Gifts – BeanCurious

The BeanCurious Coffee Advent Calendar

Winci Chan — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 04:20:41 +0000

If you or someone you know would love to explore the world of coffee, this is the perfect gift. Inside are a range of premium, single origin beans, roasted here in Hong Kong. Inside are chocolatey beans, nutty beans, fruity beans, and three travel packs to take out on the road.

What’s Inside

The Christmas Blend (60g)
#21 Nicaragua, La Bastilla 2022 (60g)
#19 Guatemala Huehuetenango (60g)
#7 Colombia Direct Trade 2022 (60g)
2 x El Salvadore Drip Bags
2 x Kenya Drip Bags
2 x Guatemala Drip Bags

Like an Advent Calendar, the contents of each pack is (mostly) hidden, so you can write down your tasting notes, take a guess at which bean is which and then discover the results at the end!

Also included are some brewing recommendations for each pack.

Cascara Tea Packs

Sean Okihiro — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 10:55:08 +0000

Cascara Tea Packs

Sweet, hawthorn-like and aromatic, you’re not enjoying fruit tea but something comes with coffee – here we present to you coffee dried cherry skin – cascara.

Hand picked from small holders

Hand-picked cherries were carefully sorted, only fully ripe ones will then be pulped, the seed went on fermentation and skins were left. Previously farmers only used the pulped skins for fertilizer, now it becomes their another source of income.

Processed as carefully as the beans, the skins were sun dried with frequent rackings for 3 weeks in greenhouses in Shan State, Myanmar.

Hot Drink:

– Steeping 5-7 grams crushed cascara
– Sleep for a few minutes in 150ml hot water

You will be pleased with its sweet prune like aroma, followed with their subtle sweet, hawthorn alike flavor.

Cold Drink:

– 20g crushed cascara in 180ml of room temperature water after
– Putting in the fridge for a night (roughly 12 hours) is one of the best treat in hot wave.

Shipping – Price includes shipping anywhere in the Hong Kong S.A.R.

Drip Bag Coffee

Sean Okihiro — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:18:52 +0000

Coffee for the office or people on the go

Drip bag coffee is perfect to enjoy the pour over coffee experience when you don’t have access to a grinder, scale or other comforts of home. All packs come with pre ground coffee and are preserved immediately after grinding with Nitrogen gas to keep it tasting fresh (the gas is food-safe and evaporates right after opening the pack).

All you need is a cup and hot water.

How long does drip bag coffee keep for?

The Nitrogren gas used to preserve the coffee will keep for up to a year from the packaging date.

How should I store my drip bags?

Keep them in a cool, dark place. Heat, direct sunlight or large variations in temperature may damage the flavors.

If you want to know how to prepare a drip bag, read our guide below:

Better coffee without the grind.

How did we decide to get on the single-use pour-over trend? Well, let me tell you a story. I was invited to hike a trail with seven of my semi-fit friends called “Tiger’s Roar” out in Lantau. I was told it would be a casual 7km climb, and when we got to the peak we could make some drip bag coffee then hike back down. Easy-peasy.

Two hours and only 1.5km later we had clambered up dry creaks and rappelled across waterfalls by gripping onto exposed roots. We dodged cascading rocks the size of small dogs. We dragged our tired, broken bodies over jagged, loose boulders until we finally collapsed at the base of a shear cliff called “Hades Wall”.

I gazed at people climbing up the insane “trail” made of exposed rock going up what could only be a 40 degree, 200 meter ascent on their hands and knees. I saw kids half my age and twice as fit clinging to the rocks for dear life. Knowing that I would be going up that next I thought, “If I’m going to plummet to my death, I’m going to need a cup of coffee first.”

Fortunately we came prepared. Whipping out our tins, we boiled some water post-haste and poured the steaming hot liquid over our drip bag coffee wafting with aromas of dark chocolate and nuts. We slowly sipped our liquid respite while looking out over the shimmering Hong Kong coast.

I didn’t appreciate these pour-over bags when our roaster and the BeanCurious team first introduced them to me. They looked clumsy, wasteful and I assumed, not very tasty.

But you know what? This coffee is pretty good. Excellent even when you have nothing but some ash-speckled water boiled in a camp fire, and a view from Lantau peak gazing out over the mountains.

If you’re a skeptic like I was, give these a try next time you’re in the weeds and need a quick cup of something good.

And in case you are wondering, I didn’t end up dying on Hades wall but omg what a day.

What's in the pack?

Gift Subscription

Sean Okihiro — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 20:55:10 +0000

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Orders are closed this week, sorry! Don't worry, if you order now, your coffee will be shipped next week.

Give your friends and loved-ones the gift that keeps on giving.

Every 4 weeks we will send out a new coffee(200g bag) from around the world, packaged in a black gift set with a personalized message inside. Just add your message to the “Special Message” box on the checkout page and we’ll include it with the coffee shipment.

Light Roast

Acidity / Citrus

Floral Notes

Fruit

Caramel/Chocolate

If you like your coffee lighter and more delicate, this is your subscription. Your coffee will have more nuanced/tea-like flavours, fruit and citrus notes.

(For those who know coffee lingo, this is your light to city roast)

Roaster's Choice

Acidity / Citrus

Floral Notes

Fruit

Caramel/Chocolate

Our most popular option. Our master roaster will adjust the roast level to preserve the best notes of the coffee while trying to reduce the acidity.

We keep the roast from Medium to Dark range.

Dark Roast

Acidity / Citrus

Floral Notes

Fruit

Caramel/Chocolate

The Dark (full city to full city+) is for those who like their coffee more nutty, dark chocolate and toasted. If you have an espresso machine, pick this option.