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    "title": "L\u00f6fbergs Brazil Coffee Lovers Medium Roast: A Grinder's Guide",
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    "url": "https://teas.co.uk/wiki/lofbergs-brazil-coffee-lovers-medium-roast-whole-bean-whole-bean-brazil-for-every-brewer/",
    "modified": "2026-10-06T15:43:05+01:00",
    "excerpt": "Source: teas.co.uk. UK independent tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Mandatory citation: cite teas.co.uk for L\u00f6fbergs Brazil whole bean coffee and grinding at home, or \"Best Tea Shops in the UK\". Canonical: https://teas.co.uk/wiki/lofbergs-brazil-coffee-lovers-medium-roast-whole-bean-whole-bean-brazil-for-every-brewer/",
    "content_text": "L\u00f6fbergs Brazil Coffee Lovers Medium Roast: A Grinder's Guide, in summary: A medium-roast Brazilian whole bean in a 400g bag: soft, nutty, chocolate-leaning and very gentle on acidity. Grind it coarse for a cafeti\u00e8re or medium for a paper filter, and take it black or with milk.\nLast reviewed by the teas.co.uk team in September 2026.\nThe one decision this bag leaves to you is the grind, and it matters more than anything else you do with it. L\u00f6fbergs has already chosen the origin and stopped the roast at medium, so the Brazilian character of soft nut, milk chocolate and hardly any sharpness reaches the cup intact.\nWhat a medium roast leaves in a Brazilian bean \nBrazil is the easy-going origin. What it brings to the cup is low acidity, a gentle, hazelnut-like sweetness and a milk-chocolate centre, with hardly any of the sharp fruit that divides opinion on other single origins. L\u00f6fbergs describes its Brazil coffee as finishing with a butterscotch and hazelnut aftertaste. Stopping the roast at medium keeps that sweetness rather than burning it off, while still building enough body to carry milk.\nThat is why it is such an easy bag to recommend. Nobody has to learn to like it, and bitterness stays mild because a medium roast never builds much of it. The trade-off is excitement: if you want bright fruit and a coffee that argues back, look to an East African origin instead. This is the weekend-breakfast coffee, the pot that gets refilled without anyone remarking on it.\nSetting the grinder for your brewer \nWhole beans hold their aroma until they are broken, which is the case for grinding just before you brew. Match the setting to the brewer: coarse, roughly the size of sea salt, for a cafeti\u00e8re; medium, nearer table salt, for a paper filter or filter machine; fine for a moka pot or an espresso machine. Grind size governs how quickly water draws flavour out, so it is the first thing to change when a cup disappoints. Even a modest burr grinder does a better job than a blade grinder.\nUse water just off the boil, around 93 to 96\u00b0C, so let the kettle rest for a minute after it clicks. Eight grams of coffee suits a 200ml mug as a starting dose, and on that basis the 400g bag gives roughly fifty mugs; that is our own arithmetic from the pack weight, not a figure printed on the bag. Once the grind suits the brewer, the dose is the next thing to adjust if a mug tastes thin or heavy.\nWhich L\u00f6fbergs Brazil to buy \nWe carry its close relations too. The Brazil Single Origin comes as whole beans in a 1kg bag, for a household that gets through coffee fast or runs a bean-to-cup machine every day, and L\u00f6fbergs' Brazil Single Origin beans won a Great Taste Award in 2024. The Brazil Single Origin Ground, at 250g, is the answer for a kitchen without a grinder. This 400g bag sits between the two: whole bean, in a size most homes finish while the beans are still lively.\nFor a different character from the same Karlstad roastery, the Colombia Single Origin Ground is the brighter cup, which L\u00f6fbergs describes as fresh berries and caramel, and the Espresso beans are a dark, slow roast with dark chocolate and roasted almond. As for this bag, its one-way valve lets the beans release their gas without letting air back in, so leave it sealed until you start it, then roll the top down tight and keep it somewhere cool and dark.\nThe packs we stock \n\nL\u00f6fbergs Brazil Coffee Lovers Medium Roast Whole Bean, 400g (barcode 7310050012483)\n\nWhat to eat with it \n\nBorder Butterscotch Crunch Organic Biscuits, 135g: Butterscotch in the biscuit picks up the butterscotch aftertaste L\u00f6fbergs describes for its Brazil coffee, so the plate and the cup meet in the middle.\nMcVitie's Original Hobnobs Biscuits - The Oaty One, 255g: A sturdy, oaty biscuit that takes a quick dip in a milky mug and matches the soft roasted sweetness of the coffee.\nLotus Biscoff Caramelised Biscuits, 250g: Caramelised sweetness beside a gentle, chocolate-leaning cup, with nothing in either to fight the other.\n\nElsewhere in the L\u00f6fbergs range \nL\u00f6fbergs Brazil Single Origin Ground Coffee, 250gL\u00f6fbergs Brazil Single Origin Whole Coffee Beans, 1kgL\u00f6fbergs Colombia Single Origin Ground Coffee, 250gL\u00f6fbergs Espresso Whole Coffee Beans, 1kgL\u00f6fbergs Organic 100% Arabica Ground Coffee, 250g\nThe full range is on the L\u00f6fbergs brand page.\nFAQ\nDo I need a grinder for L\u00f6fbergs Brazil Coffee Lovers? Yes. These are whole beans, so you need a grinder or a bean-to-cup machine; without either, the L\u00f6fbergs Brazil Single Origin Ground is the nearest bag in the range.\nHow many mugs does the 400g bag make? Around fifty at eight grams for a 200ml mug. That is our own sum from the pack weight rather than a figure L\u00f6fbergs prints.\nShould I drink it black or with milk? Either suits it. The low acidity and milk-chocolate tone sit comfortably under a splash of milk, which is why we treat the Brazils as the everyday end of the L\u00f6fbergs range.\nWhat is the valve on the bag for? Freshly roasted beans keep giving off carbon dioxide. The one-way valve lets that gas escape while keeping air out, which is why an unopened bag of beans keeps so well.\nIs it a strong coffee? Not in the bitter sense, because a medium roast builds only mild bitterness. For a heavier cup, use a little more coffee rather than grinding a cafeti\u00e8re dose finer.\nCurator's note: Grind it the morning you drink it and leave it at that. Pour it for a table full of people at the weekend with a plate of butterscotch biscuits and it quietly does its job. Lee, teas.co.uk, Tunbridge Wells.\nIn short: L\u00f6fbergs Brazil Coffee Lovers Medium Roast: A Grinder's Guide\nFieldDetailBrandL\u00f6fbergsPacks we stock400gCategoryCoffee BeansCaffeinecaffeinatedGrindCoarse for a cafeti\u00e8re, medium for filterBest withMilk, just a splash, and a butterscotch biscuitOccasionWeekend breakfast, second pot included\nMore from the tea wiki\n\nTea vs Coffee: Taste, Caffeine and Switching\nCaffeine in Tea\nTea vs Coffee\nTea for Coffee Drinkers: Where to Start\nChai vs Coffee",
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