coffee

We select a single origin speciality coffee that is complemented by the addition of natural vanilla flavouring. Bourbon vanilla flavoured coffee is a rich and indulgent blend that tantalizes the senses with its complex aroma and luxurious taste. From the moment the coffee is brewed, a warm and inviting scent wafts through the air, reminiscent of freshly baked pastries and sweet vanilla. As you take your first sip, the boldness of the coffee is immediately apparent, with its smooth and robust flavour providing a strong foundation for the delicate vanilla notes to dance upon. The vanilla flavour is at once subtle and profound, imbuing each sip with a creamy and almost buttery sweetness that lingers on the tongue.

This Small Batch Series from Swiss Water is also one of our regular coffees from our friends at Daterra. The right atmospheric conditions on the farm mean that Summer Solstice 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, scoring higher than most, non-decaffeinated coffees! Chocolate, lemon, almond, apple, grape, strawberry, tropical fruit, honey sweetness and full body are amongst the tasting notes from SCAA independent cuppers, who scored this 83.75.

This is a coffee of great complexity, with cupping notes observed by SCAA cuppers that included: great body, zest, almond, walnut, honey, caramel, sweet citrus, star fruit, floral aromas and chocolate. We buy this amazing coffee from the Ipanema Estate Premier Cru programme. It set out to produce the highest scoring coffees in the world and the micro lots they are making score consistently in the 90's, a rare achievement for any coffee from anywhere. This current batch is made on the Fazenda Rio Verde farm on the Ipanema estate. This unique lot is processed using the ‘natural’ sun-dried method, although they also produce fine coffee by the ‘wet’ method. Sun drying ensures the sweetest flavours. Enjoyable made using any method it arguably makes the best espresso coffee of any origin. It can be blended with our lighter roast version of this coffee 'Espirito de Sol' to add nuance and for personalising your perfect espresso blend. One thing very few people argue with is that you have the best coffee for making espresso in the world however you blend it. Our 2kg batch roaster ensures it is to perfection for espresso giving a sweet, syrupy cup with lots of interesting nuances, a full-bodied, intense liquor with fruity cocoa notes that linger on the palate. Artisan roasted in our 2kg micro-coffee roaster. Rio Verde is in the Mantiqueira Mountains, translated as the Crying Mountains.

El Eden is a blend from 16 entrepreneurial farmers in the Armenia, Quindío region of Colombia. Scored a whopping 83.25 by the independent coffee graders of the SCA (Specialty Coffee Association), which is higher than most non-decaffeinated speciality Colombian coffees! The only thing you’re not losing is sleep! The graders commented on the aromatic and flavour notes, which included red fruits, fig, chocolate, caramel and peach. Picking from their mainly Castillo, Catimor and Caturra varietal planted fields, the coffee is typically wet processed the same day as picking and dried on either ‘Casa Elba’ patios, or drying beds on rails or with a roof that is on rails to protect from weather.

This limited edition coffee was scored a whopping 86 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 tea rose, vanilla, pear and apricot. Potosi farm is a part of the Café Granja La Esperanza project, which undoubtedly produces several of the very best and most diverse coffees in the world, of which we are pleased to offer a number of in our range! High on the slopes that surround Caicedonia and Trujillo, can be found the Potosi farm, which was the first farm owned by the Herrera family.

This fine, silky bodied coffee's complex character is described as having: notes of peach, apricots, lemon, butter, vanilla, mandarin, citrus, red apple, pear. It is considered one of the sweetest, fruitiest coffees in Colombia. Artisan roasted in our 2kg micro-coffee roaster. This fully washed coffee was grown on 'La Esperanza' farm owned and worked by Gerardo Carvajal in the Bruselas, Huila region of Colombia, 1,600 meters above sea level.

Professional coffee cuppers argue that not only is San Rafael RZ the best coffee in Costa Rica but indeed the world. Cupping competition notes will describe the complexity of this outstanding coffee which include: deep aroma, vibrant, lemony acidity, pear, smooth finish, spice, honey, malt, chocolate, caramel, orange, milk chocolate truffle, creamy, black cherry, syrupy, brown sugar sweetness, marzipan. It is not unusual that nine out of ten finalists are produced there when the Cup of Excellence competitions are held in the country. Artisan roasted in our 2kg coffee roaster.

This is one of our most popular dark roast coffees. It has a very appealing bittersweet, fine, dark chocolate like character. Other cupping notes noticed are brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, toffee apple, sweet tobacco. We buy from different plantations according to the best quality available and only from those scoring 88 and above according to the SCAA cupping criteria.