Limited Edition Christmas Blend - 360g Tin

Origin | Mexico, Ethiopia  

Roasters Notes | A syrupy mouthfeel, a splash of sweet orange, a zesty lemon brightness and just a sprinkle of cinnamon spice.

From the Cloud Forests of Chiapas

The isolated Chiapas highlands were annexed from Guatemala by the Mexicans in 1821. Chiapas straddles a unique geoform called the Pacific Slope, a west facing mountainous area, where some of the world’s best organic coffees grow alongside one of the rarest, largest and most bio-diverse ‘cloud-forest’ reserves, known as El Triunfo. This huge tropical corridor starts at 1200 meters above sea level, the very ceiling at which our coffee is grown. A select group of smallholder farmers grow a Catimor varietal coffee, under the forest’s canopy in the Sierra Mountain’s rich volcanic soils. Once the full ripened cherries are harvested the beans are fully washed, then sundried. This growing and processing adheres to strict organic farming practices, to yield a coffee of international repute. A coffee the locals refer to as “Café de Altura”, the coffee from on high.

This high grown Chiapas coffee gives our Christmas Blend a fruity freshness and notes of cinnamon spice.

Yirgacheffe, Rachia - From the Birthplace of Coffee

More than 350 farmers living in the Yirgacheffe, Idido village deliver ripe cherries to the Gizat washing station, where they are sorted into grades using density channels, fermented for 36-72 hours, washed, floated for defects, and then sent to raised drying tables for 8-15 days or until the desired moisture content is reached. These African raised beds are carefully constructed to ensure proper air circulation and temperature control for optimal, steady drying. Cherries are also turned regularly to prevent damage via over-fermentation and/ or mould growth.

This meticulous sorting process is what makes this coffee so special; we couldn't wait to use it in this blend.