Our team in the roastery are rubbing their hands in glee, upon receiving confirmation that the Colombians, Ethiopians and Kenyans are loaded up in the containers and leaving from origin and on their way to Singapore port! Boy they should be, the team have been analysing, cupping pre-harvest and pre-shipping samples and working hard on roast profiles and brewing parameters, work tasks that usually get done in-lieu while anticipating the arrival of new coffees.

Let's first start off with the origin that always makes us feel like little children again, the Ethiopians. This is an origin close to our hearts, one that we uses too many of in a year, in our award winning Dutch Blend, as a single origin espresso, in our filter offerings in the retail shops, in single origin batch brews as well in coffees dedicated to as to our wholesale partners, domestic and international.

What is there not to love, this coffee that is universally referred to as the birthplace of coffees, the 'mother-dough' of all doughs and initially consumed by Kaldi and all human beings as a fruit has always pulled the strings of consumer hearts with its fruity explosion, aromatic florals and its elegant tea-like quality. In search of these same qualities and flavours profile, we started cupping since late February/March 2019 and recently as a confirmation, the pre-shipment samples before approving them, as they got loaded up in containers to Singapore port. In this Ethiopia harvest, we introduce you to three new coffees:

Still within the Africa continent, we also cupped and fell madly in love with a peaberry varietal from Kenya, named Oaklands Estate Peaberry. A fully washed coffee that exhibits tasting notes of elderflower, blackcurrant and as it cools down, transforming into a very familiar childhood beverage, RIBENA...

From the Americas, we have the lovely Colombians. There is never a year that past us by without the roastery buying any good Colombians and luckily enough, there are always aplenty of fruit driven, sweet and complex Colombians for everyone due to their two season of harvest. From the first harvest, a period between October - January, we welcome two beautiful microlots:

• Colombia Finca San Pascual (Natural)
• Colombia Finca La Falda (Fully Washed)