Espresso Coffee
We roasted our first espresso coffee in 1954. It was the time of the ‘frothy coffee’ revolution and, along with The Kenya Coffee Company (later Kenco), we were the first to introduce espresso coffee to the UK. We have been roasting espresso coffees for use in hotels and restaurants ever since.
Coffee the traditional way
Although the way we produce coffee has changed significantly over the years, our aim remains exactly the same as it did all those years ago – to supply our customers with the best tasting and freshest espresso coffee available. These days we use the most sophisticated roasting equipment and modern packing methods but our coffee is still traditionally slow roasted and carefully checked by hand to yield the optimum flavour. It is a tribute to the expertise of our forebears that the original espresso blend – Reale – is still on our tariff, along with a total of 16 different espresso coffees – the largest range of any UK manufacturer.
Why buy from a UK roaster
There are considerable environmental benefits to roasting coffees in this country. Roasters worldwide buy from the same points of origin, but importing roasted coffee beans from a third party country (for example, Italy) increases transport costs considerably, thereby adding to the carbon footprint. But there is a further benefit to roasting in the UK. On average Drury coffee is delivered within days of roasting, ensuring that you are serving your customers with coffee that’s as fresh as it possibly can be.
How we pack
We produce all our espresso coffee beans in foil bags with one way valve for freshness. The Valve allows gases from the fresh coffee to be expelled from the bag but does not allow air in that will stale the product. We also pack to order into 12Kg hessian sacks for large volume users. This reduced the amount of packaging involved and as we are using less packaging we pass on the savings so the price per Kilo is reduced.
OUR ESPRESSO COFFEES
The Drury range of 15 espresso coffee blends has been developed to suit our customers’ diverse palates and budgets.
STANDARD ESPRESSO ROAST
GRAN RISERVA
Roast : 4 | Strength : 4 | Pure Arabica Blend
A pure Arabica espresso. Smooth, satisfying and well-rounded. Its delicate flavours are enhanced by wonderfully subtle aromas.
GUNNERY BLEND
Roast : 2 | Strength : 3 | Pure Arabica Blend
The first blend we created in our new home on the Royal Arsenal – hence the name! A balanced blend of honey and washed processed coffee from El Salvador and Colombia.
CAFFÈ SIENA
Roast : 4 | Strength : 5 | Arabica/Robusta Blend
Mellow and rounded, with a slight bite and an incredibly aromatic edge, this coffee is full-on from the first sip to the last.
ESPRESSO RISERVA
Roast : 4 | Strength : 4 | Pure Arabica Blend
Pure Arabica espresso blend. A fine, rounded character enhanced by a smooth and sweet finish. Particularly good for espresso and ristretto.
MONTECARLO
Roast : 4 | Strength : 5 | Arabica/Robusta Blend
A very good all round espresso blend. Strong flavours and a full body dominate, but it is softened by a smooth finish.
CAFFÈ TOSCANO
Roast : 3 | Strength : 3 | Arabica/Robusta Blend
Very smooth and mild for an espresso roast. A softer blend with some very fine and subtle flavours
ESPRESSO REALE
Roast : 4 | Strength : 5 | Arabica/Robusta Blend
Our first, and still most popular, espresso blend. Perfectly balanced for espresso, cappuccino and lattè, this coffee is smooth and rich with a long, intense finish. Also available in a darker roast ~ Espresso Reale Continental.
ESPRESSO CLASSICO
Roast : 4 | Strength : 5 | Arabica/Robusta Blend
Very well suited to lattè and cappuccino, where its punch cuts through the milky creaminess, this richly flavoured blend also lends itself to espresso and americano.
CARRIAGE WORKS
Roast : 2 | Strength : 2 | Arabica/Robusta Blend
A blend of Brazilian, Ethiopian and Colombian coffees, roasted medium-light for maximum flavour, aroma and sweetness with perfectly balanced acidity.
CAFFÈ CUIDADO – RAINFOREST ALLIANCE CERTIFIED COFFEE
Roast : 4 | Strength : 4 | Arabica/Robusta Blend
Blended from 100% Rainforest Alliance Certified ™Arabicas, this superb espresso is balanced, bright tasting and well rounded with spicy and aromatic undertones throughout
DECAFFEINATED ESPRESSO
Roast : 5 | Strength : 3 | Pure Arabica Blend
Processed in the innovative Descamex plant in Mexico, this superb coffee is gently decaffeinated by washing with pure, glacier water from Mexico’s highest mountain, Pico de Orizaba. The raw coffee beans are immersed and washed in tanks which removes almost all the caffeine, and are then slowly dried over a period of four hours. This chemical-free method produces a coffee that is richly flavoured, full-bodied and 99.9% caffeine free.
MEDIUM ESPRESSO ROAST
CAFFÈ CUIDADO LIGHT – RAINFOREST ALLIANCE CERTIFIED COFFEE
Roast : 3 | Strength : 3 | Pure Arabica Blend
The same blending as our Caffè Cuidado, but roasted a touch lighter. It has the same fine flavours as the Cuidado, but with more aromatics and slightly higher levels of acidity
DARK ESPRESSO ROAST
REALE CONTINENTAL
Roast : 6 | Strength : 6 | Arabica/Robusta Blend
The same fine blending as our Espresso Reale, but with darker roasting to draw out the stronger, bitter-sweet characteristics of the blend.
CAFFÈ ROMA
Roast : 5 | Strength : 6 | Arabica/Robusta Blend
Our strongest espresso. A heavy liquoring, high-caffeine blend that produces a long lasting crema and a punchy, nutty flavour. Not for the faint-hearted.
MOKA D’OR
Roast : 4 | Strength : 4 | Pure Arabica Blend
This dark roast pure Arabica blend is perhaps our most versatile coffee. It excels in espresso where its rich, deep liquorice flavours shine.
