January 2021 Newsletter - We’re Back!

Right, we're back! Under normal circumstances about half our customers would be away, but this year I suspect at least 90% of you are still at home. So instead of slowly ramping up to full supply levels we'll be going flat out from Monday onwards.

One of the major difficulties in the coming year is going to be keeping our current lineup of beans in stock. There are enormous problems with international shipping at present, and sea freight rates have tripled. This has led to extensive disruptions for the local green coffee suppliers and shortages of many critical origins. However, rather than moaning and complaining about beans that are unavailable we'll be upping our cupping rate with whatever we can get our hands on to hopefully uncover some hidden gems.

To that end we now have a new organic coffee: Organic Peru SHB.

Cupping notes are: "Front palate berry acidity, medium body with a cacao and nut finish, well balanced throughout."

The first roast of our new crop Café de Cuba is also now in stock, a bit more intense than the old crop.

It's highly likely you'll see a fair few more changes on our list as the year goes on, not so much the various countries of origin but the plantations and varietals within the countries.

Until February

Alan