BRAZIL DATERRA RESERVE COFFEE

The right atmospheric conditions on the Daterra farm mean that this coffee can be made purely from dried-on-tree cherries. This rare process allows for a bright, clean complex flavour, which coupled with Daterra’s exclusive technology for sorting produces a world class coffee. The cherries are sorted through Unipac – Daterra’s specially adapted micro mill, which exists for the experimental and Masterpiece lots.  Daterra is a carbon neutral farm and the first ever B-Corp certified coffee farm, a system that measures a company’s entire social and environmental impact. Daterra itself is made up of three farms, Boa Vista, Taboues and Franca. Each lot is differentiated – soil, aspect, varietal, hours of sun all differ slightly over the farms. The farm grows the following varietals IAC, Bourbon, Icatu, Laurina, Arara and Parasiso. This is probably the ultimate espresso coffee but is equally at home made by whatever method you prefer. This coffee was scored a massive 88 by the independent coffee graders of the SCAA (Specialty Coffee Association of America), making it amongst a handful of coffees worldwide with such a high score. Flavour and aromatics described by the SCAA were orange, molasses and dark chocolate.

We've been roasting the world's best coffee in our 2kg San Franciscan roaster since 1994, resisting the temptation and logic of roasting on a more commercial scale, to stand by the philosophy that we can bring out the best in any coffee working this way. To give some context, each batch produces just enough for 8 supermarket size packets. Often, one roast is taken entirely by one customer! 

The best tip we can offer to enhance your enjoyment of any coffee you try is to suggest that you grind your own beans freshly as required.