Country of origin: Peru Farm: El Níspero Owner: Tomas Bueno Medina Processing: Fully Washed Altitude: 1,800 – 1,900 meters above sea level Varietal: Caturra The heat of the British summer is well and truly upon us, anyone for a cold brew? This months coffee arrives from the high altitudes of Peru’s Cajamarca region. This delightful coffee is as refreshing over…
Category: Roaster’s Choice
Calama La Paz – June 2026 Roasters Choice
Country of origin: Bolivia Region: La Paz Farm: Various smallholder producers Community: Calama, Caranavi Processing: Fully Washed Altitude: 1,400 – 1,600 metres above sea level Varietal: Pacamara This month we have a first! Our first ever Roasters Choice coffee from Bolivia and we are extremely excited about this one having had a teaser tasting a few months back….
Musasa Ruli – May 2026 Roaster’s Choice
Country of origin: Rwanda Farm: 230 smallholder farmers Owner/Washing Station: Musasa Dukunde Kawa Cooperative Processing: Natural Altitude: 1880 – 2002 Meters above sea level Varietal: 100% Red Bourbon May’s Roaster’s choice has arrived! This month, we’re featuring a naturally processed coffee from the Musasa Ruli Washing station in Rwanda, completing a double header from this remarkable coffee producing region….
Faustin Ribarimana – April Roaster’s Choice
Country of origin: Rwanda Washing Station: Musasa Ruli Owner: Faustin Ribalimana Processing: Fully Washed Altitude: 2,020 metres above sea level Varietal: 100% Red Bourbon The final installment of my Glasgow cupping brings us this unqiue tasting coffee from the Musasa Ruli washing station which is situated in Rwanda’s Gakenke District of Northern Province. About the Farmer: Faustin Ribalimana is…
El Carmen – March 2026 Roasters Choice
Country of origin: El Salvador Farm: El Carmen Owner: Fernando Alfaro & Family Processing: Anaerobic Natural Altitude: 1300 meters above sea level Varietal: Orange Bourbon I’m really excited about this month’s roasters choice, its colourful and vibrant in taste and packed full of fruity flavour. About the El Carmen Estate: Located at 1,300m above sea level in El Salvador’s Apaneca-Ilamatepec…
Sidama Damo – February 2026 Roasters Choice
Country of origin: Ethiopia Washing Station: Damo Station Owner: Asefa Dukamo Processing: Natural Altitude: 1,920 to 2,020 meters above sea level Varietal: JARC Selection 74158 As winter loosens its grip and the evenings slowly begin to grow longer, our February release celebrates a bright, lively natural process coffee from Ethiopia’s Sidama region. The perfect cup to help chase away…
Finca El Tambor -January 2026 Roasters Choice
Country of origin: Guatemala Farm: Finca El Tambor Owner: Victor Calderon Processing method: Fully washed & Sun dried on patios Altitude: 1676 to 1860 meters above sea level Varietal: Bourbon and Catuai We’re kicking off 2026 with the second installment of my blind coffee cupping in Glasgow, featuring this outstanding coffee from Finca El Tambor…
Aquiares Estate Entre Rios Anaerobic Natural
For our August Coffee Subscription we’re revisiting Aquiares Estate and a coffee we enjoyed back in March. We’ve grabbed this one very early in the season and it’s packed full of berry goodness!
Familia Cuchimba (Finca El Cedro)
There are certain times of the year in specialty coffee when we have a bit of a dip in the origins available to us. Around Christmas we can often rely on coffee from Brazil to fill a gap and while we await excitedly for Ethiopian and Kenyan coffees to arrive, we’re now relying on Colombia…
Carloman Carranza
This month’s coffee subscription is a very interesting coffee from Peru and gives us the opportunity to discuss varietals. We don’t often pick up on this aspect of coffee but the varietal, or type of coffee plant grown, can have a profound impact on the cup. The varietals in this month’s coffee are both prized…
BUF Nyarusiza 94 Hour Fermentation, Rwanda
A slightly different approach to our subscription this month. For the past two years we have pretty much dodged the Covid outbreak, but have eventually succumbed to it. It’s made roasting and shipping a little bit harder so we’ve reduced the information we’re sending out this month to a written format only. This 100% red…
AQUIARES ESTATE Don Alfonso Entre Rios
We’ve been buying coffee from Aquiares Estate for a number of years and are really pleased to be able to offer this one to our subscribers. Diego was told he wouldn’t be able to produce a natural processed coffee on the farm but he saw that as a challenge . . . Watch the Video…
