The Best Friends Blend

The Best Friends Blend is an espresso powerhouse created to expand Cat & Cloud's unique Best Friends Club, which provides additional financial support for their producer partners. Bright, lively, and crisp, this coffee packs in the tropical fruitiness, and juicy sweetness making it an absolutely incredible taste experience. It’s the kind of coffee you’d want to serve your best friend.

Food & Wine Magazine named Cat & Cloud the “Best Coffee Roaster in California” and their work goes beyond the phenomenal coffees they roast. The Capitola-based roasters interrogate the structure of the industry on their podcast and are transparent about every level of the business, from sourcing to barista pay.

Pour-Over Recipe

Using Stagg [X] Dripper

Ratio: 1:16

Coffee: 18g

Water: 288g

Bloom: Aggressively pour 45 - 55g, swirl twice, and let saturate for 45 seconds

Pulse Pours: After the bloom, add remaining water in two slow pours, allowing enough time between pours for the water to drain just above the coffee bed

Total Brew Time: 3 - 3:30 minutes

Notes: Your grind setting should be set so total brew time is between 3 - 3:30 minutes.

Grind coarser to speed up, finer to slow down.

Espresso Recipe

Dose: 19 - 19.5 g

Yield: 36 - 40 g

Brew Time: 26 - 31 seconds

Aiden Grind Guidance

Single Serve
Grind Settings:
Ode + SSP: 5.2 - 6.2
Ode Gen 2: 4.2 - 5.2
Opus: 6 - 7 (Use finer settings for 150-250ml, coarser for larger volumes)

Batch Brew
Grind Settings:
Ode + SSP: 5.2 - 6.2
Ode Gen 2: 4.2 - 5.2
Opus: 6 - 7 (Use finer settings for 450-750ml, coarser for larger volumes)

Bag Size: 10 oz (283 g)

Roast: Medium-Dark

Origin: Antigua, Guatemala, Santa Barbara, Honduras

Elevation: 1,700 - 2,200 MASL

Varietal: Caturra, Bourbon

Process: Washed, Anaerobic

Roaster Tasting Notes: Sweet, Juicy, Complex

We Tasted: Stone Fruit, Citrus, Burnt Caramel

Roast: Medium-Dark

Origin: Guatemala, Honduras

Process: Washed, Anaerobic

Variety: Various

All coffees are roasted to order and shipped direct from Cat & Cloud within 1-2 business days.

The Best Friends Blend is an espresso powerhouse created to expand Cat & Cloud's unique Best Friends Club, which provides additional financial support for their producer partners. Bright, lively, and crisp, this coffee packs in the tropical fruitiness, and juicy sweetness making it an absolutely incredible taste experience. It’s the kind of coffee you’d want to serve your best friend.