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JX Pro VS Comandante

JX Pro vs Comandante The Comandante C40 has been the gold standard for hand grinders for many years now and was one of the first grinders to hit this upper echelon of high end hand grinders. However since the release of its infamous mark 3 version there have been many other hand grinders enterin...

Intro to Coffee Roasting, beginners guide for basic bitches

Coffee roasting is the process of turning the green coffee beans supplied to us from farms and processing facilities across the world into the brown and fragrant beans we associate with a delicious cup of coffee. For the purpose of this article we will focus on coffee roasting but if you’d like t...

How We Source Our Coffee

Traceability and sustainability in coffee has always been very important to us at Grouch and Co and for that reason we’ve always maintained direct trade relationships with farms, buying high grade green beans at well above commodity prices. Fair Trade vs. Direct Trade Direct traded coffee diffe...

What is the best way to store your coffee beans?

Great, you've just invested in your first bag of specialty coffee, made yourself a bangin’ pour over and now you find yourself standing in front of the fridge wondering if you should be putting that open bag of coffee in there. Let's cover the basics: The taste you will get from coffee will chan...

Coffee Processing

Coffee production is described in a number of ways that work to describe the process of fermentation the coffee has undergone and the type of flavours we can expect in the cup. But before talking about processing methods, let's talk about the green bean. Coffee, when grown resembles a cherry and ...

Top 5 Coffee Hand Grinders 2021 update

It’s been a hot minute since we looked at our top 5 hand grinders but if anything lockdown taught us is that coffee is life. So here are our Top 5 hand grinders in no specific order.

Batch Batch Baby

Batch brew also commonly known as filter coffee is starting to become super popular across Perth. If you’ve ever been into our roastery you’ll know we’re pretty obsessed with it and love nothing more than a fresh pot of batch brew to soothe our Grouchy souls! When starting out on your batch br...

Distribution is King

How to extract the best Espresso? Making a great espresso is made up of a number of components and the preparation of an amazing spro is all in the details; How many grams are going into your portafilter, how many mls of espresso are you extracting and in what time frame? Is this extraction t...

Long Mac, Who dis??

What is a Long Mac topped up? And how did Western Australia come to create it’s very own drink? This has been such a contentious topic and never have we received so many DMs about a subject. So let’s dive in! There are two things Western Australians hate. One is Clive Palmer and the other i...

Coffee Filters - Paper VS Metal

The baristas in our roastery are often asked about paper vs. metal filters when manual brewing. Most manual brewers like the Chemex, Aeropress and even the Mocca-master have metal/ alternative filter options available as an add-on. We’re going to quickly explain the difference between each so...

What Is a Coffee Varietal?

A varietal….what the hell does that mean?! Much like purchasing a bottle of wine, you generally enter a liquor store looking to purchase a wine from a specific variety of grape along with origin. For example I love to drink a Malbec grown in Argentina. Malbec refers to the variety and Argentin...

Perth's Largest Coffee has Landed!! Are you game enough to try it?

Ever dreamt of slurpin’ down a coffee the size of your head?! Well we have just made your dream a reality!! Joining our take away coffee line-up is our newest size, a 24 ounce cup which is sure to perk up even the grouchiest of people. The ones who need that little bit more to get themselves...

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