Skylark + Batch Baby Special Collab: 'Bird Baby'

We've been pals with the Batch Baby team for a while now. Tom and Saskia are devoted birders, and it probably comes as no surprise that here at Skylark we are pretty big bird fans too. We spent a lovely day earlier this year visiting the white storks at Knepp together, an amazing rewilding project that we support with some of our profits. Tom brought his camera and took some beautiful pictures that Saskia turned into the design for this special collab bag, and we then went back to the roastery and cupped some delicious coffees. This Sidra from Ángela Rojas in Colombia stood out with its bold rose note and sherbet-like sweetness, perfectly capturing the feeling of a sunny nature walk with friends. Each special edition pink resealable bag contains 200g Ángela Rojas Sidra. 

Building a sustainable future requires collaboration on many levels. In addition to our usual £1/kg donation, £2 from each bag of 'Bird Baby' sold will go to London Wildlife Trust and their Rewilding East London initiative, a new species recovery project to reintroduce two native species once lost from Britain – beavers and white storks – to restored wetlands at Eastbrookend Country Park, East London. The reintroduction of white storks will be the first project of its kind in the capital.

We love sourcing coffees from the talented Luz Ángela Rojas, who left her fast-paced career to return home and rejuvenate her family's Colombian coffee farm. Her passion and dedication to coffee create beautiful results, often with the most stunningly perfumey profiles! You can read a bit more of her story below:

Luz Ángela Rojas grew up surrounded by coffee plants, immersed in nature while helping her father with every task the farm required. Her childhood and adolescence were spent amidst the green landscape of the coffee farm, where she learned from a young age the value of hard work in the fields. During a time of coffee crisis, her parents advised her not to stay at the farm. "Study, do something different," they said. The idea was for her to go to university and follow a different path, away from the challenges of the coffee sector and the traditional roles of household duties, looking after children, and maintaining the home. Ángela began a career in healthcare, where she became a head nurse. However, as she advanced in her career and gained professional experience, something was calling her back to her roots: coffee. She began to realise that coffee plants, just like humans, require care and attention to thrive. 

It was then that Ángela began to reconsider her life. Coffee became part of her dreams, and she saw it not only as a family tradition but as a project that could be reinvented. She decided that her life would not just be about studying and working in the city, but about integrating her knowledge of health and management into the coffee world. She discovered that the principles of administration she had learned could be applied to any business, even to her family’s coffee farm.

Ángela worked for two years as a nurse and then five years as an audit leader until the pandemic changed her course. Her administrative job allowed her to work from anywhere, giving her the opportunity to return to the farm and rediscover her purpose. Although her parents insisted she follow her professional career, she reconnected with life on the farm and decided to stay and work alongside her parents. Thus, the new project was born: a family dream that not only seeks to preserve the roots of coffee but to transform, innovate, and make it unique. Ángela is committed to offering differentiated coffees with a wide variety of flavours beginning with quality agronomic work. Her goal is for the coffees to be so exquisite that, without the need for complicated processes, they can captivate the final customers.

The project is entirely family-run, and everyone involved is more motivated than ever to continue learning and taking their coffee to new horizons. Ángela, with her experience, dedication, and vision, has transformed the family legacy into a model of innovation within coffee farming, never losing sight of the essence of what it means to work the land and the coffee.

Elevation: 1600-1850 Meters Above Sea Level

Varietal: Sidra

Cup score: 90

Price paid per kg: £24.60

Process: Anaerobic washed

Cover photo and first two photos below copyright Tom Sixsmith 2026.