What a glorious start to Spring we are having and a perfect time for a quick catch up.
Just landed is our latest annual – 46 – put together to highlight all the coffees we have roasted over our last year with added commentaries on a few interesting bits and bobs. The team have done a wonderful job putting this together, and we must acknowledge the work our green coffee team has done in catching up with the coffee farmers we work with, collecting new farm biographies, and taking some lovely photos of the beautiful terrains they visit. We are a bit late in getting this edition out, but we’re pleased it has arrived and it looks great – you can see copies in our shops, and it is available online.
We have had our now traditional Easter Eggs from Chocolarder on the counter for a couple of weeks. This year we chose Maleku (70% cocoa solids) and Cornish Honeycomb (50% cocoa solids) from the delicious samples sent to us earlier in the year. The eggs are a perfect size for sharing if you’re a nice person, or in your writer’s opinion perfect for one for an amply sized Easter treat.
Also for Easter, we have the return of our Easter selection box. You’ll find these in the shops and online. Coffees from Tessema Edima (Ethiopia), La Divina Providencia (El Salvador) and Las Palmeras (Colombia) make a lovely trio – full of bright acidity and fresh fruit flavours to complement the return of Spring. Our usual selection box is also still available.
Over the next few weeks coffees from our new project with the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia (FNC) make their way onto the counter. There are some very interesting flavour profiles and farm stories amongst them, including the El Pedregal which at the time of writing has just arrived.
We have a lot of coffee changes coming up. Our Malacara A and La Divina Providencia (both El Salvador) will make way for the return of El Morito and Huabal (both Peru). From Brazil, Santa Inês and Senhor Niquinho will replace Irmãs Pereira and Sertão respectively (all Brazil). El Sendero and Bella Vista will also be replaced by Santa Ana and La Bolsa (all Guatemala). If you’re losing a particular favourite in the lineup, the team would be delighted to help you select another. In the shops, you can have a sample made and the online chat is staffed by a real live person. Natural coffee enthusiasts, keep a watch on the arrival of the Tibebu Roba.
Happy Easter,
Monmouth x
