The process of roasting is what brings out the complex flavours and aromatics that make coffee so appealing to our senses.
The coffee we describe as medium roasted is a range that varies in colour and intensity according to the beans we are roasting.
Coffees in this range have a balance of fresh fruitiness and sweetness, with all of the complex fragrances and characteristics of their origin fully developed.
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As low as £12.00We 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.
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This limited edition coffee from the world renowned Daterra farm, where the right atmospheric conditions 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. his 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.
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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.
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As low as £11.00This 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 these small 'lots' from an estate that engages in practices that exemplifies all that is meant by the term speciality coffee. 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 too. Sun drying ensures the sweetest flavours. Roasted to perfection for a filter or cafetiere it also offers a smooth espresso. It can be blended with our 'espresso' roast version of this coffee 'Espresso 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. Artisan roasted in our 2kg micro-coffee roaster. The farm is situated in the Mantiqueira Mountains. It is translated as the Crying Mountains.
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As low as £13.00El 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.
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As low as £25.00This limited edition coffee is a competition winner, and was scored a massive 89 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 red wine, passion fruit, vanilla and chocolate. The reason for the complexity and quality of this coffee is to do with it being made by a very labour intensive process, practised in just a few farms in the world, called anaerobic natural. Once set in special tanks, the lid is sealed so it is devoid of oxygen and left for 168 hours. After fermentation, the coffee cherries are left 48 hours for dehydration and then pass to solar dryers for 6 – 7 days depending on the weather until the dry cherries reach a moisture level of 11 to 12%. This captures all the potential flavours in the coffee and unsurpassed sweetness.
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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.
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As low as £12.00This 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.
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As low as £13.00This delicious coffee was scored an impressive 82.75 by the independent coffee graders of the SCAA (Specialty Coffee Association of America), higher than most non-decaffeinated speciality coffees! The only thing you’re not losing is sleep! Flavour and aromatic notes of chocolate, plum, cream and blackcurrant. Rebuild Women’s Hope is a cooperative established in 2013 on the banks of Lake Kivu. The varietals used are Blue Mountain and Kent, grown at altitudes up to 2000 metres.
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As low as £11.00Professional 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.
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As low as £13.00Coffees grown at Finca La Esperanza are naturally processed at the nearby Vivagua mill. The lot chosen for this Swiss Water Decaffeinated Small Batch Series offering is a naturally processed Red Bourbon. This coffee was scored a whopping 84 with flavour and aromatic notes listed as strawberry, floral, cherry and chocolate. Since 2012, the farm has been progressively updated, redesigned, and reimagined as a separated varietal garden, including red and orange bourbon coffees, Pacamara, Kenya, Bernardina, Mokka, and of course Pacas varieties. With environmental and social credentials to match its quality, the only thing you're not losing with this coffee is sleep!
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As low as £13.00This delicious coffee is grown on heirloom varietals that yield milk chocolate with great supporting notes of lime, orange, and caramel. The citrus character from Sidamo really adds another dimension to the cup. The coffee was scored 82.75 by the independent coffee graders of the SCAA (Specialty Coffee Association of America) higher than most non-decaffeinated speciality coffees! The only thing you’re not losing is sleep! This coffee is washed, with beans removed from the cherry through a de-pulper, before passing through a fermentation phase for 12-36 hours. Once this is finished the cherries are washed in clean water and then dried on traditional raised beds or occasionally patios. Local smallholders grow heirloom varietals known locally by names such as Kumie, Diga, and Wilsho.
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As low as £11.00Ethiopian Yirgacheffe coffees are famed for their beautiful fragrance. The coffee taster's lexicon is used to it's full in striving to describe some of the aromatics that are glimpsed in the coffee's aroma, both roasted and brewed. One of perhaps the most unusual is that of black tea. Others include: tangerine, stone fruit, red currant, lime, raspberry lemonade, floral, lemon, sweet, lavender, jasmine, blueberry, blackberry, bergamot, apricot, almond, wildflowers. It might be a surprise to find that it still smells and tastes of coffee! The coffee grown in this lush, green, mountainous area at altitudes up to 8,000 feet is referred to as 'garden coffee' due to most of it being grown on small-holdings of less than 1 hectare producing something up to 5 sacks of coffee beans.
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As low as £11.00Hacienda Carmona has been managed by octogenarian, Maria Zelaya since 1959. The speciality of Carmona, grown in a section of the farm called Inteligente, is sold as Cafe Pulcal. It has long been considered the most complete tasting coffee in the world. Tasting notes from the Cup of Excellence competition include berry, tangerine, caramel, sweet spices, dark chocolate, lime, kiwi, butter, honey, caramelized sugar, plum, pineapple, melon, blackberry, cherry, and orange. We love its almost Nutella like quality and the hints of lemony, freshly milled pepper. The flavour is like chocolate, caramel and orange with a fig-like sweetness.
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As low as £23.00Hawaiian coffee can only be called Pure Kona if it is grown on island's Gold Coast in Hawaii. Kona Gold is grown at high altitudes on the mountainous slopes of active volcanoes. The island's rich, volcanic soil lends an unmistakable character to what is regarded as the most beautiful coffee bean in the world. Although growing at a lower altitude than the world's other great coffees, the clouds that appear like clockwork each afternoon, plentiful rain, good shelter and the mineral-rich soil, more than compensate for this. What gives the coffee grown on this small estate the edge is that it is so carefully selected that workers can only harvest around twenty pounds of beans on a good day. This adds more expense to already high American labour prices but along with the equally impeccable processing, guarantees a smooth, rich body, sweet flavour with notes of tropical fruit and chocolate.
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Expect to find flavour and aromatic tones of peach, orange, red apple, milk chocolate, cream, toffee, white grape, orange blossom, raspberry, cherry. Smooth, sweet, zesty and light. Honduras coffee at its best.
