Wednesday 22nd July

The PistonHeads coffee blend is officially live!

Grab yours from Rave Coffee ahead of our Annual Service

---

Cars and coffee go together like steak and chips. In fact, we’d argue that coffee is an integral part of car culture. Which is exactly why we’ve teamed up with our Annual Service coffee partner Rave Coffee to create that perfect blend to go with your dream drive.

After surveying hundreds of you earlier this year, we like to think we've landed on the ultimate brew to match your sophisticated tastes. Roasted with powerfully built company directors in mind, this medium-dark blend will give you more of a kick than a remapped 335d. Best enjoyed as a flat white at home while browsing your favourite motoring website - or you could come and grab a fresh brew at the PistonHeads Annual Service powered by Michelin, poured by Rave’s expert baristas.

All of Rave’s coffees are roasted to order, so your beans, whether they be whole or ground, will arrive with you fresher than the underside of your pillow on a hot summer’s night. As tempting as it’ll be to rip the bag open, it’s best to leave it for two weeks after arrival to let it rest and de-gas, so you can enjoy the flavour profile in full. We've got through a few kilos already, so you best stock up...

Order yours here today!

---

• Order your freshly roasted PistonHeads Blend here
• Get your Annual Service tickets here

[RacerMike]

Sounds like it'll taste roastier than Starbucks! Not one for me, but fair play for giving it a shot (pun intended). How close was the vote in terms of tasting notes? Be interesting to see how much of an outlier my tastes for light roasted anaerobic co-ferments are!

[Ben Lowden]

Sorry for the slow response on this! Here's a summary of the results:

• Most members brew with espresso at home (61%)
• Most members drink a flat white (53%)
• Alternative milks are popular (44%)
• Most members drink caffeinated coffee (93%)
• Dark chocolate is the most popular flavour profile (54%)
• It's an even split for dark and medium roasts at 43% each
• Most people want their coffee to taste strong (47%), they want to buy it from an independent roastery/cafe (46%) and they want a caffeine kick (33%)

I think I'm through around 3kg of the PistonHeads Blend already, absolutely loving it

Their espresso peanut butter is one of the best things I've ever tasted too... https://ravecoffee.co.uk/products/espresso-salted-...

[sawman]

First brew of the pistonheads blend this morning. Lovely i can see this being my new fave from Rave.

Any idea if this is a time limited offering??

[Ben Lowden]

sawman said:

First brew of the pistonheads blend this morning. Lovely i can see this being my new fave from Rave.

Any idea if this is a time limited offering??

Glad you enjoyed it! They typically aim to run limited edition coffees for nine months, but it could sell out earlier than that. Hopefully they'll come back next year and we can do another one

[dickymint]

Just tried my first batch of this (small bag of 250g whole beans) absolutely love it once 'dialled in' so just ordered a 1kg bag not cheap at 32 quid but worth every penny

[Ben Lowden]

dickymint said:

Just tried my first batch of this (small bag of 250g whole beans) absolutely love it once 'dialled in' so just ordered a 1kg bag not cheap at 32 quid but worth every penny

Great to hear! I think I'm on my third or fourth 1kg bag – I've lost count already

[LordGrover]

I was about to post that I'd found PH coffee at Rave - but it seems I'm late to the party.

I brew with either Aeropress or Clever Dripper, only tried Aeropress so far and it was pretty good. One black, one with milk.
Not my typical style, but quite enjoyed it. The initial taste was weird, but the aftertaste was way better - odd. Even more odder, 10 minutes after I'd finished it I still had a very pleasant aftertaste going on.

I'll play with grind size, temps and brew timings to see what develops.

Not bad though. Pretty good actually.

Forgot sticker included.

Edited by LordGrover on Thursday 27th August 16:30

[dickymint]

PH.- Staying awake Maters.................

[Ben Lowden]

dickymint said:

PH.- Staying awake Maters.................