Pilgrims Coffee | Atu Lintang | Indonesia
On a weekend road trip up to Northumbria in January we happened to stumble across Pilgrims coffee on Holy Island. Having been very close to just settling for a greasy spoon on the Saturday morning I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw a sign for ‘Coffee roastery this way”.
About Pilgrims Coffee | Atu Lintang | Indonesia
A wonderful space that has the roastery nestled at the bottom of the garden in a shipping container. The charming cafe was a great place to sit and sip through the days batch brew. Originally set up in a small yurt in the garden, Andrew began roasting coffee in 2014 and simply aimed to supply the cafe with delicious, high quality and sustainably sourced coffee. In 2018 they needed a larger space to keep up with their expanding business, so they re-purposed an old shipping container and created the current home of the Roastery.
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Coffee Origin
Andrew still heads up operations at the roastery and ensures all of the beans are of the highest quality arabica. Their state-of-the-art roaster ensures they bring out the distinctive characteristics of the beans and produce top quality coffee, every time. As an entire business, they believe it is extremely important and take great pride in sourcing coffee beans from Fairtrade and Rainforest Alliance Certified farms. They always ensure that everyone that handles their coffee beans is well rewarded for their hard work – certification or not!
A fantastic roastery with fantastic morals that transcend all the way from the country the green coffee is sourced, through to the eco-friendly bags they sell the roasted coffee in.
What To Expect
To start with the fragrance of the coffee reminded me of those sugar-coated nuts that you get when you’re on holiday. Although it hinted at a more typically Indonesian depth of body the sweeter notes were initially more prevalent. As I brewed the coffee the aroma was layered with notes of berries and summer fruits particularly when I was making a V60.
