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Coffees for sale
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As Redroaster’s wholesale business began growing beyond the capacity of the original red roaster at the cafe in 2007, we opened our own roastery in Kemp Town. As well as selling our House Blend, Organic and Decaffeinated blends, we also sell our Single Origin beans wholesale, either as whole beans or ground for a particular method or coffee-making machine, eg cafetière. Paul Stephens, head coffee roaster and 2010 UK coffee cupping champion, writes on their different characteristics below.
HOUSE BLEND 125g £2.30
Medium-dark roast
Throughout the year, as crops come and go, we select the best single origin coffees for our House Blend, used every day in the coffee house to make a sweet and balanced espresso. They are individually roasted to bring out their unique character before being blended to a harmonious whole.
As an espresso this blend has a rich caramel sweetness with chocolate, spices and just a bit of fruitiness. In a cafetière or through a filter you will get a really smooth cup with full body and a mellow chocolate/dried vine fruit flavour.
BOLIVIA Valentin Choquehuanca, Caranavi 125g £2.90
Medium roast New! |
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Valentin bought his small farm in the village of Loayza in 1990. The land was already planted out with two hectares of Typica trees, one of the heirloom coffee varietals, to which Valentin added a further hectare of Caturra, a spontaneous mutation of the Bourbon varietal discovered in the 1930s. The farm is located north-east of La Paz in the Caranavi region and also grows limes and mandarins. Valentin’s coffee was placed third in Bolivia’s last Cup of Excellence competition in 2009.
In the cup you will find sweetness of raisins and figs with a very clean body and a delicate citrus acidity.
BRAZIL Fazenda Samambaia PN 125g £2.30
Medium roast
Grown
by Henrique Dias Cambria in the Sul De Minas region of Brazil, this
coffee has been certified by the Brazilian Specialty coffee association,
which means it has to meet some very strict criteria. Only the finest
coffees in Brazil are certified by the BSCA; the coffee must be of very
high quality and the farms must be economically, socially and
environmentally sustainable. This particular lot is a Mundo Novo
varietal processed by the pulped natural method giving a good balance of
rich sweetness and brightness. A wonderfully sweet and smooth coffee
with a silky body and hints of milk chocolate. Suitable for all day
drinking.
EL SALVADOR El Borbollón 125g £2.40
Light-medium roast
Grown by the Alvarez family in the rich volcanic soils of Santa Ana in the north west of El Salvador. The coffee is hand-picked from December
through to March. It is collected in traditional handwoven baskets by
pickers who have been trained to select only the best, fully mature
cherries. After picking, the cherries are sun-dried and then stored in
wooden bins to mature before hulling. The beans are then hand sorted and
continually roasted and cupped to ensure constant quality. The farm
supports education and healthcare programs, providing schools and health
clinics. All the coffee is shade-grown, providing a habitat for birds
and animals. A well balanced coffee with a good toffee sweetness and a
mild citrus acidity.
INDIA Bibi Plantation Monsoon Malabar 125g £2.30
Medium-dark roast
‘Monsooned’
coffee has been warehoused in an open-sided structure, protected from
the rain whilst being exposed to moist tropical air. This process was
developed to mimic the effects of long sea voyages and results in a
mellower, richer taste. Produced by Faiz Moosakutty in Sunticoppa, Bibi
Plantation is in Karnataka state, southern India. Heavily bodied, rich
and syrupy with hints of caramel and a nutty aroma. Perfect for after
dinner or as an intense espresso.
INDONESIA Sumatra Aceh Takengon 125g £2.80
Medium-dark roast
This
coffee is produced by a number of small family-run farms around the
town of Takengon, in the far north west of Sumatra. These small
producers, many of whom are women, sell their semi-prepared green coffee
to a miller at the local village market, driving a hard bargain to get
the best prices. This system of selling the green coffee means that
coffee importers around the world deal with a mill rather than a
producer. This coffee is rich and earthy with notes of grapefruit, ripe
blackberry, dark chocolate and spices.
PERU San Jorge Cooperative 125g £2.80 New!
Medium roast
This new coffee comes from the San Jorge cooperative in the Sandina valley region of Peru. The indigenous members of the San Jorge cooperative work together to ensure that all benefit from good working conditions. Grown at altitude in the Andes without the use of chemicals and carefully processed at the Cecovasa plant, this coffee is deliciously fragrant with a chocolate flavour. It has bright citrus acidity, medium body and a floral aftertaste.
RWANDA
Musasa Cooperative125g £2.80 New!
Light-medium roast
The Dukundekawa Musasa Cooperative lies high in Rwanda’s rugged north west at around 1800m.
Rwanda’s coffee industry has become very successful in the last decade with the help of development programs in the wake of the 1994 genocide.
Musasa is one of the largest cooperatives in Rwanda with over 1800 members. Most of these members own less than a hectare of land but by combining their harvests and processing the cherries centrally, the farmers can sell for a higher price than previously when they had to sell to a middleman.
The processing at Musasa is impeccable with rigorous
quality control and lot traceability. The result is a truly outstanding coffee. The flavour in the
cup is clean, juicy and crisp with notes of clementine, bergamot and orange blossom.
For more information about our wholesale services,
please contact: 01273 686668 mail@redroaster.co.uk
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