Happy Holidays....

Fifth Battery Coffee Roasters will be closed from Christmas Day Sunday the 25th December thru to Monday the 2nd January and back trading on the Tuesday 3rd of January.

The CSR Sugar Golden Bean Roaster Competition

We are trying our hand at the Golden Bean Roaster Competition and entering our coffee in a number of category's.

Espresso (Short Black)
Milk Based (Latte)
Single Origin Espresso

We see this a an opportunity to grow, learn, have some fun and hopefully come away with a gong. For more information check out the Cafe Biz website.

cafebiz.net

Current Feature Coffee...

Costa Rica ‘Dota’ Tarrazu
Country: Costa Rica
Region: Santa Marta de Dota
Altitude: 1200+

Profile:
Caramel sweetness with intense chocolate and fruit notes. Complex acidity but balanced through out.

Under Cover Brother Blend....

Ethiopia Sidamo & Papua New Guinea Bunum wo Estate

Distinct fruity aroma, apple acidity
and a subtle berry finish.

$14.50

All profits from each sale go to movember.

All tips go to movember help a bro out & tip big or make a donation to our team.

movember.com

SWISS GOLD

Now available at the Battery!

SWISS GOLD one cup filters are affordable, no fuss, tough as nails and easy to use. They produce plenty of body with great flavour clarity what is not to like.

The SWISS GOLD Technique:

Begin the process by preparing the water. Once the water is boiling, it's important to cool it before pouring to prevent scorching the coffee.

While the water is boiling, prepare the coffee. Always use fresh coffee and, if possible, freshly ground coffee.

Dose: For our method, we recommend using 2 generous tablespoons of ground coffee.

Grind: Having a perfect grind size is very important to success in brewing . Too coarse of a grind will result in under-extracted coffee. Too fine will choke the brew resulting in over-extracted coffee. We find that a medium grind is a good place to start.

Place the SWISS GOLD filter on top of your cup.

Remove the perforated insert and put ground fresh coffee on the gold plated filter foil.

Replace the perforated insert. First, using a slow, steady pour fill just enough into the SWISS GOLD so that it saturates the coffee grinds . Wait 15 seconds, then continue to slowly pour water into the perforated insert according to the capacity of your cup (or taste).

Remove the SWISS GOLD filter and DRINK!

Kenya Kichwa Tembo

This specialty coffee offering is all about the AeroPress. You get a whole lot of fruity notes coming through in a really clean and unbelievably sweet cup. This coffee is by far the best we have produced for the AeroPress.

Kenya Kichwa Tembo
Grading: AA
Screen Size: 18+
Altitude: 1600+
Process: Washed and Sun Dried

Taste Description...
Blackcurrant acidity with subtle notes of berry and citrus. Upfront sweetness complimented by a delicate, lingering finish.

~ Current Single Origin Offering ~

Country: Costa Rica El Puente Tarrazu
Region: Santa Cruz de Leon Coretz
Varietal: 100% Caturra
Crop: July 2009 Arrival

Sweet fragrant lemon, clean acidity and long roasted almond finish.

Another mans treasure!

We were lucky enough to get our hands on Grandpa's cheese boxes so we have decided to put it to good use. We have turned them into a display that will showcase the strange and wonderful foreign matter found in coffee.
If any roasters have anything you would like to be included in our humble collection swing it our way (willing to trade coffee for "chud").

Closed Friday at 12 o'clock for Carly

Brother Espresso & Fifth Battery will be closed from 12 o'clock Friday to allow staff to attend the funeral service of employee and friend Carly Hibberd.

Relatives and Friends of Carly are invited to attend her Funeral Service, to be held at Ashgrove Baptist Church, 7 Firhill Street, Ashgrove, Friday 29th July, 2011, commencing at 1 p.m.

No flowers by request of the Family, donations in lieu to The Amy Gillett Foundation will be gratefully accepted.

Carly started working at Brother in 2007 in 2009 she headed to Italy to pursue her cycling career with the Michela Fanini-Record-Rox squad and later the Cassina Rizzardi A Style Fionucci team. As many of you would remember Carly would return to Brother each summer to escape the European winter and reunite with family, friends and love ones.

Carly passed away 6th July, 2011, living her dream in Italy.

Love always and forever.

Out with the Old in with the New...

Fifth Battery Seasonal Blend
Sweet choc-malt flavours complimented by a distinct and complex citrus aroma. Notes of caramel, lime and cherry are found in this blend which enthralls the palate with its sweetness. With the addition of milk, the chocolate and malt flavours shine through giving a sweet, medium bodied coffee combined with clarity and brightness.
Country... Ethiopia, Nicaragua and Honduras

Feature coffee Panama Santa Teresa Estate...

Panama Santa Teresa Estate
Origin: Panama
Altitude: 1400-1550mts
Crop Year: 2010
Varietal: Catuai Caturra & Bourbon

Cocoa like aroma, nuts, mild citrus acidity and a caramel and chocolate sweetness. This coffee has a medium body, and a sweet and nutty aftertaste.

