrows call it one of their go-to roasts for people who want some roast and smoke. That's fair, but it's milder than that makes it sound. The roast is there as structure rather than as the point.
How I brew it
Moccamaster, for a crowd. This is the one I make when there are people in the house and nobody wants a conversation about extraction.
Chemex when it's just me and I want it a bit cleaner.
Roaster's notes
Caramel, dark chocolate.
What I taste
Toast, chocolate, some roast. Well rounded with a touch of sweet. Nothing sharp, nothing that demands attention.
When I reach for it
Brunch, people in the house, a long morning. The one to make when the coffee should be good and not be the subject.
What to do with it
- Water temperature
- 200F. The roast is already doing some of the work.
- Time
- As written.
- Grind
- A tick coarser than the recipe. Medium-dark gives up more.
- Dose and ratio
- As written.
How to drink it. Black or with milk, and it holds up to both. Brunch coffee, so it's built to be drunk for an hour.
Brewed with
The recipes this bag is marked good for. Each of them says which roast its numbers assume, and what to change if yours is different.
- Chemex 500 g Chemex · Hot
- Chemex 800 g Chemex · Hot
- Flash Brew Chemex 800 g Chemex · Flash brew
- Moccamaster Pot Moccamaster · Hot
- Moccamaster, Half Basket Moccamaster · Hot
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