Nektar Roaster | Sap - 340gr

The richness of sweet aromas

Origin:Brazil and Colombia
Cultivar:Varied blend
Tasting notes:Nuts - Caramel - Chocolate - Creamy

TASTE

When launching Nektar's roasting workshop in 2018, they wanted to create a blend lighthouse. An espresso blend that would be their best seller. After 10 years of selling other roasters' coffees in their branches, they knew what they wanted. They were looking for notes of caramelized nuts and milk chocolate. An espresso that's easy to like, without any bitterness. Sweet, not too strong, slightly daring. As mainstream as thirdwave. 

We can say mission accomplished, it's their best seller for over two years!

You will have a nice texture in the cup; it is created to give a lot of crema. Taste: an attack of nuts, sweetness, and a chocolate finish.

ORIGIN

This coffee is a blend of two origins: Colombia and Brazil. Nektar works closely with two producers to obtain results that meet their expectations.

Colombian coffee gives us the typically sweet side. It comes to us from a Quebec farmer who has a coffee farm in the Huila region.

Natural coffee from Brazil gives us the texture for the crema, caramelized sugar and chocolate. It is the grower Jose Maria who provides them with their naturally dried beans.

ROASTING

This blend is not dark roasted. We want to keep the complexity, find the sweet side, without the side of smoke or bitter cocoa.

It is a little more developed than their Récolte series coffees. Enough to make the coffee porous, for maximum gain in texture.

TASTING

Specially designed for espresso, from simple short to large slat. This is Nektar Caféologue's regular coffee. The everyday coffee that allows you to start the day pleasantly energized.

It's also the coffee with which they make their cold brew recipe.

It is an easy mixture to extract. You will get a beautiful result, no matter the quality of your machine. 

Parameters:
Amount of ground coffee: 18.5 grams
Amount of coffee in the cup: 32 grams
Extraction time: 30 seconds
Temperature : 200° F (93° C)

💁🏻‍♀️ NEKTAR ROASTER

At the very beginning of the adventure, in 2009, Nektar set itself the objective of introducing the world of specialty coffee to the general public. They offered more than twenty third-wave roasters in their small premises in the St-Roch district of Quebec, but according to them, something was missing. They wanted to share their knowledge with you and discover everything new that was happening in the world of coffee growing, but they had to navigate through the offerings of their roasting partners which did not offer the full extent of what they aspired to. 

It is for this reason that in 2018, they chose to take the plunge into the world of roasting, to offer you more exploration, their vision, their DNA.

The world of coffee is evolving at lightning speed and several drying techniques, several terroirs and coffee growers deserve to be put forward more, more than what they currently are.

They have therefore decided to offer you a discovery experience without prejudice, with a traceability approach from farm to cup. This is what allows them to actively participate in the sustainable development of producing countries. More and more of you are discovering their coffees and this allows them to exchange and build relationships with more than twenty producers per year.

They are still as passionate as in 2009 and their curiosity is no longer in doubt. If there is a new technique being used, a new crossbreed cultivar, or a farm experimenting with their crop, they have likely reserved some of that batch. Exploring and making you discover the fruit of their research is their greatest pleasure. 

This enthusiasm is accompanied by a crucial element: respect for all the humans behind every farm, every bean harvested, roasted and every cup of coffee you hold in your hands. 

Let's explore together, with respect.

Karen Ludwig, roaster and Guillaume Michaud, co-owner.

Photo @nektar

Photo @nektar