Liquid Wisdom

Liquid Wisdom (the name shows it all :-)) is a coffee that can be enjoyed in many ways and provides an experience for everyone. In the "Serious Coffee" product line, it is considered to be moderately intensively roasted, i.e. the acids and fruity flavors characteristic of specialty coffees already appear in it, but the pleasant chocolate-roasted cocoa taste is also preserved. That's why, whether it's a press, short or long milk drink, everyone can find the recipe that suits them best. It's worth trying, Liquid Wisdom is our coffee where we can't decide which form we like best!

As a growing area, Guatemala has always been close to us. A lot of Guatemalan coffee was made in our specialty cafes, so there was no question that the flagship of the Serious Coffee product line would come from here. The green coffee is classified SHB-1, one of the highest quality specialty arabica, from a Rainforest Alliance member farm. (This means that, on the one hand, we can draw a very cute frog on the packaging, and on the other hand, when growing the coffee, they pay attention to the surrounding rainforest, the cleanliness of the crop cultivation, and the ethical business operation). The coffee is "single origin", i.e. it comes from one growing area, it is not mixed with all kinds of other coffees (this is called a blend, which we never do). The specialty of the taste of Guatemalan coffees is the mixture of the volcanic soil and the Central American oceanic climate. Accordingly, we do not roast it too dark, in order to emphasize the sweet and fruity flavors, which are also evident in lattes.

Before you start making coffee, it is important that you alwayskeep your coffee machine cleanand before you insert the capsule, run a little water through it to wash away any dirt left in it (residues from the previous coffee, grounds, oil, dust, etc.)!

Then insert the capsule and make a short (25-30ml) presso! (If you like it longer, then after the drink is ready, take out the capsule and press the short button empty again! This will "dilute" your coffee, but you will not over-extract what you would achieve with the long button, i.e. the set taste is the Over-extracted coffee will be bitter and may lose the pleasant, special flavor notes of the original!).

Liquid Wisdom pressed juice: we really recommend it to be short, between 25-35 ml. Very pleasant, fruity-sweet taste, with a long finish.

Cortado: place the capsule briefly on about 50 ml of warm milk. By using high-quality milk, you get a coffee drink that tastes almost like rice!

Cappuccino: the original Italian cappuccino recipe: 1/3 milk, 1/3 coffee, 1/3 milk foam. Of course, this has changed a lot over time (especially the thickness of the milk foam), but it can be a good starting point. Any store-bought milk frother can get decent results, and the Steamhouse Guatemala is a really good starting point to make all your guests feel like they're in a cafe.

Espresso on ice: put one or more large ice cubes in a transparent glass (the sight is important!) (the size does matter, in this case the bigger the better), then pour a squeeze of soda over this ice cube. It is important that when the coffee comes out of the machine, it flows onto the ice cube, not next to it! The secret is that the ice immediately "hits" the coffee, which makes the end result not a cold, sour coffee, but a silky, special, cold drink.