We’re delighted to see the arrival of our fresh harvest Yemeni Mokha coffees this week, sourced from Abdulrahman Hayel Saeed and his team at Sabcomeed. LINK https://sabcomeed.com This year’s selection of micro-lots, both sun-dried naturals and anaerobic natural coffees, from across the key regions of Haraz, Anis, Bani Matar and Al-Qafr. We have collective lots from groups of producers around coffee producing villages, and single farmer micro-lots reflecting the varietals, terroir and craft of that producer. We’ll be presenting coffees from Fawaz Ali Wahab (and you can read a little more about him and his family below), Abdulkarim Salaah, Fouad Al Fadli, and the Masar and Shaia’an Collectives.

That's a bold claim; but, the outstanding work of the women farmers in Peru, supported by Cafe Femenino, means that it has become a reality. This International Women's Day, we recognise their amazing achievements over the last 16 years and highlight why we all need to keep supporting their efforts.

Returning for a second successive year we have a fruity and fun natural from Kenya's Kamundu Estate near Nairobi

"At first we didn't know what we were doing! We were just experimenting." - Oscar Chacon

Introducing our first new coffee of July 2020 - the juicy and complex Twin Rivers AA from Kenya

My lockdown has been hugely helped by regular care packages from my colleagues at the roastery and this new coffee from Fazenda Rio Verde in Brazil has been a particular highlight. I hope you're all well and safe out there and enjoying your home-brewing experiences!

It's out with our Colombian micro-lot, our Brazil from Serra E Leite and El Salvador Honey Pacamara and in with three African stunners from Rwanda and Burundi.

Introducing 5 new coffees for 2020. This latest list from our seasonal coffees programme features plenty of variety for single estate espresso fans and another wonderful single farmer lot from Yemen.

Better late than never, here is my rundown of the second half of our single estate list for October-November!

The first of two articles in which I run down our new single estate coffees for October-November. This part features two single-farmer Ethiopian coffees and a delicious Costa-Rican natural from Finca Sabana Redonda whose Honey processed lot from our previous list proved a big hit

A new selection of limited edition, fresh-crop single estate coffees

This month we say goodbye to coffees from Tanzania, Dr Congo and Burundi and welcome in a directly traded Rwanda, a stunning all-rounder from Nicaragua and a most unusual naturally processed coffee from Kenya.