About Panama Santa Teresa Estate:
La Finca Santa Teresa is located in the micro region of Piedra Candela, specifically high in the area known as Santa Clara. The property contains approximately 450 hectares in total, with 120 hectares of coffee production. Their varieties consist of Catuai, Caturra, and Typica and all production is above 1500 meters.

Panama borders Columbia and Costa Rica. Panama’s coffee producing areas are located in the regions around one of the highest inactive volcanoes of Central America, the Volcan Baru (3,475 m. / 11,400 ft.); Boquete, Volcan, and Renacimiento.

The uniqueness about Panama’s Coffees are the microclimates present, and its surrounding land full of rich nutritional and fertile soils, making these high lands perfect conditions to cultivate and harvest a great variety of special coffees.

Current feature coffee....

Ethiopia Limu
Origin: Ethiopia
Region: Oromia
Altitude: 1800-2000mtrs
Crop Year: 2010
Varietal: Heirloom Ethiopian

Clean, juicy sweetness, soft citrus acidity, rounded body, notes of dark fruits, berries and spice.

This coffee is from within the broad Oromia region and likely from a special location within Djima, close the Kaffa region. The coffee is grown at good altitudes ranging from 1750-2100meters and will be processed through one of the many excellent cooperatives such as Kenteri, Babu or Gera.

All these coffees are special preparation unwashed; which means only the ripest cherries are picked, sorted through flotation then hand sorted. The best cherries are then laid out on raised woven drying beds for 2-3 weeks and slowly and evenly dried.

About Oromia:

Oromia is one of the nine ethnic divisions (kililoch) of Ethiopia. Covering 353,632 square kilometers stretching from the western border in an arc to the southwestern corner of the country, its one of the largest states in terms of both population and area.

The huge region includes some of the smaller coffee sub-regions such as Bale, Illubabor, Kaffa, Sidamo, Welega and Jimma.

Enjoy!

News from the front line...

Our intelligence tells us…

The demand for greens continues to grow, supply is short and prices are high. Short-term prices have been swayed by external factors like the Japanese earthquake & Middle East situation.

Coffee which we bring into play and how it will effect us….

Brazil: The 2011 crop is short, some suggesting BIG time short. We believe that the new crop this year will be outrageously expensive right through 2012.

Ethiopia: Traceability, sourcing and securing top lots has been difficult for some time, this will exacerbated even further in the future. Any decent quality or specialty lots landing into Australia in the second half of 2011 are going to be expensive.

In summary…

Wholesale & retail prices are going to increase and by a good amount and prepare for the possibility that we might need to do it again!

This weeks Roast Summary straight from the mouth of our very own ‘Master General Roaster’…

Brother Espresso House Blend:

Upfront there is a strong berry/cherry sweetness from the Indonesian and Ethiopian.

A quicker roast of the Ethiopian is bring out wine/cherry notes at the start of the cup.

The Nicaraguan is highlighting orange and lime notes in the aftertaste.

Fifth Battery Seasonal Blend:

Very toasty and caramel at the start of the cup.

Mild acidity in the aftertaste with a peanut like finish.

Easter's here, so let's go play!

Fifth Battery will be closed from Good Friday 22nd April and re-open on the ANZAC public holiday Tuesday 26th April.

Rolling Pitchers

Ladies & Gentalmen,
Rapha have reported on our event;
http://www.rapha.cc/rolling-pitchers

Davids' Cold Brew Coffee Extract

Enjoy Davids' cold brew at home now on sale in-store.

Gently brewed from Fifth Battery roasted beans. The cold-brew process extracts the coffee bean's delicious flavour producing a bold, super-smooth coffee extract.

See website for serving instructions.

Rolling Pitchers Blend

Current Specialty Coffee...

Big thanks to the guys from River City Rollers for the upcoming Rolling Pitchers event this one is for you enjoy.

A two bean blend which boasts a rich velvety mouth feel. Sugar and spice flavours dominate the palate whilst subtle notes of cherry and caramel bring a pleasant lingering finish.

Origin/Supplier... 60% Costa Rica Herbazu Estate 40% Guatemala Sierra Azul.

River City Rollers - Teaser from Bjorn Rust on Vimeo.

Rolling Pitchers...

Coffee, Beers, Bikes and Tunes at Fifth Battery Coffee Roasters 23 Warry Street FV BNE 2pm Saturday 26th Feb 2011.

Barista Competition...
Call your pour, 2nd person calls theirs, 1st person can upgrade if they want.
2 pours each, just split a shot. Pick your best.
Judge picks the best, winner moves on.

Head to Head Roller Racing...
Visit River City Rollers to Register

Back to the daily grind!

Christmas gifts unwrapped, recovery from New Years celebrations with families and friends complete, Fifth Battery will be back to work Tuesday morning.