Brew Guide: How to Pair Your Tower Coffee with Food

What’s the best food to pair with your Tower Coffee? It depends on how you choose to brew it!

Just like every bean has its own unique flavor profile, every brewing style highlights and enhances different flavors in your brew. Keep reading to discover which Tower Roasting single-origin and Tower Roasting blends are ideal for different brewing styles — and what foods go best with each brew.

Espresso 

Espresso is dark and bold. It can handle bigger, sophisticated flavors so it works well with sultry desserts. Dark roast espresso goes with bittersweet chocolate or nutty pastry. Both would accentuate the chocolate and nut overtones of the coffee. With a lighter roast espresso from Ethiopia — consider a lighter cake. Citrus or berry may be a great complement to this type of espresso. 

If you to brew a great cup of espresso, we recommend:

Costa Rica single-origin — our fair-trade, sustainably grown, organic beans that have notes of chocolate, cinnamon, and caramel.  

La Familia blend — a combination of Costa Rica crown jewel beans and the world’s best Guatemalan beans with notes of dark fruit, almonds, and cocoa nibs. 

Drip Coffee 

Drip coffee goes well with a variety of sweet foods. Think the classic donuts or coffee cake. Also goes well with breakfast and birthday cake.  It’s a little lighter and more flexible than espresso but as delicate as light-roasted coffee.  

If you want a delicious pot of drip coffee, we recommend:

High Altitude blend — a delicious combination of handpicked Ethiopian and Guatemalan beans, carefully blended and roasted to bring out notes of sweet citrus, chocolate, and caramel. 

Costa Rica single-origin — our fair-trade, sustainably grown, organic beans that have notes of chocolate, cinnamon, and caramel. 

French Press

French press coffee produces a stronger, thicker brew that is bolder than drip coffee. A buttery croissant can stand up well to a cup of French press coffee, as will a savory meal — like an omelet or quiche. 

For your perfect French Press pot, we recommend: 

Mandheling Sumatra single-origin — a naturally organic coffee from one of the top producers in Indonesia, with flavor notes of brown sugar, melon, and toffee. 

La Familia blend — a combination of Costa Rica crown jewel beans and the world’s best Guatemalan beans with notes of dark fruit, almonds, and cocoa nibs. 

Pour Over Coffee

Coffee from a pour over is a little smoother and lighter, bringing out more of the flavors and undertones. For a lighter-roast coffee, you would do well to pair it with a citrus or fruit pastry. A darker-roast bean would go well with a light chocolate or nut pastry. 

Your perfect pour over coffee starts with these Tower picks: 

Yirgacheffe Ethiopian single-origin — a light-medium roast from the birthplace of coffee, these  organic beans have exotic notes of sweet citrus, blueberry, and chocolate. 

Peruvian single-origin — fair-trade beans grown organically by a 124-member collective of female farmers, with delicious notes of orange, chocolate cola, and plum. 

Empire blend — this delicious blend of Ethiopian and Peruvian blend is a medium roast with alluring, sweet notes of strawberry, cocoa, and maple syrup. 

Cold Brew

The process of cold brewing tends to bring out darker flavors of chocolate and nuts. So like your dark roast espresso, your cold brew would work well with a nutty pastry or a rich chocolate treat. 

For your ideal cold brew, we recommend these Tower blends: 

Revolution Blend — the perfectly-balanced blend of Sumatran and Brazilian beans yields a medium-dark roast, with flavor notes of apricot, almond butter, and chocolate. 

La Familia blend — a combination of Costa Rica crown jewel beans and the world’s best Guatemalan beans, offering up notes of dark fruit, almonds, and cocoa nibs. 

Latte or Cappuccino

These milk-heavy drinks go well with creamy and sweet foods. Think classic chocolate chip cookies, milk chocolate, or sweet pastries or tarts. 

If you want a perfect latte or cappuccino, we recommend this Tower coffee: 

Revolution Blend — the perfectly-balanced blend of Sumatran and Brazilian beans yields a medium-dark roast, with flavor notes of apricot, almond butter, and chocolate. 

No matter the coffee roast type or brewing style you prefer, there’s always a perfect food pairing that will give you a delicious coffee drinking experience. And with our hand-picked beans from the top coffee-growing regions around the world, there’s a perfect Tower Roasting selection for every style of coffee you want to brew. 

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