{"product_id":"b2b-pilot-academy-blend","title":"Academy Blend","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Coffee\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcademy Blend is Pilot's everyday blend, built to hold up across brew methods but designed to shine brightest as a drip coffee. It's a medium roast that sits at the intersection of approachable and interesting, with enough brightness and sweetness to keep things lively without leaning into anything extreme. Pilot recommends letting it rest 7 to 10 days after roast before brewing, which lets the coffee settle and its flavours come through more cleanly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe blend reflects Pilot's direct sourcing approach, built on longer-term relationships with producer partners rather than one-off spot purchases. That continuity gives them more visibility into each harvest and more room to adjust roasting to what the crop actually delivers in a given year. The result is a blend that stays consistent from bag to bag, even as the underlying coffees shift with the seasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor brewing, Pilot's own recipe for auto-drip calls for 20g of coffee to 300ml of water at a 1:15 ratio, with a brew time around 3 minutes and 30 seconds. AeroPress drinkers can try 15.5g to 248ml at 1:16, same brew time. Espresso pulls at 1:2.5, 20g in and 50ml out, in about 32 seconds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Pilot Coffee Roasters\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePilot started in May 2009 when Andy Wilkin and Jessie Holmes opened Te Aro Roasted in Toronto's Leslieville neighbourhood, operating out of a former car garage. Wilkin had just earned his Q Grader certification (a standardized professional qualification for evaluating coffee quality) and drew inspiration from the cafe culture of Te Aro, Wellington, where he grew up. The space ran as both a cafe and a small roastery from the start.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy 2013, the operation rebranded as Pilot Coffee Roasters and moved roasting to a dedicated facility at 50 Wagstaff Drive in Toronto. The sourcing philosophy has stayed consistent since the early days: build ongoing relationships with coffee producers rather than buying on the open market, and stay involved in the supply chain from farm to cup.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pilot","offers":[{"title":"2.1 kg","offer_id":45559265722428,"sku":"B2B-pilot-academy-blend-2100","price":150.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/2880\/1852\/files\/Product_Carousel_Academy_1.jpg?v=1781806292","url":"https:\/\/stillwatercoffee.ca\/products\/b2b-pilot-academy-blend","provider":"Stillwater Coffee Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}