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Sample - St Peters

Sample - St Peters

 

We are back at Sample! An OG roaster out of St Peters who is a certified B-Corp. If you don’t know what a B-Corp is, they are businesses that reached the highest standard off verified social and environmental performance, public transparency and legal accountability. Read more about B-Corp here.
"At Sample Coffee, our mission is to create a coffee experience that is always exciting for anyone who drinks it and is kind to everyone who makes it possible.
How? Being present, paying attention to the small details, nurturing connections and, of course, having fun. 
We source, roast, brew, and serve the coffees we dream of drinking every single day. We work with trusted importing partners to source delicious and exciting green coffee. We roast it to highlight the natural features and different nuances in every lot. We brew it in a way that respects and amplifies all the efforts made until that point.
We care about the journey as much as the outcome. While we strive for the highest quality coffee, we won’t cut corners to achieve this. We want our work to be a source of positive impact for everyone involved, direct and indirectly, so social and environmental outcomes matter as much as the cupping score.
We continue to learn and share our knowledge. We take the time to communicate everything we know about coffee, and we love using our platforms to communicate our progress, inspire action and start thoughtful conversations.
We have a good time. We love doing what we do, which translates into a team of staff and wholesale partners that sparks joy, connection and respect for the coffee culture and community."

"The original Sample blend! Served black, it has flavours of dark chocolate and cherry ripe. With milk, it reminds us of Malteser, cherry and vanilla."

Colombia - Los Rosales
Ethiopia - Haider Aba Mecha

Roast date - 10/2/2025

Process - Washed

Varieties - Heirloom, Caturra, Typica, Castillo, and V.Colombia

Flavour notes - Dark chocolate, Cherry ripe

"Designed to be drunk alongside your favourite pastry. Served black, it tastes like 70% chocolate. With milk, it reminds us of dark chocolate and juicy raspberry."

Colombia - Los Rosales
Ethiopia - Mohammed Abu Nura

Roast date - 10/2/2025

Process - Washed / Natural

Flavour notes - Dark chocolate, Cookie

"Abebe Cherfo owns 11 farm plots (5.24 hectares), where he only grows coffee—predominantly Kurume, a local Ethiopian Heirloom subvariety. This land is near Reko, a village in the Kochere region, sitting at altitudes between 1900 and 2000 metres above sea level.

With these cherries, he produces washed coffees in the Jabanto Producers Group, from which he has been a member since 2019. Abebe’s production is one of the few in the area that can claim organic certification.

These days, coffee is the only source of income for his large family. Diversification is his top priority in the coming years, and he plans to invest his profits into retail businesses such as cafes, restaurants, and other logistics."

Producer - Abebe Cherfo

Origin - Kochere, Ethiopia

Roast date - 10/2/2025

Variety - Kurume, 74165, and 74112

Process - Washed

Flavour notes - Black tea, Bergamot, Dried pineapple

"Luz Helena grew up in Armenia and has been producing coffee for the last 20 years. She owns Maracay, an 8-hectare farm located at 1450 m.a.s.l, in Armenia Quindio. Luz is Carlos and Felipe’s mother, the co-founders of Cofinet and wife of Jairo Arcila.

Luz’s passion for coffee was inspired by her husband’s work on coffee farms and as a dry mill manager. Luz would hear Jairo talking about coffee and wanted to be more involved in the industry. With the support of Jairo, Luz started learning how to care for coffee plants and what steps she needed to take to produce high-quality, ripe cherries. Luz found dealing with insects very challenging at the start and would draw on Jairo’s knowledge to help with this.

For several years now, her focus has been on producing high quality (‘specialty’) coffee. With the support of Cofinet, Luz has been able to improve farm practices and focus on producing the best cherries she can. Once ripe, the cherries are then processed by Cofinet at their processing station, La Pradera.

When Luz is not tending to her coffee trees, she enjoys spending time with her friends and being part of local support groups for vulnerable people."

Producer - Luz Helena Salazar

Origin - Quindio, Colombia

Roast date - 10/2/2025

Variety - Pink Bourbon

Process - Washed

Flavour notes Pear, Melon, Blackcurrant

 

Recipes

Espresso - 9 bar

Brew ratio - 1:2.4 (dry coffee : espresso liquid)

Temp - 94 Deg C

Time - 25-30 seconds.

*Adjust grind size to achieve the desired time

 

Espresso - 6 bar

Brew ratio - 1:2.8 (dry coffee : espresso liquid)

Temp - 94 Deg C

Time - 25-30 seconds.

*Adjust grind size to achieve the desired time

 

Pourover

Temp - off the boil

Ratio - 1:16.7 (dry coffee:water)

Bloom - 30 seconds

Flow rate - fast

*Adjust grind size to achieve desired flow rate

Aeropress

Temp - off the boil

Ratio - 1:14.3 (dry coffee : water)

Bloom - 30 seconds

Brew time - 90 seconds (including bloom)

Press consistently over 15-20 seconds.

 

Stove top

Ratio - 1-11 (dry coffee : water)

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