Acacia Blend

Acacia Blend is our celebration of the specialty coffee world, featuring a seasonal rotation of the cleanest and sweetest coffees from our favourite farms and producers. With its delicate, sweet, and fruity flavours, Acacia works well for both espresso and brewed coffee alike. Components rotate seasonally, bringing you the freshest beans from our producing partners around the world. This new version of Acacia Blend currently showcases two sparkling washed coffees from South America and Africa, resulting in a mild and unique brew particularly enjoyable for black coffee lovers.

The first component, called Monte Albán coffee, comes from organic-certified small farmers near Oaxaca, Mexico. Named after the nearby Zapotec ruins, Monte Albán was a major Mesoamerican city for over a thousand years. While specialty coffee is new to the region, growers are eager to improve, focusing on varieties like Bourbon and Typica. The coffee features notes of yellow fruit, almond, citrus, vanilla, and honey, with a dominant sweetness, mild acidity, and a clean finish - ideal for filter, pour-over, or espresso.

This coffee was processed using the traditional washed method. Ripe cherries are handpicked, then depulped to remove the skin and most of the fruit. The beans, still covered in sticky mucilage, ferment for 20 - 24 hours as natural enzymes break down the residue - key for clarity and brightness. Afterwards, they are washed clean and dried on raised beds, patios, or in dryers until reaching 10 - 12% moisture content.

You can enjoy the flavours of Milk Chocolate, Caramel with a Marzipan aroma. Fruit notes such as Golden Apple, Orange, and Strawberry, with Honey sweetness, emphasise the syrupy body.

To round out the blend, we added a vibrant coffee from Kenya - famous for its high-grown, beautifully processed beans with a perfect mix of clarity, acidity, and body.
This lot comes from Muranga and Nyeri, two top regions known for standout AB-grade coffees. In Kenya, AB means the beans are slightly smaller than AA but often more balanced and sweet - great value with amazing flavour.

We sourced this coffee through Volcafe, a group that supports sustainable farming, reduces pesticide use, and works with local artisans like Ngiri-Giri, who make colourful kanga bags for packaging - creating jobs and celebrating Kenyan culture.

The coffee comes from small farms at 1,600 - 2,000 metres and includes classic varieties like SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11, and Batian. Grown in rich volcanic soil and cool mountain air, the cherries ripen slowly, then are fully washed with fresh spring water and dried on raised beds - bringing out their clean, complex profile.

You can expect crisp acidity with notes of Blackcurrant and juicy Pink Grapefruit, with a Jasmine finish.
Simply said: this new Acacia Blend is a complex and balanced coffee - enjoy the subtle floral aroma of Jasmine, then notes of Blackcurrant, Strawberry, and Pink Grapefruit, all wrapped in a juicy texture with a floral, tea-like aftertaste.