Description
Darkwoods Black Hill ground coffee is a fabulous dark roast, with flavous of dark chocolate and rich caramel, whilst championing sustainability in coffee across the globe.
Black Hill is our newly award-winning (3 Star Great Taste Awards 2024), modern interpretation of deep, rich espresso flavours. Inspired by our popular Deer Hill recipe, it’s named after one of the highest points in our local moorland scenery.
We blend speciality-grade arabica with a “Kaapi Royale” specialty robusta from the Harley Estate in India and fully develop the roast, to produce a uniquely rich and full-bodied coffee. Sweet and satisfying with milk, complex and smooth without, Black Hill delivers familiar flavours without compromise.
Black Hill is best brewed as an espresso. As a darker roast, you could start with a reasonably low dose (16g, but whatever suits your machine best), and work on a 1:2.5 ratio, making a balanced espresso weighing about 40g.
Why We Chose This Supplier:
Dark Woods is an adventurous, community-focused coffee roastery dedicated to bringing you responsibly sourced specialty coffees from some of the world’s best producers. Our home is a converted Victorian textile mill at the foot of the West Yorkshire Pennines, surrounded by windswept moorland, drystone walls, and ancient woodland. This landscape, and the people who live here, help inspire how we craft our coffee.
We believe that buying Specialty Coffee is the bare minimum that we should be doing as a quality focused and ethical roaster. Over the last 10 years, this philosophy has driven our behaviours and helped us develop a model that we call “Beyond Specialty”.
We hope this approach drives our industry-leading B Corp score, well over 100 Great Taste Awards, and our involvement in creating coffee education programs used worldwide.
