Eight pm Coffee

Eight pm coffee are a new and exciting coffee company with a twist

Ben, Alice & Ansgar recognise that coffee is one of the finest ingredients the world has to offer, however, they realise that the caffeine it comes with is not for everyone.

The trio founded 8pm Coffee to create an incredible tasting decaffeinated coffee that rivalled some of the best high-end, speciality coffees around, with all of the depth of flavour, but without any of the side effects caused by caffeine.

The co-founders are all passionate coffee drinkers, however after feeling some of the side effects that coffee has they started to explore what else was out there as a caffeine-free option.

After speaking to friends and conducting market research surveys around decaffeinated coffee this was what they found;

55% confirmed that caffeine may impact their health in a negative way
Out of those, 65% suffered from Sleeplessness, 50% from increased heart rate, and 45% from anxiety after drinking coffee with caffeine
More than 30% already drink decaf in addition to caffeinated coffee
50% of those don't like to put too much caffeine in their body unnecessarily and 50% think its better for their health

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Armed with this information they dived into the possibilities of great-tasting decaf. Unfortunately, decaf is something that is often overlooked by coffee roasters and taste is often sacrifices when caffeine is removed. Read more about this process in our decaf coffee review.

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Decaf coffee is something that really intrigues me at the moment. Although to be frank I don’t drink too much of the stuff, I can see there is a whole new decaf market emerging with more people trying to limit their mg of caffeine in coffee.

The Optimist coffee from 8pm was a decaf that I enjoyed all the way through.

Opening the bag releases the complex flavour profile of this Peruvian coffee. There are a couple of rich darker notes that eventually subside when brewing the coffee and layer in with sweeter tones.

The first sips of the Optimist are full of flavour. There is a slightly chalky body that creates a cacao undertone for the whole cup.

Notes of blueberries come to the forefront of the sip as the coffee cools and takes shape. The coffee has a sweet Marzipan mid-sip that carries through into the aftertaste.

The Optimist works really well as an espresso or on a stovetop where the rich cacao body is the star of the show.

Coffee ReviewsTom29 April 2021Eight pm Coffee RoastersLondonComment

How We Review Coffee?

We receive coffees from roasters throughout the UK to taste and review. All of our coffee reviews are our own words and thoughts, we don’t receive any form of payment for any of our reviews.

Our coffee reviews always start with an introduction to each independent coffee roaster.

At Batch, we are all about celebrating the incredibly talented roasters that we have in the UK and telling their stories. Each one roasting the coffee slightly different.

We then explore the origin of the coffee and take a look at where the coffee has been grown and the process that it has gone through once it has been picked.

Every coffee growing origin has a different set of characteristics when it comes to the final cup, whether it’s fruity and floral or chocolatey and full the origin of speciality coffee is always celebrated.

The last part of our coffee review is what we tasted in the coffee. Speciality coffee has some incredible flavour notes (more than wine), some dark and rich while others on the opposite end of the flavour spectrum are light and fruity, we try and explain what we taste in the coffee however like with many complex tasting foods or drinks it is also down to perception and personal opinion.

So if we have tasted orange zest and you get watermelon then that is brilliant and what we think speciality coffee is all about (as long as you like the coffee).

We then score the coffee on attributes like body, aroma, sweetness and flavour. Some of the coffees you may then find in our coffee club voted the best coffee subscription in the UK by the Independent.

How To Make The Best Coffee At Home?

There are many ways to extract the best flavour out of coffee. Take a look at our coffee guides for some tips on how to make your coffee the best it can be.

Where’s The Best Coffee Grown?

Coffee is grown all over the World however, speciality coffee is only within 20 degrees of the equator. It makes specialist coffee rarer than commodity-grade coffee with the added fact that it gets better the higher it is grown.

There are many great coffee growing regions in the world, in Asia, there is Indonesia and India that produce lots of great coffee.

Africa, the birthplace of coffee has numerous coffee-growing countries, Ethiopia, Kenya, Burundi and Rwanda are known for excellent coffee.

South America has quality as well as quantity produced, some amazing coffees come out of Brazil, Colombia and Peru. Central America also has some world-class coffee growing regions, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Nicaragua grace many cupping tables.

There are also many other countries that produce excellent coffee.

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