Christmas Blend

Spice, cedar and aged Sumatra: the dark seasonal one, good with milk and over ice.

Matt4
Roaster
Starbucks
Origin
Latin American and Asia-Pacific coffees including aged Sumatra
Process
Blend
Roast level
Dark
How to drink it
Either
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Spice-forward and sweet, with cedar and a herbal depth from the aged Sumatra. Reads like the Sumatra with the edges rounded off.

Same rules as any dark roast: cooler water, shorter contact, coarser grind, lighter ratio. The spice holds up well against milk and against ice.

What to do with it

HotFrench pressMoccamasterCold brew

Water temperature
195-200F.
Time
Shorter contact.
Grind
One step coarser than the Dogspeed numbers.
Dose and ratio
1:17 to 1:18.

How to drink it. Good both ways. Black the cedar and spice are clearer; with milk it turns into the holiday-morning cup it was designed to be. A little sugar leans it further that way and suits it.

Either

Where to buy: Starbucks, seasonally

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.

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