Merry & Bright - Christmas Blend

MERRY & BRIGHT!

Our Christmas Blend for 2024

60% San Lorenzo, Costa Rica and 40% Pocos de Caldas, Brazil

Cherries, stollen, sherry

Tis the season to be caffeinated, which can only mean one thing...our Christmas Blend is back, and better than ever! This Noël we've blended a bright natural from Costa Rica with our merry House Brazil. The San Lorenzo community lot from our friends at Coope Tarazu in Costa Rica brims with juicy cherries and cranberries, with a delicious whisper of sherry on the finish. Our House Brazil from Pocos de Caldas cuddles up close with  flavours of marzipan stollen, and of course the quintessential Christmas notes of chocolate and nuts. 

Omni roasted, this blend is great both black and with milk. Sure to be a real crowd pleaser, we hope both your Nescafé-Drinking-Granny and your Coffee-Nerd-Cousin can enjoy a lovely mug of Christmas with us this year!

SAN LORENZO, COSTA RICA - DRWAKEFIELD

The communities program has been running with Coope Tarrazu since 2012, and was designed to help promote the individual characteristics of the coffee in ‘micro-zones’ of the Tarrazu region. San Lorenzo is one of those communities that regularly contribute to our line up of Costa Rican coffees and have been growing coffee for nearly 90 years. San Lorenzo is the second district of the Canton of Tarrazú, founded in 1923 and is 3.5 km away from San Marcos de Tarrazú. Besides being so close to San Marcos, the biggest commercial point of the region, the small businesses in San Lorenzo are an important support for the economy of this community. In addition to this, the livelihood of the district is based on the coffee industry. There are approximately 211 members of this community who deliver around 3,500.00 fanegas of the coffee harvested each year.

POCOS DE CALDAS, BRAZIL - DRWAKEFIELD

Pocos De Caldas is a city in Minas Gerais, bordering Sao Paulo, surrounded by many coffee farms. Famous for its hot springs there are numerous hills and lower altitude mountains in the area bringing their own unique character to the coffees produced. The area in general is known for its Murano-style glassware and artisan soap production due to the trace minerals found in the area. Farms are a mix of small and large producers. Cherry is first collected with both machine and hand picking, as slopes on the hills mean it is inaccessible for the mechanical pickers. Processed at farm level, this includes initial drying as in every other country, but also dry milling. Beans are then stored in large wooden silos to allow the moisture to homogenise through the lot. This is controlled by size but is otherwise very effective at producing even lots. Once this stage is completed the beans are cupped, scored, and sent to the warehouse facility for SMC. Here the coffee is stored in RFID tagged lots, which disable the forklift if the designated lot is not scheduled to be moved, guaranteeing the quality received is the quality chosen. Coffees are cupped and selected to profile before undergoing a further cleaning and colour/laser sorting before being bagged for export.