The cherry
Coffee starts as the seed of a red fruit. We buy from farms that pick only the ripe ones, because one green cherry can sour a whole batch.
Small-batch coffee from a roaster who grew up beside Niagara. Now open on Pine Avenue, two miles from the water that started it.
He grew up within earshot of Niagara, where a whole river drops off the edge in one long roar. You learn two things from water like that: patience and precision. Arquebus is built on both.
The name comes from the arquebus, the hand-built long gun of the 1500s that rewarded a steady hand and a careful aim. We roast the same way: by hand, by the numbers, one batch at a time.
Coffee starts as the seed of a red fruit. We buy from farms that pick only the ripe ones, because one green cherry can sour a whole batch.
Pulped, dried and shipped raw. At this stage a bean smells like fresh grass, nothing like coffee. All the flavor is still locked inside.
Heat turns sugars to caramel and the beans crack open with an audible pop. We stop each batch by ear and by thermometer, never by guesswork.
Fresh beans are full of CO₂. We let them settle for about a week so your first cup tastes the way the roast intended.
A double shot pulled at nine bars of pressure, eighteen grams in and thirty six out, in about twenty eight seconds. Then it is yours.
Roasted in small batches on Pine Ave and shipped within days of roasting. Pick your grind.
Dark chocolate, toasted hazelnut, a long sweet finish. Built for milk.
Light roast. Stone fruit, black tea, bright and clean. Best as pour over.
Smoky molasses, cedar, low acidity. Named for the arquebus firing mechanism.
Delivered by email, spendable in the shop on Pine Ave and online. Never expires.
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