We recently received a few inquiries asking if we had any low acid coffees, so we decided to test the pH of our five coffee profiles using a digital pH meter! Like many things with coffee, the more we found out, the more excited we became, and the more questions…
At Driftaway, we host three types of comparative coffee tastings: Weekly Saturday tastings with the Explorer Box, 90 minute Private tastings , and Corporate tastings. For all three, we taste the coffees in the professional, or cupping style. For this method, each coffee is steeped in a mug, side by…
Since starting Driftaway, we’ve offered our main flavor profiles as single origin coffees, so that we can easily communicate the taste and terroir of coffee regions from around the world. For coffees roasting in September 2021, we’re shaking things up a bit, and are excited to share a different approach:…
For cold brew, it’s best to use a medium-coarse grind – one that looks like kosher salt.When making cold brew, the coffee grounds steep in the cold water for more than 12 hours (we recommend 16 hours). A coarser grind helps to avoid removing too many coffee solids (read: flavor)…
This is a great question, and it’s why we created our Cold brew Explorer Kit, because it really depends on what flavors you like! For example, if you like coffees that are bright and fruity, you’d probably like a cold brew that’s bright and fruity. Our Explorer Kit comes with…
No – not quite. They are both cold coffee, but are brewed in different ways. Cold brew is made by steeping coffee for 12 to 24 hours in cold water. Iced coffee is made by brewing coffee hot and then slowly cooling it down – if coffee cools slowly, it…
