Intelligentsia Frequency Blend vs Intelligentsia Organic French Roast Blend

people who want chocolate + molasses from a direct trade roaster

people who want chocolate + molasses from a direct trade roaster

Scores higher on sourcing transparency & ethics, value per kilo.

• +The cheapest Direct Trade coffee in the range, level on price with two blends that carry no trade tag.
• +Built as an everyday crowd pleaser, which is the right brief for a household bag.
• +Dried fruit and sugar give it more character than a neutral house blend.
• +Origins, roast profile, flavour profile and trade terms all published as tags.

• −Designed to please everyone, which means it is nobody's favourite cup.
• −No organic certification, where El Gallo and Illumination carry both that and Direct Trade.
• −Only two sizes, and the larger is 2.27 kg to keep fresh.

• +Organic certification and Direct Trade on a dark roast, which is rare on a specialty menu.
• +The roast intention stated plainly as extended roasting for a semi-sweet, heavy body.
• +Single named country of origin behind the darkest blend they sell.
• +Only a dollar over the entry blends despite two certifications.

• −A French roast narrows what any coffee can show, however carefully it is done.
• −Filed for drip, so it is not the bag for an espresso machine despite the depth.
• −Only two sizes, and the larger is 2.27 kg to keep fresh.