A little magic
of roasting & fermentation
Coffee alternatives have been around for ages: from roots, grains, ... even acorns! We've always ignored one fact though: to reach the right flavour, all elements need to be present BEFORE roasting!
At Koppie, we craft whole-bean brews from local legumes, starting with natural fermentation to build boldness from within. Then we roast our "beans" to bring out the rich roasty depth people seek.
The end-result: a sustainable, very enjoyable coffee-ish brew, which blends perfectly with coffee.
Oh, and if you'd like…
Yes, we can add the caffeine, too.
Matches coffee without off-notes
Smooth, nutty, and roasted depth
& complexity
Attractive price with constant availability
Your hedge against volatile pricing or supply concerns
Matching your coffee profile
Multiple taste profiles through fermentation to match your desired taste
Single Ingredient - Just Peas
1 ingredient,
no allergens, non-GMO,
not novel food
Our forms
There's a Koppie for any blend or application. A full service solution for all your coffee needs and operations, whether for a bean blend, a filter blend, espresso blend, capsule, or RTD milky drink.
Four forms designed to integrate seamlessly into your coffee products.
Want to see for yourself?
“Green” bean
Our unroasted, dried fermented pea allows full flexibility for your roasting expertise. Pre-blend or post-blend, roast on your own equipment if you want to!
Roasted bean
Our Koppie bean, roasted to spec by our partners. Shipped in protective packaging. Use as you would traditional roasted beans: post-blend, grind and pack with ease.
Pre-Ground Bean
Ground to your spec, ready for your blend – shipped in protective packaging.
Can be mixed with ground coffee & packed with ease.
Concentrate
Liquid concentrate with intensity and brix to spec, perfect for bakery, desserts, dairy or RTD coffee applications.
Instant
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Our products
3 profiles, fully fermentation-driven.
No added flavours or extra ingredients.
Each profile gives you a simple way to fine-tune your blends,
expand your portfolio, or reach new consumer segments.
Caffeine can be added to all types.
Our process
Patent pending process from local pea to our Koppie bean
1.
It all starts from a local pulse (Pea, Fava, chickpea, …)
– We can adjust to your area/region to
make it truly local!
2.
Flavour modulation through natural fermentation to create required pre-cursors
3.
Whole bean roasting using coffee equipment - roasting time and temperature zones largely similar to coffee.
4.
“KOPPIE BEAN”,
our bean alternative perfect for hybrid coffee recipes - grinds & brews
just like coffee
FAQ
Roasted Fermented Yellow Pea, that's it.
We do not add any flavouring, other ingredients, to create our Koppie signature taste.
Of course, in case you'd like caffeine added, that will be part of the ingredient list as well.
We leave the source of the caffeine open to the customer.Koppie is crafted from carefully selected local legumes. We take 1 legume (preferably yellow pea, fava bean or chickpea) and take it through our patent pending fermentation system. Once fermented, the still intact pulse is dried and can now be roasted like coffee beans, on coffee equipment.
The result is a unique whole bean that can be ground, brewed and blended exactly like traditional coffee using the same equipment and recipe, without additional ingredients or additives.
The ingredient declaration is "Roasted Fermented (Yellow) Pea", where actually only "Roasted Pea" is mandatory. For product declaration this depends on local legislation, however "Pea Coffee Alternative" or in some case even "Pea Coffee" would almost always be acceptable. We have conducted specific research by geography on this question, which we're happy to share with you.
Koppie naturally does not contain any caffeine (because the pulse doesn't contain caffeine).
Thus making it a perfect opportunity for a half-caf or low caf concept in a blend. It also provides a much more clean and economical alternative to decaffeinated coffee.
Caffeine can always be added, both in the fermented bean form and in the powder form. We leave the source of the caffeine up to the customer: from coffee, from tea, chemically produced, …
Koppie comes in 3 flavour variants enabling you to create a perfect match with your specific coffee profile.
Our base product is our "standard", which delivers a balanced profile with sweet, roasty & bitter notes fitting most medium to dark roast coffees.
For blends which are more mild, light & medium roasts, we offer a "Sweet" variant, which has sweetness boosted.
Finally, we offer a "Fruity" variant, which adds more acidity to complement lighter and medium roasts, especially for filter use.