Description
Kickstart Gourmet Espresso is a blend of Ethiopian arabicas, roasted specifically for espresso and part of our Roaster’s Reserve. Chocolate, berry and floral notes arrive in that order, and the shot finishes sweet rather than dry. It took a Great Taste gold star in 2013 and has been one of our most reordered coffees ever since.
Where it comes from
Kickstart comes from Ethiopia — the country where coffee began, and the home of the highland arabicas that give this blend the sweetness and acidity to stand up to an espresso roast. It is a blend rather than a single lot: we combine Ethiopian arabicas of different characters and different crop years so that the coffee in your cup tastes the same every time you order it, whatever any one harvest has done. We do not disclose which coffees go into the blend — that recipe is ours — but every component is Ethiopian arabica, bought directly and fairly from the farms and cooperatives that grow it.
What it tastes like
Dark chocolate and berry on the first sip, a floral lift in the middle, and a sweet, clean finish. It is full-bodied without being heavy and works as a straight shot, in a moka pot, or under milk in a flat white. If your machine runs hot, drop the temperature a couple of degrees and the berry notes come forward; if it runs cool, grind a touch finer to keep the sweetness.
Your grind, ground to order
Choose Whole Bean if you grind at home, or have it ground for Filter, Cafetière, Chemex, Aeropress, Espresso or Stove Top. We grind to order, so the coffee is ground for your brewer on the day it ships rather than months before.
Sizes: 250g, 500g and 1kg bags, plus an 80g taster bag. The 80g bag is there so you can try a coffee before committing to a larger one.
Why buy your coffee from Tank Coffee
We roast to order rather than to stock, so your beans are packed within days of leaving the roaster instead of sitting in a warehouse. Everything is roasted by hand in small batches by Garth, our master roaster, and every bag leaves us whole bean or ground exactly as you asked for it.
We buy directly and fairly from the farms and cooperatives behind our coffees, and our roasting has earned Great Taste Awards gold — judged on what is in the cup, not on what is on the label. Buy once or set up a subscription: you choose the delivery rhythm, you can change or cancel it from your account at any time, and there is no lock-in.
