What is Resolute?
The espresso Origin Coffee serves as its house standard.
Origin calls Resolute its flagship espresso blend, curated for a timeless, balanced and full-bodied cup. It expects notes of red fruit, nuts and milk chocolate, carried by a creamy body and a lingering caramel sweetness; its tasting panel lists stone fruit, caramel and milk chocolate, with medium acidity and a medium, nutty finish.
The current blend draws on coffees from Nueva Segovia in Nicaragua and from the Regiao Vulcanica, Sul de Minas and Cerrado Mineiro regions of Brazil, grown at 1,000 to 1,600 metres by smallholder producers, washed and natural. Origin says the blend rotates twice a year with harvest seasonality, sourced with consistency and community projects at its core.
Why a rotating blend
The coffees change so the taste can stay the same.
Coffee is a crop. A coffee harvested in spring is at its best for months, not years, so a blend that never changed its ingredients would slowly go stale. Rotating the components with the harvests lets Origin keep Resolute tasting the way it should, while the farms behind it change. The trade-off is that you are buying a style rather than a specific farm.
How to pull it
Origin's recipe, made on a Sage Bambino.
Origin brews Resolute on a Sage Bambino (sold as the Breville Bambino in the US) with a Fellow Opus grinder: 18 g in, 33 g out, in 29 to 32 seconds, a ratio just under 1:2. That is a classic espresso ratio, short enough to stay rich under milk. Grind finer if it runs fast and tastes sour.
Origin is a certified B Corp and publishes a Transparency panel that almost no other roaster on this site offers: the price it paid for the green coffee (free on board, per pound), how far that sits above the Fairtrade minimum, the cup score, and how long it has bought from the producer. Those figures are on the page as facts. We do not score them, because too few roasters publish them for a fair comparison, but they are, for its single origins, the clearest evidence of how a roaster treats its farms that you will find on a bag.
A note on grinders
An espresso blend is only as good as the grinder in front of it.
Origin's recipe uses a Fellow Opus, a conical burr grinder that can grind fine enough for espresso. A blade grinder or a coarse pre-ground bag cannot: espresso needs a fine, even grind that you can adjust in small steps, or the shot runs fast and sour. Our list of the best grinders for espresso covers the options from about $100 up.
Resolute vs Stronghold
Origin's two espresso blends: balanced against bold.
Stronghold is roasted slightly darker for a traditional, chocolate-forward shot with low acidity. Resolute is brighter, with stone fruit and caramel. Same price. Choose Resolute for a balanced modern espresso; choose Stronghold if you like your shot heavy and chocolatey.
Why the roast date matters
Coffee is at its best for weeks, not the year a best-before date implies.
Roasted coffee gives off carbon dioxide for days after roasting, which is why espresso tastes harsh and filter coffee bubbles hard in the first few days. After that it is at its sweetest for a few weeks, then slowly goes flat as the aromatic oils oxidise. A best-before date, usually set a year or more after packing, tells you nothing about where a bag sits on that curve. A printed roast date does. We list every coffee on the site that prints one in coffee with roast dates, and our scores give real weight to it; Origin stamps it on every bag.
Buy only what you will drink in about a month, keep it in the bag it came in or an airtight container, away from light and heat, and grind just before brewing. Do not keep beans in the fridge: they pick up moisture and smells.
Is Resolute worth it?
For a fresh, dependable espresso blend, yes.
It is roasted to order, dated, and comes with a recipe that works. In the US, a domestic blend such as Equator's Dipsea Espresso avoids the postage. Our list of the best coffee beans for espresso compares them.
Who should buy it (and who should not)
Buy it if
- You make espresso and milk drinks at home.
- You want a balanced blend with a recipe to start from.
- You live in the UK.
Skip it if
- You want to know the exact farm.
- You want a dark, traditional shot: Stronghold suits you better.
- You are in the US and want to avoid international postage.
Freshness and shipping
Roasted the day after you order, with the date stamped on the bag.
Origin roasts in Cornwall and says an order placed before midnight is roasted and despatched the next working day. The roast date is stamped on the bag, and Origin suggests resting the coffee for five to fourteen days from that date before brewing. Delivery in the UK is free over £35. International orders go by Royal Mail and must weigh under 1.75 kg, so one 1 kg bag fits but two do not. Origin does not publish what international postage costs; the checkout prices it. Its subscriptions are for UK addresses only.
What it costs
Two bag sizes, priced in pounds.
| Bag | Price | Per kilo | Per cup (15 g) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 250 g | £12.50 | £50.00 | £0.75 |
| 1 kg | £36.50 | £36.50 | £0.55 |
Per-cup figures assume 15 g of coffee. The 1 kg bag works out at £36.50 a kilo against £50.00 in the 250 g bag, so it is the better buy if you can finish it while it is fresh. Prices are in pounds because Origin sells from the UK; a US order pays international postage on top, priced at checkout.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is in Origin Resolute?
Coffees from Nicaraguan and Brazilian smallholders, washed and natural, rotated twice a year.
What does Resolute taste like?
Origin lists stone fruit, caramel and milk chocolate, with a creamy body.
What is Origin's Resolute recipe?
18 g in, 33 g out, in 29 to 32 seconds.
How much is Resolute?
£12.50 for 250 g and £36.50 for 1 kg.
