Shoyu Coffee

Name: Shoyu | b.culture, Norway / Coffee (100ml/pc)
SKU: SI0432
Price: 24.90 EUR
Availability: InStock

A shoyu made without a single soybean. b.culture ferments spent coffee grounds from the Oslo roastery Tim Wendelboe with organic barley koji and sea salt, holding the mash at 60 °C for three to four weeks. The result reads like a soy sauce at first, then turns towards roasted coffee, dark chocolate and caramel — savoury, sweeter and less salty than a classic shoyu.

€24,90 100ml/pc

In stock

Origin: Oslo, Norway
Format: Shoyu · 100 ml · soy-free
Ageing: Barley koji ferment · 3–4 weeks at 60 °C · small batch
Brand: b.culture

Tasting notes

Nose: Roasted coffee, cocoa, a malty sweetness.
Palate: Rounded umami with dark-chocolate and caramel notes; gentler salt than a classic shoyu (4 g per 100 g) and a noticeable natural sweetness from the koji.
Finish: Bitter-sweet, roasted, long.

How to enjoy

Where a chef would reach for soy sauce and want something darker: game and venison sauces, a red-wine or port reduction, a glaze for duck, pork belly or roasted roots, a vinaigrette for bitter leaves. It is equally at home on the sweet side — a few drops in a caramel, a chocolate ganache, a dark-fruit compote or over vanilla ice cream. At Kontrast in Oslo it goes into a cream with Beef Garum for grilled pointed cabbage.

Ingredients & allergens

Water, coffee, organic barley koji (gluten), sea salt. Soy-free. Produced in a facility that handles gluten, fish, shellfish, milk and nuts. Refrigerate after opening.

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