WHAT IS?
KYOTOPE is a weekly cold brew delivery service for your business that allows your team to choose from various coffee brands, so they have multiple cold brew options to choose from and drink throughout the year.
Kyoto style cold brew proves the old saying; Tradition is the result of innovation that was successful.
The Kyoto style brewing process entails dripping cold water over coarse-ground coffee over a period of 24 hours to 30 hours, one drop at a time.
This technique allows the grounds to breathe and enhances the flavor compared to just steeping the coffee, which is lazy and tastes gross.
Legend has it that the Dutch East India Company, which was founded in the year 1602 as a trading company and is widely considered history's very first corporation, would not allow for fires on their trade ships so as to not risk the cargo ending up at the bottom of the sea from a ship fire.
The crew though needed their coffee each morning so they began brew the coffee cold instead of hot which was revolutionary for the time.
And just 2 years earlier in the year 1600, the first dutch ship, de Liefde aka The Love, landed in Japan's Usuki Bay. This landing created the possibility for the Dutch to establish trade routes in Japan which 9 years later in 1609, the Dutch East India Company had regular trade with Japan.
The Dutch sailers eventually shared their cold brew with the Japanese population whom greatly appreciated the colder temperature for consuming the beverage.
The Japanese then began developing new way to create the cold brew using ancient tea making techniques which involved slow dripping processes. The technique was officially created in Kyoto Japan in 1612 and has widely remained unchanged for the last 400 plus years.
And it is often referred to as Dutch Cold Brew given the shared history of the two peoples on opposites sides of the world striving to enjoy cold brew coffee.
Or so the story goes...
As the brewing process, Kyoto drip, results in a concentrated cold brew result, the recommended serving size is 4 liquid ounces until you get a feel for effect of the coffee.
THE BREWING PROCESS
Depending on the brand's blend used, it can take anywhere from 24 to 30 hours to brew one gallon of cold brew using the Kyoto drip method. Some beans are thirsty AF and brew in 24 hours and some take longer because they make you work for it.
There are around 20,000 drops in a gallon of water and the drop rate is set to a slower pace to allow for the most flavor of the coffee to be extracted by gravity throughout the process.
Yes, it is brewed at a specific ratio using a technique which has been practiced for the last 20 plus years to get the ratio just right.
This cold brew is the “Mariah needs to sing tonight stuff” so your team will enjoy the boost of energy and focus while still enjoying a curated flavor from the best brands of coffee around.
No, dedicated grinders for each individual brand coffee blend as opposed to just using one grinder for all the blends. It is more expensive equipment wise but it helps prevent the different blends from affecting the flavor of others but running them all through one single grinder.
Steeping is the process of just drowning grounded coffee in water for a period of time and it is lazy, disrespectful to all the hard working people that grew and harvested the beans, and makes the coffee taste like a Dinosaur's sock!
A waste of good beans that basic ass steeping:)
Blooming involves saturating the grounds before putting them through the Kyoto style drip brewing process. Some do this to prevent channeling, which is when the water drops channel through the grounds and does not saturate certain sections of the grounds.
This results is those sections remaining dry during the process and are ultimately wasted because no water is able to reach them.
It is widely known though that blooming the grounds really only masks potential channeling so rather than risk not knowing if all the grounds are being saturated throughout the brewing process, a method has been developed over the course of the last 20 years to ensure all the grounds are saturated and utilized for the final brew without changing the technique that was developed 500 years ago and has remained unchanged.
If it ain't broke:)
*A 12 foot tall Kyoto drip tower has also been attempted in the past to reduce the circumference of the section holding the coffee grounds just to try an eliminate channeling. This idea did not pan out but it was pretty cool to see cold brew being made from that high in the air.
Yes, the beans are ordered based on the roaster's schedule to ensure they stay fresh for brewing.
By brewing each week, you can be sure the tasting palette is consistent as opposed to most operations that brew huge batches and let sit for weeks before delivering.
High temperature water is used with a specialized soap that does not affect the taste of the cold brew. The equipment is then further sanitized using a steam cleaning machine and UV light.
THE ORDERING PROCESS
The cold brew is offered as a weekly delivery subscription. The cost per week depends on the number of gallons you would like delivered each week.
To inquire about the cost for your company, please fill out this form and we will be in touch to get you a quote.
You are first given an account so you can login and see your order history at any time.
During the 3rd week of each month, you will receive request for your weekly coffee selections for the upcoming month.
Then on the 1st day of each month, we process your monthly payment for your selections.
Your coffee is then delivered each week.
Yes, that is how the service is designed. If you want to try a different brand each week or stick with the same brand throughout an entire month you can do so.
Each box holds 1 gallon of concentrated cold brew.
The coffee is sealed in a plastic container with an easy to dispense spout that is set in a cardboard box that goes right in your refrigerator for easy access for the team.
So if you want 3 gallons per week, or 4 or 8 or 17, you can scale up or down easily.
Boxes that hold a total of 5 gallons per box are available if needed for added volume.
The the box is 11" tall by 4" wide by 10" deep.
KYOTOPE is a small operation so the customer support is acutely managed.
You can email, text or call if you need anything.
THE DELIVERY PROCESS
Yes, a tracking number is emailed with each shipment, so you have the delivery date specified by the carrier.
You can request specific day of the week and the coffee will be shipped to try and hit that day every week however however as the delivery service may run into delays on their end but for the most part
For the most part though it is possible to hit a specific delivery day over time.
Yes, there are many different countertop refrigerators available that fit both the 1 gallon and 5 gallon boxes sizes well and few options can be recommend based on the box sizes you are currently receiving each week.
RANDOS
Yes, just fill out the Sign Up form and we will get in touch to get you a sample sent out to try it out.
Vibes, taste and ethical sourcing.
Each brand is carefully evaluated and sampled before being considered as an option.
Because it is a one-of-a-kind service that delivers the best cold brew possible to your team from the best brand in any given city.
Sure, you can send over a brand and blend for review.
The brand and blend will then be researched so to determine feasibility so you can give them a try Kyoto drip style too.
Because most places steep their cold brew so it is easy repeat the experience of the inferior, watered down flavor anywhere you go and if dinosaurs ever developed and wore socks, that is 100 what steeped coffee tastes like.
Kyoto drip is just the better way to bring out the flavor and let the coffee breathe (period)
No, KYOTOPE is only for businesses that want to offer cold brew to their employees.
However, employees have been known to top off their water bottles from time to time at the end of the workday, especially on the last workday of the week:)
Yes, custom towers can be built and shipped as many prefer the flavor and caffeine extraction that results from the Kyoto drip process and want to replicate it.
KYOTOPE is a great resource for any team to help increase focus and productivity.
It helps so much that some mind somewhere out there is likely going to get a taste of this cold brew, wherein the technique has been mastered for 5 centuries now and achieve something on par with curing cancer or time traveling.
And it tastes really good too.
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