New Coffees

Some great new arrivals this week at Small Batch with fresh crop coffees from Central America flying in alongside some mid crop Brazil and Rwanda.

Fresh from the mountains of Santa Ana we have an awesome Red Bourbon from Finca El Retiro in El Salvador. I love coffees from El Salvador and they are bang in season at the moment. We used El Retiro in our espresso blend a few years ago so we know this is gonna be good. You can expect big juicy sweetness from this one especially in espresso or on a stovetop. The World Barista Championship was recently won by Alejandro Mendez from El Salvador, the first champion ever from a producing country. El Salvador, it's so hot right now.

Our second new arrival from Central America is a pacamara varietal from Finca Santa Maura in north central Nicaragua.

Pacamara is one of the famous varieties of Central America renowned for its large bean size and delicate sweet flavours. This lot from Nicaragua cupped really well when we sampled it and we are very excited to be offering it.

I'm sure many of you will be sad to hear we have run out of the Brazilian Fazenda Cachoeira da Grama, it's been our most popular coffee to date, however we have another outstanding pulp natural Brazil from Fazenda Rainha, a neighbouring estate just a few miles from Cachoeira, with a similar taster profile and quality.

(and if you're desperate for more Cachoeira we're using the last few bags in this years Filter Blend)

Finally we have another Red Bourbon from the Musasa Co-operative in Rwanda. This is another outstanding example of bourbon coffee at its finest with strong juicy fruit flavours and a big tangy body.

Musasa is one of many co-operatives in Rwanda that has benefited from the help of the PEARL organisation, a non-profit organisation set up to aid the restoration of the coffee industry in Rwanda. Before the civil war that raged in the 1990's coffee was Rwanda's most lucrative export crop but many coffee farms were destroyed and many workers killed or displaced during the conflicts. Through careful reconstruction and with the help of organisations like PEARL many farmers are now making a sustainable living and growing outstanding coffee in Rwanda once again.

These coffees will be available at Wilbury Road and the roastery in the next few days and in the webshop on thursday.

Enjoy.

Al