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  • Little Italy Espresso Blend by Mikro Coffee Roasters
  • Direct Trade Espresso Coffee Blend Torquay Coffee
  • Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
  • Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
  • Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
  • Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
  • Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
  • Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
  • Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
  • Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
  • Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
  • Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
  • Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
  • Little Italy Espresso Blend by Mikro Coffee Roasters
  • Direct Trade Espresso Coffee Blend Torquay Coffee
  • Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
  • Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
  • Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
  • Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
  • Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
  • Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
  • Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
  • Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
  • Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
  • Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
  • Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
  • Little Italy Espresso Blend by Mikro Coffee Roasters
    Direct Trade Espresso Coffee Blend Torquay Coffee
    Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
    Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
    Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
    Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
    Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
    Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
    Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
    Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
    Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
    Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend
    Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend

    Little Italy Award-Winning Espresso Blend

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    Little Italy is one of our original house espresso coffee blends roasted on the surf coast in Torquay and enjoyed by our customers for over 7 years and they love this coffee!

    This premium coffee blend is a total crowd pleaser and a very good all rounder espresso coffee suited to milk based and black coffees.

    The Little Italy Premium Espresso Coffee is Direct Trade

    In 2021 we have formed a new direct trade relationship with Ismael Andrade and his son Romulo Andrade from Sao Silvestre Estate and now our Little Italy blend is roasted with 50% Brazil Sao Silvestre estate sourced directly in co operation with Ismael and Romulo.

    We can proudly say that their premium coffee has made a significant further improvement to our Little Italy blend and added a richer aroma and deeper, longer lasting finish to the blend.

    The Brazil from Sao Silvestre estate blends perfectly with Certified Organic natural process Ethiopian Coffee which adds more body and sweetness and a touch of dried stone fruits to the blend and to top it all off we also add a Certified Organic Honduras coffee to add some more depth to the blend.

    This espresso coffee blend is roasted with traditional Italian espresso in mind with rich body and delicious flavour notes of dark cocoa, roasted hazelnuts and almonds with dark chocolate finish and salted caramel sweetness. This coffee is very easy to use for a home barista and the professional barista alike!

    Recommended brew recipes

    Commercial Espresso Brew Recipe

    21gr espresso grind coffee

    38 grams yield in the cup for a full double shot espresso.

    Extraction time between 24 to 28 seconds

    For some home machines you can try the following brew recipes:

    18gr espresso grind coffee

    32 grams of espresso yield in the cup

    Extraction time between 22 to 26 seconds

    Home Espresso Recipe 2

    20 grams of espresso ground coffee

    36 grams of espresso yield in cup

    Extraction time between 22 to 26 seconds

    For Plunger ( French Press)

    18 grams of coarse ground coffee

    250 grams of water, preferably around 93c to 96c

     2021 Season Little Italy Blend contains:

    60% Sao Silvestre Brazil - Directly Traded with Ismael Andrade via David from FTA Coffee

    20% Ethiopia Sidamo Organic Oddo Shakiso, Oromia Region

    20% Honduras La Avi Certified Organic

    Please enjoy!

    WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT
    If you want a coffee that tastes like "coffee" then this blend is it. It is an allround crowd pleaser and one of the easiest coffees to use at home
    STRENGTH AND FLAVOUR
    This blend is a 7/10 in strength and is an overall crowd pleaser. The current 2022 blend has the flavour of rich chocolate, toasted almonds and hazelnuts and caramel.

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    We are 1% for the planet. This means that we are committed to contributing 1% of our company turnover every year to local and Australian national causes to improve the environment and the quality of life of Australian people.

    As of September 2022 we support the following not for profit organizations:

    CERES

    Surf Coast Energy Group Inc. (SCEG)

    Surfrider Foundation Australia (Torquay)

    Sea Shepherd Australia

    Mikro Coffee Roasters is proudly a Carbon-neutral company as of August 2022.

    We have diligently calculated all carbon emissions directly and indirectly related to our activities as a coffee roasting company and taken steps to reduce our carbon footprint by reducing our waste and working with companies that have already taken the steps to completely offset their carbon footprint and become carbon-neutral companies.

    To offset our greenhouse gas emissions that are inevitably created from operating a coffee roasting business we purchase Australian Accredited carbon units from accredited Australian Carbon Market broker to completely offset the remainder of our emissions that we are unable to remove from our business such as natural gas use to roast coffee, operations of motor vehicle and other small incidentals.

    The Following Services & Companies We use That are already 100% Carbon-Neutral.

    • FTA Coffee (importing our coffee from Ismael and other farmers)
    • Australia Post (all our coffee is delivered Express via Auspost)
    • Biopak (Takeaway compostable cups and lids)
    • Reground (remove and reuse all our soft plastics and used coffee grinds and coffee chaff from roasting)
    • Happy Happy Soy Boy (soy milk for our espresso bar)

    Our net calculated annual greenhouse gas emissions from operating activities

    Gas for roasting coffee 44.98t

    Electricity 14.45t

    Motor vehicle 5.02t

    Non-recyclable/non compostable waste 4.48t

    Water to brew coffee & wash dishes 0.27t

    Paper 0.31t

    Dairy & other milks used to brew coffee 16.62t

    Business air travel economy class 1.5t

    Events & promotions 6.23t

    Total 92.44t Co2

    Carbon Offsets Purchased in 2022

    250t Moombidary Forest Regeneration Project vintage 2021-22

    This project establishes permanent native forests through assisted regeneration from in-situ seed sources (including rootstock and lignotubers) on land that was cleared of vegetation and where regrowth was suppressed for at least 10 years prior to the project having commenced.

    For more information on this project click here