Ben and the roaster.
Q11 works closely with Ben Toovey, who manages Genovese Coffee’s specialty coffee department, to create custom “Seasonal Blends” that change every few months as new coffee crops are harvested and become available.Specialty grade green coffees are sourced through Direct Trade relationships with growers and through importers such Melbourne Coffee Merchants (Market Lane), the Cup of Excellence program, and more. The current blend is designed to work well with milk or as espresso, it features:
50 % Brazil – Moreninha Formosa – Natural Process
25 % El Salvador – El Cerro – Washed
25 % Guatemala – Santa Clara – Washed.
Microlot coffees are used as components of the blends, or featured as single origin coffees when something particularly special comes along. Also organic and Fair Trade coffees have and will be used when they are suitable for the blends.
Our machine of choice is the Wega Concept, which is Wega’s first machine with Multi Boiler Technology that allows precise control and stability of extraction temperatures.When you dial in 93c thats what you get every pour, very consistent. It also features their patented Green Line energy saving capability which enable the machine to consume up to 50% less energy than standard espresso machines. As a modification to the machine, custom steam tips were handcrafted by an engineer to provide the silkiest milk texturing possible.
We use naked portafilters for espresso, and have experimented with devices such as the ExtractMojo to fine tune our extractions and to produce a consistently excellent espresso, and of course the custom steam tips as mentioned above.
