There’s a lot of misconception about coffee capsules, partly due to ignorance, partly due to bad experiencing. But is it so? After all, the taste of coffee comes from the beans themselves, not from the machine — exactly what DIFFERENCE COFFEE perfectly proves.
DIFFERENCE COFFEE is an English brand that has achieved the perfect taste of coffee in capsules thanks to the use of excellent raw materials and special roasting methods, while each capsule has its own special character: a unique symphony of flavors and aromas.
Amir Gehl, the founder of DIFFERENCE COFFEE, introduces a collection of award-winning, rare and limited edition coffees, presented in Nespresso-machine compatible capsules for exclusive freshness and perfect extraction.
All coffee used in DIFFERENCE COFFEE is purchased at auctions or directly from the legendary coffee estates, where unique terroirs combined with exceptional farming methods produce the finest beans. The art of roasting also plays an important role.
Just as a chef creates exceptional flavors from the ingredients of his choice, the Master Roaster extracts flavors and aromas by tailoring the optimal roast profile for each coffee variety to bring out its sweetness while balancing its other two attributes: bitterness and acidity.
“DIFFERENCE COFFEE was really a bit of an accident waiting to happen. Until 2014, I wasn’t a coffee drinker, in fact, I was a tea drinker. My experience with coffee was a bitter one. It tasted really burnt to me. However, my wife made us buy a Nespresso machine for our home and I took it as an opportunity to explore the world of coffee further, — says Amir Gehl. — I’ve tried every capsule Nespresso makes and settled on a few. I added sugar to them to balance out the bitterness, but over time the flavor got stronger for me. I started ordering coffee while dining out and to my surprise, the coffee I was served often tasted worse than the one I made at home with capsules, which didn’t make any sense at the time. Be that as it may, one day I became interested in finding out about rare varieties of coffee — Jamaica Blue Mountain, Kona, Kopi Luwak etc. No one offered this coffee in capsules, so I decided to buy empty capsules, ground coffee in Harrods and make his home. The taste was really addictive and I wanted to enjoy it regularly. I knew there must be other crazy people like me, so that’s how the idea was born”.
The mission of DIFFERENCE COFFEE is to enable coffee lovers to drink the most delicious and high-quality Specialty coffee. Not many people know that Arabica is rated according to a 100-point system, which was created by the Specialty Coffee Association.
A coffee that scores 80 or more is considered Specialty Arabica, a variety that accounts for just 1% of all beans on the market. This unique coffee is typically produced on one estate, unblended with coffee from other estates, and sold to Specialty roasters around the world.
Not only does coffee taste great, but it’s also sustainably grown and ethically paid for. DIFFERENCE COFFEE looks for coffee varieties with the highest scores.
“I imagine a world where every coffee drunk in a Michelin-starred restaurant, a luxury hotel, or at home with a Nespresso machine is a Specialty, — Amir continues. — And our philosophy is to make these beans perfectly brewed in capsules, and also to make them available to the best gourmets on earth”.
Each variety produced by DIFFERENCE COFFEE has a delicious taste and aroma.
Today, coffee is supplied to more than 100 Michelin restaurants, 30 of which are located in Italy, five-star hotels, luxury boutiques.
Amir Gehl: “We often ask chefs to brew a cup with a traditional machine and compare it to the cup we brew from a capsule, and they are amazed at how delicious capsule coffee can be”.
Limited Edition Capsules
YELLOW BOURBON (Brazil) — is a prestigious, heirloom variety of Coffee Arabica. It’s got lovely acidity on the one hand, which brings life to the cup, and a hint of citrus notes with plenty of dark chocolate. It’s a delicious everyday specialty coffee, but also one with a flavour profile which can easily be paired with milk to produce the most decadent morning cappuccinos and flat whites. Yellow Bourbon is a legendary coffee, acclaimed by true legends.
HAWAII KONA (Hawaii) — Kona coffee is one of the rarest, highest-quality and most delicious varieties of coffee grown anywhere in the world. Only beans grown in the Kona Coffee Belt, a narrow stretch of land on the lush, volcanic slopes of Hawaii’s Big Island, can be called “Kona Coffee”. These exceptional, rare beans represent all the most coveted qualities of the famous variety — rich, smooth and bold, with notes of dark chocolate and a delicate acidity. They promise a truly spectacular take on the classic coffee flavour profile.
JAMAICA BLUE MOUNTAIN (Jamaica) — is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed landscape of verdant and misty peaks, has an unmatched heritage in the coffee world. The coffee that thrives in this glorious part of the Caribbean has been celebrated for centuries for its mellow, chocolatey flavour. Smooth and beautifully balanced, Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee consistently ranks among the best (and priciest) in the world.
WILD KOPI LUWAK (Indonesia) — is known among connoisseurs as the most expensive coffee in the world. This almost legendary coffee earns that title thanks to its truly unique origins, which most famously involve being partially digested by civet cats (luwaks). Due to the civets’ excellent health and diet, the beans passing through their systems result in exceptional flavour.
It is a truly outstanding coffee that is not delicate, complex and delicious because it is made just the way nature intended.
ESMERALDA GEISHA WASHED (Panama) — is a very special Arabica that is unlike any other. Richly aromatic and perfectly balanced, with a silky-smooth mouthfeel, this Esmeralda Geisha was awarded 94 points by ‘Coffee Review’ and is the third Esmeralda release to have received the highest score in capsule by the publication.
SWISS WATER DECAF (Guatemala) — is a delicious, specialty grade Guatemalan coffee that cannot be distinguished from a non-decaf, it’s decaffeinated using the SWISS WATER®️ Process — a revolutionary method that is 100% chemical-free. Purely water, temperature, and time are involved in gently removing 99.9% of the caffeine whilst leaving the delicious natural flavours and aromas of the specialty grade coffee intact.
Each type of coffee is presented in a box of 10 capsules, which have their own design.
If it’s hard to decide which coffee to choose or which one you like the most, then DIFFERENCE COFFEE invites you to enjoy three of the best-selling coffees: Hawaii Kona, Jamaica Blue Mountain and Wild Kopi Luwak. This classic trio is all you need to start your journey to the rarest classic coffees in the world.
Amir Gehl: “I think coffee is ultimately an ingredient that is used both in cooking and as a beverage on its own. Imagine any restaurant that does not offer coffee at the end of the meal, it will seem strange to us, right? So coffee is definitely a strong and important element of gastronomy. This is the last taste that the visitor will try before leaving the restaurant — something that can decide or ruin the entire meal. If the taste of coffee is important to you, choose Specialty Grade coffee. It doesn’t need to be the most expensive coffee in the world, it doesn’t need to be the rarest to be enjoyable. That said, when you do wish to taste the 1% of the top 1%, do come and visit us”.
Difference Coffee
Address: Head Office — 3rd Floor, 207 Regent Street, London W1B 3HH, England.
Contacts: +44 (0) 20 7873 2062; info@differencecoffee.com
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Text: Marina Timo
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