Rwanda Nyamasheke Hills Nº 354

We've worked with Marta Dalton and her family over the last few years through her company Coffee Bird, in fact most of our Guatemalan coffees have come through her! We decided that the Dalton family farm had produced something perfect for us, a balanced sweet coffee with notes of Red apple and Toffee.Subscribers: In the unlikely event that we run out of this coffee we will replace it with the most similar substitution we can find. If for any reason you do not like the substitute we will of course replace or refund. You will be notified of a substitution with a note in your box.

Coffee is all about relationships, so we’re excited to showcase this lot, which marks the beginning of a new relationship with Chacra Coffee, a Peruvian specialty coffee exporter. This lovely Geisha lot from Miguel Lopez is a great example of his simple, quality-focused approach, which is refreshingly evident here.

Finca Santa Elisa is located near the town of San Pedro Yepocapa in Guatemala’s Acatenango region. Rich volcanic soils, cool temperatures and cloud forests create ideal conditions for growing high-quality speciality coffee. This coffee from Santa Elisa is a beautifully balanced classic. We’ve roasted it to bring out its natural sweetness, fresh fruit notes and delicate honeyed florals. As the sugars caramelise during roasting, rich milk chocolate flavours develop, creating a smooth, versatile and seriously easy-drinking brew.

It is common to roast Kenyan coffees extremely lightly, to highlight the dominant acidity. But in the case of the Sasini, we were impressed with its intense honey sweetness, and so developed the natural sugars a little further with a longer roast time, and higher temperature. This has resulted in a complex sweetness with subtle florals, black forest fruits and a hint of cocoa on the finish.