Market Lane - 8th August 2022
Welcome to Market Lane, a staple of the Melbourne specialty coffee scene.
"When we founded Market Lane in 2009, our mission was simple: we wanted to sustainably source, roast and share the world’s finest coffees, and celebrate the incredible stories of the people behind them. We also wanted to make great coffee accessible and exciting, easy to understand and appreciate, and simple to brew and enjoy.
The coffee industry in Australia has changed radically over the past decade and a half. Before the 2010s, finding fresh, traceable, high quality coffee was practically impossible. We wanted to help address that and, in doing so, ignite positive change in the industry by redefining what coffee is and can be, and to build a market for, and appreciation of, specialty coffee. This is important to us because the more demand there is for high quality coffee, the better off the coffee producers are, and the more sustainable the coffee supply chain becomes.
In the years since we opened, there have been many positive changes in the coffee industry both in Australia and globally, but there’s still a lot of work to be done. To that end, our values and mission have remained unchanged, and we continue to be very focused on building a more sustainable future for everyone in the specialty coffee supply chain – particularly the producers and their communities, who rely on coffee for their livelihood."
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Seasonal - Blend "80% of this blend is made up of São Judas, produced by Antônio and Terezinha Rigno in Piatã, Brazil. Antônio is one of Brazil’s most knowledgeable and respected coffee professionals. His coffees have been placewinners in the Cup of Excellence competition an incredible ten times in the last 15 years. Piatã is known for having wonderful coffee-producing conditions, but above all Antônio credits his team members for the high quality of his coffee. “They are like family,” he says, “and they care as much as I do about quality. I am very lucky.”
80%: São Judas 20%: Nyarusiza Roast date - 01/08/2022 Process - Washed Flavour notes - Butterscotch and sultana with a soft orange finish.
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Marimbus - Brazil 100% - Marimbus, Brazil Roast date - 01/08/2022 Process - Washed Flavour notes - Milk chocolate & orange with a soft caramel finish.
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The Twitezimbere Farmers’ Group is a collective of 32 smallholder coffee producers in Rwanda’s Southern Province. Recently these farmers got together and decided to process and market their coffees as a small, select lot. They named their group Twitezimbere as it roughly translates to ‘we work together for development’ in the local Kinyarwanda language. The group’s farmers now also share resources and labour during the busy harvest period.
Once picked, the farmers deliver their ripe coffee cherries to the nearby Remera washing station. Remera is one of three stations owned by Buf Coffee, an incredibly inspiring family-run company that Market Lane has been working with since 2010. (You can read more about Buf Coffee and its amazing founder Epiphanie Mukashyaka here.) The Remera team usually centrally processes coffee from over 700 local producers, so it’s very special to be able to trace a coffee back to a small group like Twitezimbere. Selling their coffee as a distinct lot means the group’s members directly benefit from any higher prices paid specifically for their coffees, resulting in higher incomes to support their families. This provides an incentive to work together as a collective to produce the highest quality coffee possible. Judging by this coffee’s cup profile, this approach is working! Twitezimbere is clean and complex, with notes of plum and orange, and a chocolate finish.." Origin - Nyamagabe District, Rwanda Roast Date - 01/08/2022 Variety - Red bourbon Process - Washed Altitude - 2250 masl Flavour notes - Plum and orange with a chocolate finish
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"This lot of coffee was grown in Ethiopia’s Aroresa District and processed at the Ayla washing station. Ayla is one of 20 washing stations owned and run by Testi Coffee, a family business founded by Faysel Yonis that aims to support and grow with the farming communities that produce their coffee. With this in mind, Testi established their Project Direct program, which focuses on directly supporting coffee-farming families in tangible and positive ways. Through Project Direct, Testi has now built two primary schools and helped communities located near their more remote washing stations access clean water and electricity.
Origin - Sidama, Ethiopia Roast Date - 01/08/2022 Variety - JARC 74110 & 74112 Process - Washed Altitude - 1950 - 2150 masl Flavour notes - Floral with lemon and black tea |
Recipes
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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
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Espresso - 6 bar Brew ratio - 1:2.6 (dry coffee : espresso liquid) Temp - 94 Deg C Time - 25-30 seconds. *Adjust grind size to achieve the desired time
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Pourover Temp - off the boil Ratio - 1:13.5(dry coffee:water) Bloom - 30 seconds Flow rate - fast *Adjust grind size to achieve desired flow rate |
Aeropress Temp - off the boil Ratio - 1:13.5 (dry coffee : water) Bloom - 30 seconds Brew time - 90 seconds (including bloom) Press consistently over 15-20 seconds. |
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Stove top Ratio - 1-12 (dry coffee : water) |