Mad Catter Nine Lives Espresso Coffee Blend

Nine Lives Espresso Coffee Blend: profile and selection

Nine Lives Espresso combines Guatemalan and Colombian coffees in a medium roast. Mad Catter’s current profile emphasizes milk chocolate, almond and red apple, with a creamy texture and restrained acidity. The espresso name communicates the blend’s intended role, while the available drip and press grinds also make it practical to explore outside an espresso machine.

This page preserves the roaster’s documented origin, process, roast, tasting, format and story details without filling gaps with assumptions. The factual profile below is the scope of the current product record.

Current selections include 10 oz or 5 lb. Confirm the exact size, grind, caffeine choice and flavor when applicable before ordering.

Coffee profile

Brew for Medium coffee

For espresso, begin with a basket-appropriate 18-gram dose and about 36 grams of beverage yield. Treat a 1:2 ratio and roughly 25–30 seconds as diagnostic references, not rigid targets. Taste the shot before changing the recipe.

A fast, thin or sharply sour shot usually needs a finer grind. A slow shot with a dry finish often benefits from a coarser setting. Hold dose and yield steady during the first change so extraction, strength and flow are not confused.

Taste a straight shot before adding milk, then test the same recipe in the intended cappuccino or latte. If the coffee disappears, try a slightly shorter ratio after achieving even extraction.

Use a scale for dose and water. Beverage yield, drawdown and total contact time are useful diagnostic measurements. Evaluate body, acidity, clarity and finish together, then make the smallest useful adjustment.

Whole-bean users can pair the Turin DF64 Gen 2 grinder with the Turin Legato espresso machine for repeatable espresso adjustments. A prepared espresso grind is convenient, but one fixed particle size cannot fit every basket and machine.

How to choose and evaluate this coffee

On an espresso machine, a first experiment might use 18 g dry coffee and approximately 36 g beverage. Treat that as a starting ratio, not a guaranteed recipe. Adjust grind for even flow, then taste the shot before deciding whether a longer or shorter yield better suits your milk drink.

Use filtered water that tastes clean on its own. Water chemistry affects perceived acidity, sweetness and extraction, so keep the same water source while dialing in before deciding that a coffee or flavor profile is unsuitable.

Taste the finished beverage in the cup and serving style you actually use. A profile that seems delicate black may work differently with milk, while a roast-forward coffee may become more balanced after modest dilution.

Freshness, storage and repeatability

Prepared grinds offer convenience when the grind matches the intended method. Whole beans provide greater control over particle size and let the recipe respond to a different dripper, basket or batch volume.

A larger bag is economical only when the coffee will be used at a sensible pace. Divide bulk coffee into smaller airtight portions, keep one active, and protect the rest from heat, moisture, sunlight and strong aromas.

Compare Mad Catter Guatemala Rio Azul Q'Anil Coffee for another option from Mad Catter Coffee Roasters. Browse the Specialty Coffee collection for additional origins, roasts, processes and flavored coffees.

Frequently asked questions

Ordering and shipping

This coffee ships directly from the roaster partner. Roasted coffee does not qualify for free shipping; shipping charges are set by the partner. Coffee orders are not eligible for returns or cancellations, so review the exact variant in the cart before checkout.

When the shipment arrives, retain the roaster label and record the selected format with the first brew. That detail makes recipe adjustments and reordering more reliable than relying on the product name alone.