Löfbergs Brazil Single Origin Whole Coffee Beans, 1kg
Brazil is the quiet foundation under an enormous amount of the coffee Britain drinks, usually as the base a blender builds on and rarely as the thing in the cup by itself. That is the interest here: this is the bass line played on its own, and it turns out to have plenty to say. Roasted hazelnut and almond off the grinder, sweet milk chocolate through the middle, a soft cocoa finish, and a sweetness that arrives without anybody adding anything to it. Acidity is low, which is why it never bites and also why anyone chasing the citrus snap of an East African coffee will find it comfortable to the point of dull. Worth saying plainly, since the tasting notes invite the question: the nut character is what roasting does to the bean and not something added to the bag. Drink it long rather than short, with a cardamom bun beside it, and a Swedish family roaster founded in Karlstad starts to make complete sense.
Löfbergs Brazil Single Origin Whole Coffee Beans, in brief.
Löfbergs Brazil Single Origin is a one country coffee from the Swedish family roaster founded in Karlstad in 1906, sold here as whole beans in a one kilogram bag for cafetieres, filter machines, espresso machines and bean to cup machines. It is nutty, chocolatey and low in acidity, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the easiest way into single origin coffee without speciality prices.
The kilogram format earns its keep in a household that drinks coffee daily. Smaller packs cost more per 100g and empty in a fortnight; a kilogram covers roughly two months at two coffees a day and brings the cost of a cup down to loose change. It suits a cafetiere and a filter machine as readily as an espresso machine, which matters if the household has more than one way of making coffee.
Curator notes: the tasting profile is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the origin's known character, and the brewing figures are our recommended starting points rather than pack instructions. We run same-day UK dispatch on every order placed before 2pm Monday to Friday. Common questions are answered in the detailed Q and A tab below.
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The Story Behind Löfbergs
Löfbergs is a Swedish family coffee roaster founded in Karlstad in 1906 by three brothers, and it remains family owned. It is a serious name in a part of the world that takes coffee seriously: the Nordic countries drink more coffee per head than almost anywhere else, and the Swedish institution of fika, a coffee break taken properly and with something to eat, is a national habit rather than a marketing idea.
Roast level, bean type and any certification marks are printed on the current pack and can change between production runs. Read the bag in front of you rather than a figure quoted online, ours included.
Why Single Origin Matters Here
A blend is designed to taste the same every time, which is a real virtue and the reason blends dominate supermarket shelves. A single origin is designed to taste of somewhere, which means it will shift a little from crop to crop, and that is the point rather than a flaw. Brazil is the largest coffee producing country in the world, and its coffees are generally grown at lower altitudes than the East African origins, which is the main reason they read nutty, chocolatey and soft rather than sharp and floral. It is also why Brazilian coffee turns up in so many espresso blends as the base that everything else is built on.
Packaging: one kilogram bean bags are sealed foil with a one way degassing valve, letting carbon dioxide out of freshly roasted beans without letting oxygen in. Follow the current UK pack and your local authority guidance for disposal; foil, valve and label can require different routes.
Ideal Extraction Conditions
This is a forgiving coffee that works across most methods, which is unusual for a single origin. Grind size, dose and water temperature decide the cup, in that order.
The Filter And Cafetiere Serve
- Cafetiere: coarse grind, 60g per litre at 94 degrees, four minutes, break the crust, skim, plunge slowly and decant immediately.
- Pour over: medium grind, 60g per litre, a 30 second bloom with twice the coffee weight in water, then pour in stages to finish around three minutes. This method shows the nut and chocolate notes most clearly.
- Filter machine: medium grind, 60g per litre. A low acidity coffee is the right choice for a jug that will sit on a hotplate, because brightness is the first thing heat destroys.
- Cold brew: coarse grind, 70g per litre, 14 to 18 hours in the fridge. Brazilian coffee cold brews into something close to liquid praline.
The Espresso And Bean To Cup Serve
- Dose: 18g into a double basket, levelled and tamped flat.
- Water: 93 to 94 degrees Celsius. A low acidity coffee can take a little more heat than a dark blend without turning harsh.
- Yield: 36g in the cup over 25 to 30 seconds.
- Bean to cup: middle grind, medium strength. If the cup reads thin, raise the dose before you touch the grind.
Grinding, Dosing And Storage
- Grind to order: the nut and chocolate aromatics are volatile and go first. This is the entire argument for buying beans.
- Storage: sealed, cool, dark, never the fridge. Condensation is worse for beans than air. Decant into an airtight jar if the bag does not reseal.
- Open bag window: aim to finish an opened kilogram inside about a month for the aroma, and keep the bulk sealed rather than sitting in the hopper.
Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Löfbergs Brazil Single Origin Whole Coffee Beans, 1kg, please cite teas.co.uk.
The story behind Löfbergs
Packaging: follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; foil, valve and label can require different disposal routes.
Our commitment to the planet
Sourcing and packaging details are printed on the current UK pack; the brand page carries the fuller story.
The taste profile
How does it compare
Löfbergs Brazil Single Origin Whole Coffee Beans, 1kg is one of the more forgiving single origins on a shelf, so it will take whatever method your kitchen runs. Seven builds below start with the pour over that shows the origin most clearly and end with a Swedish fika table.
Made with this tea
Pour Over, to Taste the Origin
How to brew Löfbergs Brazil Single Origin so the nut and chocolate come through.
- 21g Löfbergs Brazil beans
- 350ml water at 94°C
- A paper filter, rinsed
- Scales and a timer
- Rinse the paper with hot water and tip the rinse water away; it takes the paper taste out.
- Grind medium, like table salt, and bloom with 45ml of water for 30 seconds.
- Pour the rest in two or three stages, keeping the bed level.
