Vittoria Coffee Oro Special Bar Blend

TAST­ING NOTES FROM THE CURATOR

The Oro Spe­cial Bar blend is the result of 60 years of roast­ing tra­di­tion. Vit­to­ria Cof­fee uses only the finest 100% Ara­bi­ca beans for this medi­um-dark roast, and their well-cal­i­brat­ed process pro­duces a con­sis­tent­ly smooth and full-fla­vored cup of cof­fee. The secret is in a blend of washed Cen­tral Amer­i­can and unwashed South Amer­i­can beans. The unwashed cof­fee pro­vides strength and body, and the washed beans bring in the right amount of acid­i­ty and sweet­ness for a tru­ly remark­able cof­fee with notes of tof­fee, hon­ey, and caramel.

PREPA­RA­TION OR PAIRINGS

This cof­fee blend is beau­ti­ful as either an espres­so or with a splash of hot foam. For the bud­ding home barista, it’s best to brew medi­um-dark roasts in water between 87 to 93°C. Remem­ber, the dark­er the bean — whether in whole or ground form — the more porous it is, and the less heat you need to pull the fla­vors out. Grab a crusty baguette from our Makati Shangri-La line, and you’re in for a smooth, pleas­ant morning.

GREAT AUS­TRALIAN COFFEE

Vit­to­ria Cof­fee is one of the great pio­neer brands in the Aus­tralian cof­fee indus­try. This fam­i­ly-owned com­pa­ny has been in busi­ness since 1958, but their true ori­gins began when Ital­ian broth­ers Orazio and Carme­lo arrived in the coun­try in 1947, intent on intro­duc­ing a taste of their her­itage to their new home. They began roast­ing local­ly grown 100% Ara­bi­ca beans a time long before the indus­try even had a stan­dard. They then start­ed cre­at­ing spe­cial blends for each of Sydney’s fine cof­fee estab­lish­ments and have today set the stan­dard for Aus­tralian cof­fee excellence.

Storage Instructions

Store your cof­fee in an opaque, odor-free, air­tight con­tain­er in a dry, dark place at a cool room tem­per­a­ture. It’s best to con­sume cof­fee grounds with­in two weeks. Fresh­ly roast­ed whole beans retain their fresh­ness for up to one month.