French Roast Blend (Colombia, Brazil, Indonesia)
Experience the dark side of coffee with our French roast blend featuring a blend of beans from Colombia, Brazil, and Ethiopia. This French roast blend has low acidity, a heavy body, and reveals deeper, darker flavors. With French roasts, the temperature is high enough to bring the oils to the bean's surface, giving the coffee a roasted, smoky flavor. This versatile blend offers exceptional taste, both with or without milk.
This coffee matches milk and is perfect for Café au lait, iced Coffee, or even cocktail coffee with alcohol, such as brandy.
FAQ (General Questions)
Shipping & Returns
Worldwide Delivery
We ship directly to our customers worldwide from our distribution locations in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Your order will be processed on a secure server at JapaneseCoffeeCo.com, then efficiently handled and shipped from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. All of our coffee is packaged in foil bags, so they arrive to you fresh. We offer Guaranteed Satisfaction and Free Shipping, as explained below.
Free Shipping
Free shipping is effective for all orders shipped worldwide of USD$60 or more via Japan Post.
Orders of less than USD$60 will be billed at a flat rate of USD$20 for shipping and handling.
Free Shipping store-wide today! (over USD$60 of purchase)
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We ship our popular products within the USA with free shipping from our sister company, Japanese Green Tea Co. Please see the list here
Our freshly roasted coffee is shipped directly from Japan to you. Orders are shipped with tracking from Japan by regular small packet airmail via EMS (Express Mail Service) provided by Japan Post. Most orders arrive within 10 days under normal conditions. EMS service is highly efficient, and we rarely have problems with them..
Our shipments are sometimes subject to customs inspection, which may delay the arrival of your order, and for which we have no control over. Please contact us if you have not received your coffee within 30 days. If after 30 days your order has been determined to be lost, abandoned or stolen, we will give you a full refund less any previously paid shipping and handling charges. We will not make a shipment twice to the same address where problems have occurred unless the shippee pays additionally for secure delivery service.
Order Processing, Order Receipt: Once you submit your order, and it is successfully processed on our secure server, your browser will display an order summary entitled "Order Receipt." Please print this page for your records. Shortly thereafter, you will receive an email confirmation as well, but this email could be delayed owing to Internet server traffic. You will not receive a follow up e-mail after your purchase has been shipped because most orders arrive within a relatively short time period.
Taxes: Coffee is not subject to sales/consumption tax in the US. Sales/consumption tax on shipments outside the US will be collected by the carrier, dependent upon the local tax authority regulations, and is the responsibility of the buyer. If coffee is taxed in your part of the world (Europe for example), the carrier will collect this tax from you the buyer.
Store Guarantee
We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, Apple Pay, G Pay, PayPal, Diner'sClub, Elo, JCB and Amazon Pay.
All transactions are processed on a secure server. If for any reason you are not completely satisfied with any of our "consumer-packaged" products, please provide us with your purchase information, and we will, without question, give you a full and unconditional refund (excluding applicable shipping fees). There is no need to return the product. You may make use of it as you desire. We reserve the right to limit future sales to anyone who takes unfair advantage of this generous privilege.
30 Days Money Back Guarantee
Store Guarantee: We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, PayPal, Apple Pay, Amazon Pay and other various payment method (listed on the footer of the site). All transactions are processed on a secure server. If for any reason you are not completely satisfied with any of our "consumer-packaged" products, please provide us with your purchase information, and we will, without question, give you a full and unconditional refund (excluding applicable shipping fees). There is no need to return the product. You may make use of it as you desire. We reserve the right to limit future sales to anyone who takes unfair advantage of this generous privilege.
Price Guarantee Policy: We strive to be the best online retailer of Japanese Coffee products. Our partnership with the best Japanese coffee roasters in Japan allow us to acquire their products at reasonable cost, which we transfer to our customers in form of lower prices. We want our customers to get the best price every time.
If you find any other online store which sells the same item for a lower price within 6 months of the date of your purchase, please let us know, and we will be glad to match that price and refund you the difference. This is true for our store as well; if you find that our store is lowering the price on a product you purchased from us less than 6 months ago, we will refund you the difference. We want you to feel confidence that you are getting the best price.
To request your partial refund, simply email us a link of the product whose price has been lowered and your order ID. We will process your request and credit your credit card accordingly.
Our 100% Price Guarantee has some limitations:
- Our Price Match Guarantee is applicable only to the item you purchased from our store. Additionally, the purchase must be completed before you can request the price match.
- Promotions such as coupon, rebate, and buy-one-get-one-free offers are not eligible.
- The item must be in stock on the competitor's site.
- The competitor site must be an online retailer without a physical retail location.
- We do not offer price-match against discounters and auction sites such as eBay, Overstock etc.
- The competitor site must be an authorized retailer for the item in question.
- The Price Match Guarantee includes the retail price of the item and the shipping cost. It does not include sales tax.
Short Summary of Differences in Grind Level
Grind for Espresso (Extra fine)
Espresso requires a fine grind, because water needs to pass through the coffee quickly for full brew extraction. If the grind is too coarse, the coffee will be under extracted and have sour flavors, if it is too fine it can be over extracted resulting in bitter tasting coffee. Moreover, the machine used to brew espresso must use high pressure to push water through the ground coffee. A fine grind will clog excessive amounts of water at once and lead to over extraction. A proper espresso grind size should look like powder or sandGrind for Paper Filter (medium-fine)
As long as your coffee is ground fine enough to filter through a paper filter without clogging it, this grind level will work fine. The powder/sand consistency of an espresso grind is not necessary with a paper filter. Furthermore, some paper filter makers recommend a slightly coarser grind to achieve better saturation. A medium or coarse grind would be good for a paper filter.Grind for Nel Drip (Medium)
The grind level should be similar to that of a paper filter, but it's okay if the coffee is ground slightly finer because nel drip brewers have a fine cloth filter. If your coffee grounds are too coarse, they will leak out of the brewer and you will get coffee grinds in your cup.Grind for Siphon (medium-coarse)
For this brew method, the coffee is brewed using two separate chambers that are then combined to form one beverage. The siphon requires a slightly finer grind size than most other methods because you can't control when the coffee completely dries out in the wells of the filter chamber. If the grind is too coarse it will clog up the filtration system and cause overflow or slow drainage through your grounds. You don't want these things to happen because they are messy and bad tasting, so be sure to use a fine enough grind sizeGrind for French Press (coarse)
This type of brewer uses gravity to push water through ground coffee by plunging down on top of it. This means that the coffee must be ground coarse enough to allow water to pass through it quickly, but fine enough so that no sludge or grounds go into your cup. A medium-coarse grind works well in this brewer for this type of drip control. In addition, a coarse grind is ideal for brewing French press because it creates a stable bed for the coffee to step in.
TASTING PROFILE
TASTE OF SUMIYAKI ROASTING
Charcoal roasting is a unique coffee roasting process that involves roasting coffee beans over charcoal, giving the coffee a smoky, complex flavor profile. Charcoal roasting is believed to preserve the bean’s natural oils and flavors, making it an excellent option for any coffee connoisseur looking for a unique and flavorful cup of joe. The process is said to bring out bean's sweetness while also adding a subtle smokiness that can really enhance the flavor.
The process of charcoal roasting eliminates excess water in the coffee beans which causes an acidic taste. Because of the chemical reaction taking place during the roasting, its heat can penetrate the core of the beans and get rid of the water. The coffee beans are baked evenly from the core to the outer layers.
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