Expect full, malty body with honeycomb and redcurrant sweetness, ideal black or with milk.
🌲 Christmas Blend 2022 🌲
Christmas Blend is back and this year we're proud to showcase two coffees from producers we have visited and supported for a number of years now, Guatemala Pensativo and Rwanda Kinini. Expect full, malty body with honeycomb and redcurrant sweetness, ideal black or with milk.
50% of the blend comprises of Guatemalan Pensativo grown in volcanic soil on the slopes of Acetenango and Fuego. Since Fuego's eruption back in 2018, this co-op has been able to get back on track producing some excellent coffee. As part of Fedecocagua, they have been able to gain better access to agronomists to improve cup quality and micro-financing for buying machinery and fertilizer.
Rwanda Kinini Natural makes up the remaining 50% of the blend contributing a heavy mouthfeel with honeycomb sweetness thanks in part to natural processing. We've been buying coffee from this washing station since 2017 since our origin trip there and have been enjoying this natural since developing it not long after. We experienced first hand the care and attention owners Jacqui and Malcolm have for the co-op members. Farmers are paid a premium for producing higher quality coffee and as well as the school and health centre, a road has been built for farmers to get their cherries to the processing plant quickly while they are fresh.
Every year we like to ring the changes with our Christmas Blend Tea and this year it's a gorgeous, warming mix of spices over a Nilgiri tea base. Cinnamon, ginger, cloves, cardamom and red peppercorns are balanced with soft fruits, orange blossom and sea buckthorn.
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