Nordico is our flagship espresso! It stands on its own as a syrupy straight shot and really shines with steamed milk. It is sweet and deeply chocolatey, with hints of berries, orange, cinnamon and hazelnut. Don’t be fooled, the name does not reference the on-trend Nordic style of roasting, which is very light, but it references the old school northern Italian roasting style. Back in the early 2000s, hip roasters exploring pre-2nd-crack roast levels distinguished themselves from their darker roasting competitors by claiming the more genteel medium northern Italian roasting style. How do you say northern in Italian? Nordico. Suffice to say it’s a nicely balanced medium roast.

Let’s talk beans. Nordico is built around stellar Brazilian coffees from small family farms in the Sul de Minas region. They’re rich and chocolatey with a kiss of sweet fruit. The current Brazilian lot comes from a farm called Sitio Taquara. Currently, the other half of the blend is Peru Finca Matapalo, one of three coffee farms operated by our Peruvian partners Shared-X. This is our second year roasting coffee from Matapalo and we’re thrilled to be offering vertically integrated coffee from Peru!