Batch 041 · Roasted 06:12 Monday
Every batch has a curve.
SUNDIAL roasts twelve kilos at a time, logs every second of the roast, and prints the curve on the bag. This week's lots are on the counter — read them the way we roast them: time against temperature.
- 12 kg
- per batch, never more
- 24%
- development at the drop
- 12 h
- from drum to your door
§ 02 — The Roast · Stage 1 / 6
Charge
0:00 – 1:20
205 °C at the drop-in. Green beans hit the hot drum and the temperature plunges to its turning point — the coldest moment of the batch.
- Bean temp
- 205°C205 degrees Celsius
- Elapsed
- 0:00
- Development
- 0.0%
Green → hay
- 01 · Charge0:00 – 1:20 · 205°C in
205 °C at the drop-in. Green beans hit the hot drum and the temperature plunges to its turning point — the coldest moment of the batch.
Ends at 1:20. - 02 · Drying1:20 – 4:00 · 156°C
The beans give up their water, turn from sage to hay, and the room starts to smell like bread and hay bales.
Ends at 4:00. - 03 · Maillard4:00 – 8:42 · 196°C
Sugars and amino acids trade places. Caramel, toast and colour arrive together — the longest stretch, and where the character is built.
Ends at 8:42. - 04 · First crack8:42 – 10:00 · 203°C
At 196 °C the beans audibly crack open. This is the clock everything else is measured from: development starts here.
Ends at 10:00. - 05 · Development10:00 – 11:30 · 208°C
Every second after first crack deepens body and trades acidity for sweetness. We stop this lot at 24% development — bright, but round.
Ends at 11:30. - 06 · Drop11:30 · 208°C
Out of the drum at 208 °C, cooled in three minutes, rested overnight, bagged with the curve printed on the label.
Ends at 11:30.
§ 03 — This week's lots
Four lots. Each one with its curve printed on the bag.
We roast to the bean, not to a colour chip. Every bag carries the batch's actual log — charge temperature, first crack, drop, development.
- LOT 041
Kayon Mountain
Ethiopia · Guji, Shakiso · Washed · 1,950 m
- Bergamot
- White peach
- Black tea
Our brightest cup. Roasted Monday 06:12, first crack at 8:42 — the curve on the bag is this batch's actual log.
87.5cupped · Light roast$22 / 340 gOrder - LOT 038
Finca La Esperanza
Colombia · Huila, Pitalito · Honey · 1,750 m
- Red apple
- Caramel
- Cocoa
The everyday bag. Honey-processed, forgiving in any brewer, the one we hand to first-time Sundial customers.
86.5cupped · Medium roast$20 / 340 gOrder - LOT 034
Sítio Bela Vista
Brazil · Minas Gerais, Carmo de Minas · Natural · 1,200 m
- Dark chocolate
- Hazelnut
- Brown sugar
Built for milk and espresso. A darker drop that keeps its sweetness under pressure — literally 9 bars of it.
85.0cupped · Medium-dark roast$18 / 340 gOrder - LOT 042
Gichathaini AA
Kenya · Nyeri, Karatina · Washed · 1,850 m
- Blackcurrant
- Tomato leaf
- Grapefruit
The loudest coffee on the counter. Sold in lots of 60 bags; when it's gone, it's next year's harvest.
88.0cupped · Light roast$24 / 340 gOrder
§ 04 — The bench
The curve ends in your cup. Here's how we get it there.
Three recipes we actually use at the counter — one per brewer, dialled in for this week's lots. Pick a method; the numbers come with it.
V60
Our house pour-over. The curve's brightness survives best here.
- Dose
- 15 g
- Water
- 250 g
- Ratio
- 1:16.7
- Time
- 2:45
94 °C · Medium-fine, table salt
- 1Rinse the filter, add 15 g, level the bed.
- 2Bloom with 45 g of water, swirl once, wait 40 s.
- 3Pour to 150 g in slow circles, then to 250 g by 1:50.
- 4Finish by 2:45. Swirl the brewer, serve.
§ 05 — Subscriptions
Fresh is a schedule, not a promise.
Bags leave the roastery the same afternoon they drop. Skip, swap or cancel from any bag's curve card.
Every 2 weeks · 1 × 340 g
One bag
$17/ delivery
$17 a bag
- Roaster's pick or your choice
- Curve card in every bag
- Skip or cancel any time
Every 2 weeks · 2 × 340 gMost ordered
Two bags
$32/ delivery
$16 a bag
- One filter, one espresso roast
- First crack at micro-lots
- Free local delivery
- Save 20% a bag vs. the counter
Every 4 weeks · 4 × 340 g
Counter refill
$52/ delivery
$13 a bag
- Refill your tin at the bar for $12
- Two micro-lot previews a year
- Named on the counter board
- Save 25% a bag
§ 06 — Wholesale
Cafés, kitchens and studios: we roast for you too.
Wholesale partners get the same logs as retail — every delivery ships with the batch curves it came from, plus dial-in support at your bar.
- Delivery within 12 h of drop
- Free dial-in visits
- Curve cards for your menu
