Jammy apricots burst in the cup, with syrupy honey notes and roasted almond that follow. There's a complex finish of dried fruit, bergamot, black tea and a creamy body
COUNTRY: FARM, PROCESS (REGION)
- Peru: Lali Guevara, Washed, Catuai "Rosado" (Cajamarca)
- Costa Rica: Granitos, Yellow Honey, Catuai (Tarrazú)
Medium-Light.
This lighter roast profile showcases the unique character of the coffees we use, highlighting sweetness and acidity, along with the outstanding work of our sourcing partners at origin.
ESPRESSO RECIPE
Dose: 19g
Yield: 45g
Time: 25-30 sec
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Our Seasonal Blend changes every six months with the arrival of fresh crop coffees
Previously known as Brothers. Our current Seasonal Blend consists of 2 different single origin coffees from the following farms.
Costa Rica: Granitos
Micro-Beneficio Granitos de Altura del Ortiz is in Santa María de Dota, a small town in the Tarrazú region of the San José province of Costa Rica.
The mill has been managed and run for the last 10 years by two sisters, Joyce and Johana Calderón. Johana was at the helm for 9 years, but as she's just had a baby, she handed over the reins to younger sister Joyce who's been in charge for the last year.
Joyce is very focused on the quality of the coffee Granitos produces and isn't interested in increasing the overall volume. Quality is more important than quantity, and while they're constantly looking to improve the quality of their coffee, they are looking to produce less.
When speaking to Joyce about what she loves about coffee, she told us that it's about connections and relationships with other people. When the harvest is in full swing, the days are long, and the workloads are heavy, it can be easy to feel tired, but Joyce and her team are energised by people visiting, sharing their time, and connecting over coffee.
- Country: Costa Rica
- Region: Tarrazú
- Province: San Jose
- Mill: Micro-Beneficio Granitos de Altura del Ortiz
- Producers: Joyce and Johana Calderón
- Elevation: 1,700-2,000 m.a.s.l.
- Varietal: Catuai
- Processing system: Yellow Honey
Peru: Lali Guevara
Lali and her husband Yoiser have a farm at San Antonio de Chingama which is part of the Agua Azul producer group. A young family, Lali's farm is a good trek up the hill from their house in the valley - in fact it's so far that they built a little shack on the farm so they can rest there for lunch during the day and only go back into town at the end of the day.
They use around 10 - 15 local pickers to help them harvest usually, although most of the work is their own. They regularly renovate the farm to get good results, replacing trees at around every 7 years, and continuously monitor the plants for pruning needs.
They've just planted around 500 Geisha plants (should give them 1 sack of coffee in a couple of years!) but have also built themselves a nursery and produced seedlings for this plant varietal, which we're calling "Catuai Rosado". This is a mutation on the farm which I discovered with our exporter, Pepe, a couple of years ago. Yoiser pointed out some Catuai trees to me and shows me that when you opened the fruit from these trees, the mucilage (the layer of flesh between fruit skin and the coffee bean) had some pink tinges to it. Neither Pepe or I had come across this before, nor had any other coffee producers I asked about it! So we separated these cherries from their regular Catuai and... it cupped slightly better. A little fruitier and cleaner than their main lot. With our enthusiasm - and being aware that this is something entirely unique to them - they've begun planting more of this coffee.
We're calling these Catuai Rosado - Pink Catuai - because that's what Lali calls them. At some point, I slipped into calling them Rosalitas - Little Pink ones - but Key (another member of our our amazing team of exporters) began laughing... a lot. It turns out that's local slang for a baby, so we're back to Catuai Rosado until we come up with a better name!
- Country: Peru
- Region: Cajamarca
- Producer: Lali Guevara
- Mill: Agua Azul
- Altitude: 1,890 m.a.s.l.
- Variety: Catuai "Rosado"
- Processing method: Washed
