Sheepscar Leeds Roasting since 2016

Small batches, roasted by ear, posted Thursday.

A twelve-kilo drum in a railway arch off Roundhay Road. We roast by sound, not by timer: everything below is what came off the drum this week, and every bag leaves with the log we wrote for it.

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This week’s lot 041 / KE

Kirinyaga AB

Blackcurrant, tomato leaf, cane sugar

Charge
196°
First crack
9:12
Drop
11:40
DTR
21%

Hark: to stop at nine minutes and listen. This one cracked at 9:12 and came out two and a half minutes later.

£11.50 250g

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Twelve on the shelf

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Twelve coffees, three ways

Every bag is 250g and carries the log from its own roast: the temperature it went in at, when we heard first crack, when it came out, and how much of the roast happened after. Choose whole bean or tell us your brewer in the basket and we will grind it on the morning it is packed.

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Bought as one lot, roasted for a brew that lets the origin speak.

6 lots

  • Lot 041 KE

    Kirinyaga AB

    Kenya Kirinyaga County Washed

    Blackcurrant, tomato leaf, cane sugar

    Charge 196° Crack 9:12 Drop 11:40 DTR 21%

    £11.50 250g

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  • Lot 038 ET

    Guji Uraga

    Ethiopia Guji, Uraga Natural

    Blueberry, jasmine, set honey

    Charge 194° Crack 9:40 Drop 11:52 DTR 18%

    £12.50 250g

    Order lot 038 by email

  • Lot 044 GT

    Concepción

    Guatemala Huehuetenango Washed

    Milk chocolate, plum, toasted almond

    Charge 200° Crack 8:58 Drop 11:26 DTR 22%

    £11.00 250g

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  • Lot 042 CO

    Pitalito

    Colombia Huila Washed

    Red apple, toffee, orange peel

    Charge 198° Crack 9:06 Drop 11:34 DTR 21%

    £10.00 250g

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  • Lot 046 RW

    Nyamasheke

    Rwanda Nyamasheke Washed

    Redcurrant, black tea, demerara

    Charge 195° Crack 9:20 Drop 11:44 DTR 20%

    £11.50 250g

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  • Lot 052 ID

    Gayo Highland

    Indonesia Aceh, Gayo Wet-hulled

    Cedar, dark chocolate, tamarind

    Charge 197° Crack 9:02 Drop 11:48 DTR 23%

    £12.00 250g

    Order lot 052 by email

Espresso

Roasted longer and dropped darker, so they hold up to milk and pressure.

3 lots

  • Lot 007 BL

    Nightshift

    House espresso Brazil & Colombia

    Cocoa, hazelnut, dried fig

    Charge 204° Crack 8:30 Drop 11:58 DTR 26%

    £9.50 250g

    Order lot 007 by email

  • Lot 012 BL

    Drumbeat

    Espresso blend Brazil & Guatemala

    Dark chocolate, walnut, black cherry

    Charge 205° Crack 8:24 Drop 12:02 DTR 27%

    £9.00 250g

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  • Lot 023 BR

    Rio Verde

    Brazil Cerrado Pulped natural

    Peanut brittle, milk chocolate, plum

    Charge 201° Crack 8:52 Drop 11:50 DTR 25%

    £10.50 250g

    Order lot 023 by email

Decaf

Sugarcane and Swiss Water only. No solvents, no apology.

3 lots

  • Lot 019 DE

    Small Hours

    Decaf Colombia Sugarcane EA

    Malt loaf, cherry, brown sugar

    Charge 188° Crack 9:24 Drop 11:10 DTR 16%

    £10.50 250g

    Order lot 019 by email

  • Lot 031 DE

    Lights Out

    Decaf Ethiopia Sugarcane EA

    Peach, barley sugar, bergamot

    Charge 186° Crack 9:34 Drop 11:06 DTR 15%

    £11.00 250g

    Order lot 031 by email

  • Lot 026 DE

    Last Orders

    Decaf Peru Swiss Water

    Cocoa nib, date, roasted almond

    Charge 190° Crack 9:10 Drop 11:20 DTR 18%

    £10.50 250g

    Order lot 026 by email

Roasted coffee beans filling the frame

Hark is what a roaster does at nine minutes: stops, leans in, and waits for the first bean to crack.

Roasting

Four numbers, written down every time

Every batch is logged by hand on the wall behind the drum, and the same four numbers go on the bag. They are the whole recipe. If a coffee tastes different from the last bag you had, the log will tell you why.

  1. Charge

    196°

    The drum temperature the green beans go in at. Higher for espresso, lower for a delicate natural.

  2. Turning point

    1:38

    The moment the beans stop cooling the drum and start taking heat back. Everything after this is ours to control.

  3. First crack

    9:12

    Water leaves the bean and it splits audibly. This is the one you listen for, and the one the shop is named after.

  4. Drop

    11:40

    Out of the drum and into the cooling tray. The gap between crack and drop, as a share of the roast, is the DTR.

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Thursday cupping. Every lot on the shelf is tasted again the week it ships, and pulled if it has moved.

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Arch 14, Sheepscar

The roastery has a counter at the front. Four stools, one grinder, whatever is on the shelf. Come on a Monday and you will be drinking next to the drum while it works.

An espresso machine on the roastery counter
The roastery counter with shelves of coffee behind it
Monday – Friday
7:30 – 15:00
Saturday
9:00 – 14:00
Sunday
Closed
Arch 14, Sheepscar Street South
Leeds LS7 1AD
0113 496 0088
[email protected]

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