acidity
Acidity is a highly desirable quality that refers to a coffee’s high notes, sharpness, brightness and vibrancy.
espresso
Derived from the Latin word for "press" or "under pressure", espresso is the way of making coffee that subjects finely ground coffee to hot pressurised water.
IMPORTING
We import speciality coffees from all over the globe. Roasters will either work with importers or trade directly with the farm owners at origin.
MILLING
The coffee cherry needs to have the fruit or pulp removed to reveal the bean inside, which is then dried usually in the sun.
Q-GRADER
Q-Graders judge coffee quality. They do so by spending around 8 hours a day tasting coffees and scoring them on specific criteria.
UGANDA
Coffee is Uganda's top-earning export crop, with Mount Elgon being a major growing region for Arabica.
YEMEN
YEMEN
Mocha is famous for being the major marketplace for coffee (Coffea arabica) from the 15th century until the early 18th century.
burr
Burrs are the solid metal plates between which roasted coffee beans are crushed into grounds, making them crucial to the coffee journey.
FRENCH PRESS
Also known as a cafetière, the French Press was invented by Ugo Paolini and patented by Italian designer Attilio Calimani and Giulio Moneta in 1929.
JAVA
West Java was the region where the earliest coffee plantations were established.
NEW CROP
Did you know that coffee is a seasonal product? Different origins around the world enjoy different harvests with some having two in a year.
ROASTING
Coffee roasting changes the physical and chemical composition of green coffee beans to create the signature taste and aromas that we all love.
V60
The V60 is a pour-over filter coffee brewing tool. They're incredibly cheap and versatile, great for the home.
ZAMBIA
ZAMBIA
Coffee farming was introduced to Zambia in the 1950's with arabica plants from Tanzania and Kenya.
cupping
Coffees are graded on the quality of aroma, acidity, body and flavour. How? We 'cup' them, which is an industry term for tasting.
GREEN BEANS
Did you know that coffee beans are green before they're roasted? Green beans are sorted and graded by hand before they're exported.
KENYA
Kenya produces some of the world's finest speciality coffees that are naturally bright, aciditc and floral.
OLFACTORY
Most flavours that we think we can taste in coffee are olfactory sensations from aromas.
SPECIALITY COFFEE
The term awarded to coffee that is judged by Q Graders to be of high quality, with little or no defects. It needs to score 84/100 points to be speciality.
X MARKS THE SPOT
Finding great tasting coffee is a skilled job, we work with a range of producers to find the best coffee for you!
KENYA
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decaf
How do we get decaf coffee? The natural caffeine within the green beans is extracted before roasting.
HIGH GROWN
Quality coffee is grown at higher altitudes of at least 1,200+ masl where the microclimate is more ideal for arabica coffee plants.
LATTE ART
Our CEO & Founder Lynsey Harley is a former Latte Art Champion!
PORTAFILTER
Espresso machines force water through a coffee 'puck' that sits inside a portafilter.
TERROIR
Like grapes for wine, the ground in which coffee plants are grown can have massive effect on the final flavour.
Wet Processed
WET PROCESS
In the wet process, the fruit covering the seeds/beans is removed before they are dried.
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