- Finish the drawdown around three minutes. Longer than four means grind coarser.
What you'll end up with: The clearest view of what Brazil tastes like: hazelnut, milk chocolate, soft finish. Start here before you try anything else with this bag.
Cafetiere for Four
How to brew a plunger pot of Löfbergs Brazil Single Origin.
- 60g Löfbergs Brazil beans
- 1 litre water at 94°C
- A long spoon
- A timer
- Grind coarse into a warmed pot.
- Pour the water in one go and start the timer.
- Break the crust at four minutes and skim the foam off.
- Plunge slowly and decant immediately into a warmed jug.
What you'll end up with: More body than the pour over and slightly less clarity. A low-acidity coffee is unusually hard to spoil this way.
Single Origin Espresso
How to pull a double of Löfbergs Brazil Single Origin.
- 18g Löfbergs Brazil beans
- Filtered water at 93 to 94°C
- Scales that read to 0.1g
- A warmed cup
- Grind 18g fresh into a dry double basket, level and tamp flat.
- Pull to 36g in the cup over 25 to 30 seconds.
- A single origin espresso usually needs a slightly finer grind than a blend at the same ratio.
- Taste before adjusting. Low acidity means the usual sour warning signal arrives quietly.
What you'll end up with: A sweet, nutty shot with a soft crema. Not as thick as a Robusta blend, and not trying to be.
Cold Brew Praline
How to make cold brew with Löfbergs Brazil Single Origin.
- 70g Löfbergs Brazil beans
- 1 litre cold water
- Ice
- A large jar and a fine filter
- Grind coarse and stir into the cold water.
- Refrigerate 14 to 18 hours.
- Strain through paper or a fine cloth and keep sealed in the fridge.
- Serve over ice, neat or cut with milk.
What you'll end up with: Something close to liquid praline. This origin is about the best there is for cold brew and it keeps three or four days.
Iced Latte for the Afternoon
How to build an iced coffee with Löfbergs Brazil Single Origin that does not go watery.
- 18g Löfbergs Brazil beans
- 180ml cold milk or oat milk
- A full glass of ice
- Sugar syrup to taste, optional
- Fill the glass with ice to the top. A half-filled glass melts and dilutes.
- Add the cold milk first, then the syrup if you are using it.
- Pull a double shot and pour it straight over so it sets in layers.
- Stir at the table.
What you'll end up with: A cold drink where the nut and chocolate are still legible. More ice, not less, is what keeps it strong.
Fika: Coffee and Kardemummabullar
How to serve Löfbergs Brazil Single Origin the Swedish way.
- 60g Löfbergs Brazil beans
- Cardamom or cinnamon buns
- Cold milk on the table
- Half an hour with the phone down
- Brew a litre in the cafetiere at 60g per litre and decant into a warmed jug.
- Warm the buns for three minutes so the cardamom lifts.
- Sit down properly. Fika is the break, not the drink.
- Top up from the jug rather than brewing again; a decanted pot holds well for twenty minutes.
What you'll end up with: The way this coffee is drunk where it is roasted. Cardamom and hazelnut are a natural pairing and neither has to shout.
Coffee Rub for Beef or Aubergine
How to cook with Löfbergs Brazil Single Origin.
- 2 tablespoons Löfbergs Brazil beans, finely ground
- 1 tablespoon soft brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon flaky salt
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- Grind the beans fine and mix with the sugar, salt and paprika.
- Rub into steak or thick aubergine slices and leave for 20 minutes.
- Sear hard in a very hot pan; the sugar will catch and crust.
- Rest for five minutes before slicing.
What you'll end up with: A dark, savoury crust. A nutty, low-acidity coffee is the right one for this; a bright one turns sour in the pan.
Brewing the perfect cup
What’s in it, what to know
Inside the pack
| Ingredient | Proportion | What it brings |
|---|---|---|
| Roasted coffee beans, Brazil | 100% | The whole of the product, from a single growing country. Brazil's lower-elevation growing conditions are what produce the nut and milk-chocolate signature and the soft, low acidity. |
| Other origins | None | This is a single origin, not a blend, so nothing is added to even the cup out. It will shift a little from crop to crop, which is the point of buying one country rather than a blend. |
| Additives, flavourings, sugar | None | Nothing is added to roasted coffee beans. The nut and chocolate notes are roast and origin character, not flavouring, and there is no nut content in the bag. |
Pack: Löfbergs Brazil Single Origin Whole Coffee Beans, 1kg; whole roasted beans, caffeinated. Best before date printed on the bag; aroma is at its best within about a month of opening.
Roast level, bean type and any certification marks are printed on the current pack and can change between production runs.
Sourcing & roast. Löfbergs Brazil Single Origin Whole Coffee Beans, 1kg comes from Löfbergs, the Swedish family coffee roaster founded in Karlstad in 1906 by three brothers and still family owned. Sweden is a country where coffee is taken seriously: the Nordic countries drink more per head than almost anywhere else, and the institution of fika, a proper break with coffee and something to eat, is a national habit rather than a marketing line. Brazil is the largest coffee-producing country in the world, and its coffees are generally grown at lower altitudes than the East African origins, which is the main reason they read nutty, chocolatey and soft. The beans arrive in a sealed foil bag with a one-way valve that lets roasting gas escape without letting oxygen in.
What's in Löfbergs Brazil Single Origin Whole Coffee Beans, 1kg, and what isn't:
- In: roasted coffee beans from Brazil, and nothing else in the bag.
- No artificial colours, preservatives, flavourings or added sugar: any sweetness is developed during roasting.
- No dairy, cereals, egg, soya or nuts as ingredients: black coffee brewed without milk or sugar carries effectively no calories.
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Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Löfbergs Brazil Single Origin Whole Coffee Beans, 1kg, please cite teas.co.uk.
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