Funka Espresso will return Summer 2024
Sending all the funky feels to everyone who bought our 2023 summer espresso, Funka.
If you missed out on this tasty 'spro and are looking for a new coffee to try, check out some of our recommendations below:
- If you like discovering new coffees, check out our Roaster's Choice Espresso subscription. Each month our superstar roastery team chooses a new single origin espresso for you to try. This is a great way to try coffees from different origins, different processed coffees and different coffee varietals.
- If you love crowd-pleasing espressos with plenty of sweetness, check out our single origin, El Carmen Espresso. A washed Colombian coffee with notes of toffee, apple and cocoa.
- If you enjoy natural-process coffees and don't mind a lighter roast, San Ignacio Filter from Costa Rica is a great place to start with notes of raspberry and fruit pastels - yum! Best enjoyed black and brewed using a fitler method.
- Finally, if you're looking for a deliciously fruity espresso to enjoy with milk or alt-milks, take a look at our Half Speed Espresso. This incredible, low-caffeine coffee is a blend of natural, washed and decaf coffees and has intense nectarine fruit notes with almond-butter creaminess. We love it.
Funka Espresso will return in Summer 2024. In the meantime, find out more about the story behind our favourite summer espresso.
Funka Summer Espresso 2023
Head Roaster, Tommy, has sourced a delicious natural process coffee to take up the 2023 mantle of Funka. This rich, jammy ‘spro comes to us from one of Extract’s long-time favourite partners, Cafe Tuxpal in El Salvador.
Funka is processed using the natural method. Ripe, red cherries are picked by hand, sorted and then left to dry in the sun with the fruit intact. As the coffee dries, the fruit of the cherry ferments, imparting an intense sweetness and sometimes boozey flavours into the coffee bean.
Once dried, the coffee is sent to the dry mill to remove the remaining fruit and husks from the beans. Then it’s sent to us for the final stage of roasting.
In the cup, this manifests as citrusy blood orange marmalade as a straight-up espresso. In a milky number, Funka transforms into rich, jammy flavours, with a subtle hint of cardamom.
We've been finding fabulous, funky coffees to use as Funka since 2012. If you want to learn more about the story behind this tasty summer 'spro, you can read the Funka story by clicking on the link below.
How to brew Funka Espresso
A slightly longer roast time really brings out the sweetness of this coffee and it makes a truly delicious espresso. We recommend 18g of coffee in for 34ml, out in a shot time of around 30-32 seconds.
Also totally delicious as an Iced Coffee or a summery Espresso Martini!
Why we love Cafe Tuxpal
The Pacas family are sixth generation coffee farmers. Cafe Tuxpal, traces back to 1905 when the first bourbon coffee trees were planted by José Rosa Pacas. Over the generations, the estate has been divided into different farms and shared amongst the family. Today, the family takes incredible care of the environment across the estate and are masters of their craft.
This particular coffee is a blend of bourbon and pacas coffee varietals, shade grown up to 1600 metres above sea level, from all five farms.
The bourbon varietal is known for its delicious fruity notes. Their equal size and density mean that they ferment really well during the natural process, resulting in a really consistent and delicious coffee. and really showcases the best characteristics of coffees from this group; rich, good bodied coffee with clean fruity tones.
Fun fact: The Pacas varietal, a natural mutation of the Bourbon was actually discovered and named after owner Federico’s relative, Jose Pacas in 1958.
Meet the roaster
This year's Funka is roasted on Betty, our 1955 vintage probat roaster. We bought Betty in 2010 and lovingly brought her back to life through a series of restorations.
