Apollon's Gold | Montreal Geisha - Colombia

Apollon's Gold

Apollon's Gold started as a small home roasting coffee shop in a western suburb of Tokyo, and has since grown and gained worldwide recognition for their incredible bean choice and delicious coffees. They have been featured and represented in some of the best coffee shops in the world and are loved by many enthusiasts.

We met Yoshitatsu (Apollon's head roaster) via email and dms and grew to love his ideal and reasoning of the world of single origin coffees. Their innovative roasting styles and effortless passion for roasting and tasting made going with Apollon's Gold a no-brainer for us here. 

All of their coffees are cupped by the roaster and 2 cuppers in Tokyo.

We are pleased to be able to offer Apollon's Gold to Toronto and Canada.

In their words:

Roasting

We are always aiming to enhance the best possible brightness that we see as the terroir by the roast development. As we used to roast classical espresso coffees (especially blends) in the very beginning, we are trying to bring each coffees's potential sweetness to achieve omni roast. Every single batch is roasted by our roaster/founder, using Coffee SR5 classic drum roaster with a unique profile that is inspired by thousands batches of roasting experience in modern specialty coffee and classic espresso roasting, that especially focuses on drum rolling speed and airflow setting.

Omni Roast Profiles

All the coffees we offer can be brewed by any method from filter or espresso! Each origin is roasted in a roast profile with 20-25% development time ratio to enhance sweetness and flavors, that is dedicated to the versatility. We control drum rolling speed and airflow very carefully along with the roast development to achieve our omni roasting.

Apollon's Gold's head roaster Yoshitatsu recommends resting / degassing your coffee sealed in its bag for at least 40 days. Best served at 45 - 60 days post roast date. Good up to 90 days shelf life.

Check out Apollon's Gold's head brewers V60 recipe here. 

Check out Apollon's Gold's website for more info.

From Apollon's Gold:

Colombia

2023 COE 1st Place Farm: The Best High-Grown Geisha in 7 Years

We have been relentlessly chasing this coffee since we first tasted its 2023 crop—which famously took 1st Place at the 2023 Cup of Excellence. This year, our patience finally paid off, and we successfully secured a stunning, yet extremely limited, lot from Duberney Cifuentes at Finca Montreal.

This is the quintessential "Super High-Grown" Geisha. The extreme altitude translates into a cup profile of extraordinary clarity, intense aromatics, and a breathtakingly elegant acidity.

In the cup, it is ultra transparent, delivering crystal clear flavors that perfectly showcase its meticulous cultivation. Intense jasmine florals intertwine beautifully with notes of sweet muscat, all elegantly supported by a juicy cantaloupe body and a vibrant mandarin brightness.

We can confidently say this is the absolute best non-Panama Geisha we have encountered in the last 7 years. It is a true masterpiece of terroir and careful craftsmanship.