Square Mile Coffee: Peanut Butter Project

Introducing Peanut Butter. A rich, sweet, gooey espresso that is everything we love about nut butters crammed into a limited edition espresso blend – 100% moreish, totally delicious and exactly how you want nuttiness to show up in your coffee: sweet, creamy and ridiculously tasty.

SO, WHY NUTS? 

Firstly, because it is delicious and fun. Also, because nuts and nutty are so commonly used as coffee descriptors, and, mostly, people really enjoy it when they are present. So we thought: nut butters are delicious, and coffees can be nutty – can we make something that is coffee’s best impression of peanut butter?

PEANUT BUTTER ESPRESSO

When we started thinking about coffee as Peanut Butter, we did a little around-the-world tour. Tasting our way from Costa Rica to Uganda and back to Guatemala to bring together Buena Vista from Huehuetenango and introduce a new coffee, Las Brisas from Jalapa, an emerging speciality region.

Quite different from other coffee-producing areas in Guatemala, Jalapa is pristine and untouched, buzzing with wild animals and birds. A great representation of the flavour profile we’ve found in that region, Las Brisas gives our Peanut Butter blend its edge with its deep nutty sweetness and rich, creamy texture.

One of our most recent filter coffees in shop, you can taste and compare the two very different interpretations and how Las Brisas transforms from filter to espresso side by side. As a filter, we wanted to highlight its elegant acidity and, for Peanut Butter,  the focus was to amplify its mouthfeel and texture to the fullest – the perfect match to the classic peanut brittle notes and silky smooth honey texture Buena Vista has to offer.

HOW TO DIAL IN PEANUT BUTTER

Intentionally roasted to amplify the texture of the blend, we tweaked our regular recipe slightly. To get all the peanut buttery texture and distinct praline Snickers bar nuttiness, we recommend pulling a slightly shorter shot using a 1:1.5 brew ratio. 

Recipe: 

Dose – 18g

Yield – 27g

Time – 30 -35 seconds.  

Brilliant, with dairy or non-dairy milk, Peanut Butter makes a delicious iced latte. And whatever you do, don’t forget the affogatos! A limited-run espresso, get yours today!